Download This tool may be used by faculty or by students to score peers. From "Fries, R., Cross, B., Zhou, J., & Verbais, C. (2017). How student written communication skills benefit during participation in an industry-sponsored civil engineering capstone course. Advances in Engineering Education, 6(1), 1–22.
Download This tool may serve as a model for designing a series of class discussions led by industry visitors. These discussions are intended to engage technical students in current issues in a technical field. A debate activity is recommended for students. From Feldman, J. M., & Hirshorn,
Download This tool may be used by faculty or by students to score peers. From Felder, R. M., & Brent, R. M. (2010). Hard assessment of soft skills. Chemical Journal of Engineering Education, 44(1), 63–64.
Download Tool for technical students or workers to use to self-assess their communication skills. From Decker, A., & Egert, C. A. (2015, October). Is this thing on? Determining comfort level with communication skills in a technical discipline. In proceedings of the 45th Annual Frontiers in Education
Download A high-level overview of four key steps to creating communication curricula for technical programs From Burge, J. E., Anderson, P. V., Carter, M., Gannod, G. C., & Vouk, M. A. (2012). First Steps Toward Integrating Communication Instruction Throughout Computer Science and Software Engineering Curricula. The ASEE
Download A list that instructors may use and adapt to define communication outcomes for their own technical programs. From Burge, J. E., Anderson, P. V., Carter, M., Gannod, G. C., & Vouk, M. A. (2012). First Steps Toward Integrating Communication Instruction Throughout Computer Science and Software Engineering
Several questions that technician instructors may use and adapt to their own employers.
Detailed rubric focused on 13 different features of presentations.
A list of the various kinds of communication skills needed in IT fields.