Prepare for your Appointment

If you have been assigned a visit in advance of an oral assignment:

• Reserve your practice time online. You will receive an email confirming your appointment time and date shortly after reserving a time slot.

• Your practice session should occur one to two weeks before the class presentation or group discussion. This will give you time to revise, make needed changes and to practice several days in advance.

• Review the instructions given by your professor carefully. Seek clarification for any guideline about which you are uncertain. Bring a copy of the assignment to your practice session.

• Bring notes, outlines, any research materials, and multimedia included in your presentation. Plan to rehearse with what you will be using in the actual presentation.

• Recording is typically a part of the speech appraisal process. Unless you are attending for a brainstorming session, you can expect complete a recorded practice that can be replayed and discussed with the consultant(s).

• You may opt to send a notice of your visit to your instructor. If your class has an assigned speech consultant, your instructor will recieve a weekly digest of their course section's appointment attendance.