Spring 2011 Syllabus
CM 207
Radio Production Workshop
3 Credit Hours
Division of Humanities and Behavioral and Social Sciences
Instructor: John Chapin
Radio Production Workshop
spring 2011
Course Number: CM 207
Time & Day: TR 1:30-2:55 p.m.
Location: Room 206
Instructor: John Chapin
Office: Room 242, lobby of KVCO station
Phone: (800) 729-5101, ext 333 (work)
Email:
Required Materials
· Three ring binder
· Two standard-sized audio cassettes tapes
· Five rewriteable CD (CDRW)
· One Flash Drive (Recommended)
Course Description: Radio Production Workshop is a continuation of JB 205 and advanced application of techniques learned. This course further prepares students for the real world of radio broadcasting. This upper-level elective is beneficial for those who have decided to enter the professional field of radio broadcasting.
Credit for this course is based upon number of hours worked. This course may be repeated.
1 Hour= 60 hours of work at radio station
2 Hours=120 hours of work at radio station
3 Hours=180 hours of work at radio station
Prerequisite: CM 205
SEQUENCING: This course is offered during the fall and spring semester
EXPECTED LEARNER OUTCOMES:
1. The student will understand radio station operations through actively participating in day-to-day station operations.
Method of Evaluation/Grading:
Projects, Grading Percentages, and due dates:
1. Computer-assisted editing project 20% due: Feb. 12
2. Interview 20% due: March 4
3. Air Check Tape 20% due: March 25
4. Open Project 20% due: April 15
5. Radio Shifts 20%
Letter grades will be awarded for each project. No scripts are necessary to submit with the projects. Turn in projects on standard audiocassette, CD-R, or 100 MB ZIP. Late projects will be penalized. Details of each project are provided in the Class Outline section.
A = 100 - 90
B = 89 - 80
C = 79 - 70
D = 69 - 60
F = 59 - 0
Teaching Methods: Independent work, performance evaluations, projects, on-the-job training
Questions or Confusion: Feel free to consult with Mr. Chapin in 242 during office hours if you are having problems or are confused about these assignments and how they are graded. He will be glad to help you to understand any of these requirements or expectations. He will be happy to evaluate any work in progress if you wish to bring it in to him before it is due. He will assist you with production facilities in the studio if you need help.
assignment policy: Students are allowed one excused absence, but after two unexcused absences, a
student's grade will be dropped one letter. Daily grades are computed as follows: 100 points are awarded at the
start of each semester and 5 points are deducted for each day when expectations are not met.
Course Policies
Academic Integrity
It is imperative that each student does his/her own work. The following policy will apply to all students in class.
Infractions of academic integrity (honesty) shall include:
· Using another student’s work without giving the student credit for the work. In other words, taking someone else’s file and placing your name on it and claiming it is yours, using another student’s quiz, or help on a quiz/exam.
· Giving another student your file(s) knowing that he/she intends to turn it in as his/her own creation, giving another student your quiz, or help on a quiz/exam.
It is not an infraction of the policy to help another student understand how to do an assignment if he/she does the work himself/herself with your assistance.
Cheating:
“Cheating means getting unauthorized help on an assignment, quiz or examination.”
- You must not receive from any other students or give to any other students any information, answers, or help during an exam.
- You must not use unauthorized sources for answers during an exam. You must not take notes or books to the exam when such aids are forbidden, and you must not refer to any book or notes while you are taking the exam unless the instructor indicates it is an “open book” exam.
- You must not obtain exam questions illegally before an exam or tamper with an exam after it has been corrected.
Materials taken from “Academic Dishonesty in Our Classrooms.” Instructional Exchange, 1990, 2 (2), 1-4 (Newsletter available from the Office of University Assessment and Intellectual Skills Program, Western Michigan University)
Plagiarism:
“Plagiarism” means submitting work as your own that is someone else’s. For example, copying material from a book, the Internet, or another source without acknowledging that the words or ideas are someone else’s and not your own is plagiarism. If you copy an author’s words exactly, treat the passage as a direct quotation and supply the appropriate citation. If you use someone else’s ideas, even if you paraphrase the wording, appropriate credit should be given. You have committed plagiarism if you purchase a term paper or submit a paper as your own that you did not write.
Penalties for Infractions:
There will be absolutely no toleration of any infraction of academic integrity, cheating, or plagiarism. The
penalty for committing an infraction will be an automatic 0 and possible "F" in the course.
Attendance Policy: Students enrolled in Radio Production Workshop work independently. Regular attendance of JB 105, 205 would be beneficial.
Other Requirements:
Due to the FCC changes in the EBS/EAS monitoring system students will be required to spend several class sessions in the KVCO control room and at the KNCK/KCKS studios to become knowledgeable in its operation.
Conduct:
Appropriate behavior is expected at all times. It is expected that you will be on time to class, remain
respectful of self and others, use appropriate language, not speak out of turn, and have cell phones turned
OFF or you will be asked to leave.
Examination Policy:
Exams and quizzes must be completed. Absence from any examination must be approved in advance by the instructor and is the responsibility of the student to make up on his or her own time. Any student who misses an examination without prior approval will receive an automatic deduction of ten percent on the exam.
Instructor Assistance:
I am available for assistance during office hours and upon request.
Tutor Assistance:
Tutors are available in the Learning Skills Center. Contact the Learning Skills Center for more information.
Incomplete Policy:
Students will not be given an incomplete grade in the course without sound reason and documented as described in the Student Handbook. The incomplete must be made up with the instructor assigning the incomplete and must be completed the semester immediately following the semester in which the class was taken. Refer to the Student Handbook for a complete explanation.
