Dr. Malcolm Cecil - BCST 115 Announcing and Performance

Announcing and Performance

BCST 115

Announcing SP 2020.mp4

Video credit: Chris Rossetti

Course Information

BCST 115-001, Announcing and Performance , CRN: 35272 - 3 unit, 16 week online course from 1/28 to 5/20, Wednesdays 10:10a - 1:25p in ARTX 164 Ocean campus

Course Description

Step into the spotlight with BCST 115 Announcing and Performance, where your voice becomes your power! Dive into a world of diverse media experiences, from television news to commercial voice-overs. You will develop skills like broadcast copy preparation, vocal articulation and green-screen performance through six comprehensive skills assignments.

Raise your game with our core assignments, including Moth Radio storytelling and live news recording, each designed to refine your on-air charisma. Personalize your journey with elective assignments, ranging from movie reviews using a teleprompter to sports announcing, animation character and voice-over acting, all culminating in a live-streamed group project – the Performance Showcase. This Hybrid course meets in-person four times during the semester, and the rest of the course is given online.

Required Textbook

There is no required textbook for this course, free reading material will be available through Canvas, our online course system.

Performance Showcase

Here's our most recent BCST 115 Performance Showcase that was live-streamed on Twitch. Students selected some of their best work, so this will give you a good idea of what you can do in this course.

Instructor Contact Information

My name is Malcolm Cecil, and I'm the instructor for the online section of this course. Once we get started in our course, please contact me through the Inbox function of CANVAS, our online learning management system.

Dr. Malcolm Cecil

Office: AX 161, Creative Arts Extension Bldg.

Voice: (415) 239-3351

Email: mcecil@ccsf.edu

I will respond to communication within 48 hours from Monday to Friday, exclusive of holidays.

Add/Drop policy

To add the class after the first day of instruction, contact the instructor by email. Include the name of the class you would like to add, your name and student ID number. If you were on the wait-list prior to the first day of instruction, please state that too. When a place becomes available in the class, the instructor will reply with an add code that will give you permission to register. It can take up to 24 hours to gain access to your online course when you have added the class. Registered students who have not accessed the course and done significant work within the first two weeks of instruction must be dropped.

Wait-list

If the course is full, you can sign up to the waitlist. Prior to the first day of instruction, if a spot comes open you will be automatically added to the class based on the order of priority. After courses begin, I will be notified that a spot has come open and will send you an 'invitation' to register for the course at your CCSF gmail account that ends in @mail.ccsf.edu. Invites expire within 48 hours; after, the spot is offered to the next student on the list.

Please note that I may decide not to add you after the first two weeks of instruction because you have missed too much of the course to catch up.

How to log in to Canvas to access the course

This website is for information purposes only. BCST 115 is an in-person course that meets at the times listed above. Homework for the course is done through Canvas, CCSF's learning management software as an asynchronous online course. The course will not be available in Canvas until the first day of instruction.

Go to https://ccsf.instructure.com

Username: CCSF ID, examples: W12345678 or @12345678

Your Canvas password is your RAM ID password.

RAM ID instructions for students (Google Doc)

Canvas Support Hotline (844) 592-2198 available 24/7.

Canvas Student Guide

Online Learning

What are the real challenges encountered by both new and experienced online students, and how can you be successful? Check out this video

Introduction to Online Learning (12 min video tutorial)

What Makes a Successful Online Learner? Valuable tips for success and what to expect.

CCSF Online Course Support Center

Academic Accommodations

For academic accommodations, please contact the Disabled Students Programs and Services

Important Dates

Introduction to basic theory and practice in interpretation of copy, pronunciation, and announcer's duties for radio, television, podcast and web video. Study and practice of oral skills for effective communication of meaning in scripts, newscasts, voiceovers and commercial messages with emphasis on development of voice, articulation and pronunciation.

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