Hi Anne, Showing a student your masterpiece is always a plus. During speech, I always give a sample speech, and I share the visual that I created for my speech with my students. Student becomed wowed by seeing the instructor's work. by seeing the instructor's work, it gives the students confidence that they can do it too. It is always good to poise questions to your students to determine their perception of the course or an additional course based on how the course would help them. Students give great feedback based on these types of questions. I love finding out about my student's prior knowledge so that I can build from that point in my lectures. Patricia