ACADEMIC COMPLAINTS:
Cloud County Community College has an Academic Due Process Policy to address any student academic complaints. For any unresolved complaints, the policy can be obtained from the Academic Affairs Office.
Department OUTCOMES:
1. The student will demonstrate mastery of information gathering and writing for a variety of situations and audiences.
2. The student will demonstrate proficiency in applying concepts of objectivity, accuracy, and credibility.
3. The student will demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines and produce images and information that meet quality standards.
4. The student will demonstrate the ability to set up an effective advertising campaign and work with prospective clients.
5. The student will demonstrate the knowledge of legal and ethical considerations related to their professions in the mass media.
6. The student will create a portfolio demonstrating skills in writing, photography, design and advertising as a well-rounded journalist.
7. The student will think critically, creatively, and independently.
8. The student will apply tools and technology used in the communication profession in which they work.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
1. The student will understand radio station operations through actively participating in day-to-day station operations.
· Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of audio production equipment
· Increase audio performance skills
· Define and use critical listening and reasoning skills
· Apply new knowledge and ideas to radio station work
· Become more acquainted with how the radio industry works
· Work independently
· Write and interpret a variety of broadcast copy
FCC Production Standards
As defined by FCC standards, the use of obscenity, indecency, and racial slurs are prohibited. Production work cannot use language or material that depicts or describes, in term patently offensive and measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast media, sexual or excretory activities or organs. The work cannot depict or describe in a patently offensive way sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law. The work cannot include the use of obscene or indecent language, or material that is insensitive or defamatory with reference to race, creed, or color.
Copyright Provisions
Unless specified in class, production projects require the use of copyright-free material utilizing either elements you have personally created or items that have been cleared for use. Among these elements are the sound effects and music libraries available on software used in production.
ASSESSMENT of COURSE OUTCOMES:
Computer-assisted editing project: due Feb. 12
Use Adobe Audition to perform specified edits on the computer. Edit on the computer and dub the finished product onto CD. Remember that our hard drive has very limited space, so you may wish to do one part at a time, then dub, then delete before moving on.
Interview: due March 4
Find an interesting person on or off this campus and interview him or her. The interview must be 10 minutes long. Format will be your question and their answer. There is no need to edit this or mix music unless you want to. Be sure to call ahead to set up an appointment and schedule a time. Have your questions prepared and bring a portable tape recorder. You may use your own or check one. Be sure you have good batteries and make a test first. Check your test tape for good levels before you waste a lot of time interviewing someone. The external microphone is highly recommended.
Air Check Tape: due March 25
You will produce a five-minute air check tape. You will be the announcer or DJ and show your ability to go into and out of program segments smoothly and professionally. A script is not necessary, only the tape or CD, cued up, with your name on the label. It will receive a letter grade and be penalized if it is more than 15 seconds short or long of the five minutes prescribed. Your project will include these items in the following order and will feature your voice doing all of the announcing:
1. You introduce yourself by name and station ID.
2. Play only 20 seconds of the intro. music and fade down
3. Read a 30 second PSA that your write yourself
4. Intro. a piece of music and give some background on it
5. Play only 30 seconds of the piece and fade down
6. Promote an upcoming event at CCCC. Name where, when, etc.
7. Read a legal station ID
8. Read a short weather report and crack a joke
9. Play a piece of music from our format
10. Pat music down and sign off over the music, watch your levels
NOTE: You may lead #8 with several short CCCC news stories you have written.
Open Project: due April 15
Pick your own project for this last one. It must be 15 minutes in length and must be a feature documentary concerning some aspect of CCCC.
Radio Shifts:
Each student will be assigned a weekly radio shift at KVCO. You will be expected to attend each and every shift for which you are assigned. Missing of shifts reduces your grade and makes you subject to termination, just like other employees, and with termination you will not be able to complete the rest of your shifts and gain your points.
Student learning is assessed every semester based on course outcomes. Each instructor measures student performance on all course outcomes for each course section every semester. The instructor fills out an electronic form, which populates a database. This information is reviewed by the Assessment Coordinator and the Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Team. It is due to be completed by February 15th for the fall semester and June 15th for the spring.
ASSESSMENT OF PROGRAM OUTCOMES:
Student learning is also assessed each semester based on program outcomes. Program outcomes accomplishment is measured through performance on course outcomes. Each program uses a matrix to match course outcomes of individual courses to overarching program outcomes. The program outcomes are calculated as an average of all of the relevant course outcomes. This information is processed after each semester and then immediately reviewed by the Assessment Coordinator and the Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Team.
General Education Outcomes:
General education courses are required of all degree seeking students. Those earning an Associate degree are expected to: communicate effectively orally and in writing; demonstrate proficiency in mathematical skills; exhibit knowledge of cultural experiences and expressions; and demonstrate problem solving using critical skills.
Accommodation for Disability:
If you need academic adjustments for any type of disability, see your instructor during office hours or make an appointment. Students also may contact the Director of Advisement and Counseling, located in the Advisement Center.
Inclement Weather Policy:
In case of extremely severe weather, the college may close. The following radio and TV stations will be notified:
KNCK 1390 AM Concordia KCLY 101 FM Clay Center
KREP 92.1 FM Belleville KHCD 89.5 FM Hutchinson
KVSV 1190 AM Beloit KSAL 1150 AM Salina
WIBW (TV) Chan. 13 Topeka KWCH (TV) Chan. 12 Wichita
KOLN (TV) Chan. 10 Lincoln, NE
You may also go to www.cancellations.com
Students should call the switchboard at 800-729-5101 or 785-243-1435 if they are unable to attend class due to hazardous conditions. Night class and off campus class cancellations are left to the discretion of the instructor.