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Professional Communications - Credit By Exam
This Credit by Exam is administered in an online testing format through Plano ISD eSchool Blackboard and monitored using a secure data monitoring system called Proctorio. Proctorio locks down the browser to ensure a secure testing experience for each student. This is a 0.5 credit course offered as one Credit By Exam assessment.
Testing Windows
For information regarding the testing calendar, please visit https://www.pisd.edu/Page/1332.
Testing Information
Plano ISD eSchool Blackboard - https://pisdeschool.blackboard.com/
🎥 Video: Professional Communication Credit by Exam on Plano ISD Blackboard
- Part 1: Multiple Choice
- Remotely proctored with a 4-hour time limit
- 75 questions
- 60% of the final grade
- Part 2: Speech – submit a pre-recorded speech on a topic of the student’s choice
- Speech Guidelines
- Completed separately from the 4-hour time limit
- The student records a video of their 4-7 minute speech. No written submission is required.
- Upload the speech to your Plano ISD Google Drive.
- Include the student's first and last name in the name of the speech.
- In the share settings, choose "Anyone with the link".
- In the Speech section of the Blackboard course, the student will paste the link to the speech.
- Upload the speech to your Plano ISD Google Drive.
- Speech Teacher Grading Rubric
- 30% of the final grade
- Part 3: Critique – The student watches a speech and completes an assignment on Blackboard
- Completed separately from the 4-hour time limit
- 10% of the final grade
Exam Content Information
State Standards (TEKS) for Professional Communication
Students may prepare by reviewing any resources aligned to these Professional Communication TEKS.
Online CBE Resources - Blackboard Professional Communications
- Part 1: Multiple Choice
CBE Quick Links
- Kindergarten Acceleration
- Elementary Grades 1-5
- Middle School Grades 6-8
- High School & Senior High School Grades 9-12
- Confirmation & Results Information
- Online CBE Resources - Avant LOTE Tests
- Online CBE Resources - Blackboard Professional Communications
- Online CBE Resources - University of Texas HS Tests