A gentle nudge. Require each of your students to book in for a consultation with a SATU advisor at the SATU offices in Bennett Hall for help with their oral reports. SATU advisors will help your students organize their material, give them tips on more effective speaking and prepare them for their formal presentations. Arrange with SATU for a specific advisor to be appointed for your class. This is especially effective if you are teaching a class of twenty or fewer.
Students can work with the same advisor over the course of the whole semester.
Even if your class has many sections and more than one TA, SATU has the resources to work with each section. Use SATU as the jumping board for trying new approaches to teaching and learning. Interviews, video reports, and PowerPoint may be effective ways of gathering information or presenting it, but students need help mastering these. SATU advisors can work with your students to practice the skills they need to work in front of the camera or to coordinate a team presentation. Invite SATU advisors to watch your class.