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Script Submission Overview

Institute for Cultural Communicators

Forensics Society

Update 8.1.25

A division of

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Why Script Submission?

It’s a powerful tool to develop your integrity and credibility as a communicator for Christ

As communicators for Christ, we want to respect others’ ideas and words and clearly communicate to our audience which words and ideas are our own and which belong to others.

The Script Submission process is designed to develop you in competence, character, and connection.

Competence - the skills you practice in script submission - compiling your documents, citing and referencing your sources - is something that will be expected of you in the future. Alumni tell us that the practice they gained doing this in ICCFS put them ahead of their peers in their education and career journeys.
Character - as Jesus-followers, we want to speak with integrity and credibility. Knowing how to properly give credit to our sources for words and ideas gives us integrity as communicators.
Connection - when we have integrity and credibility, people can trust us, and trust is foundational for building connections with others

To do that, we have

An entire approach
Forms and templates
And some help

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And….

Here’s a true story!

This “. . . is [my son’s] 10-12 page research paper he did for his PSEO comp 2 class. The thick part…on the right… is copies of his source material that he had to turn in. It is 50-60 pages of articles, copyright material, pictures of videos of interviews, etc. Just like what we are training in script submission . . .

“. . . I am so very thankful for the training that the students in ICC are receiving. All the things we do in ICC are well thought out and have real world applications.”

From a mom in Minnesota, United States.

... because it’s preparation for the real world!

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Script Submission Notebook

YSG1 Script Submission Notebook

YSG2/3/Guild Script Submission Notebook

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Script Submission Forms

Interpretations
Platform s

Limited Prep events (Impromptu, News Broadcasting, and Interview) do not require Script Submission Forms.

All Script Submission Forms are located within the Script Submission Notebook

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Interpretations

YSG 1 - Storytelling
YSG 2 - Literary Interpretation
YSG 3 - *Duo Humorous Interpretation
Guild - *Original Adaptation

* special Interpretations

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Requirements for Interpretation

Presentation Script

Quoted Words Highlighted
Works Cited Page included

Source Materials

Copyright Page of source used
Quoted Words Highlighted

For Instructions on naming the files, see slides 39-40

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Presentation Script

Google Doc of word-for-word copy of exactly what the presenter is going to say. Include your name, event and tournament date in the top corner (right or left) of the first page.

Quoted words highlighted in presentation script

Highlight all directly quoted words of someone other than yourself.

YSG 1 Storytelling: because you cannot add any original words to your presentation, you will highlight the entire script.
For all other interpretations, you will highlight only the words you take directly from your piece(s) of literature or those you quote from another source.

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Incorrect Presentation Script

Words not spoken from the original source should not be in the presentation script

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Correct Presentation Script

When there are multiple characters, the character (not the speaker) speaking should be identified

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Works Cited Page

The last page of the presentation script is a Works Cited page. This is a listing all the resources referenced (cited) in the presentation.

This includes books, articles, interviews, lectures, website, etc.
Any source that is listed on the Works Cited page should be verbally referenced in the speech.
Sources should be listed alphabetically, using a standard citation format

URLs alone are not acceptable as a means of citing a source.

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Source Material

A Google Doc or pdf of the original literature used for an interpretation. Only the pages the presenter is actually quoting from need to be included.

Includes the copyright page of source used
All the words spoken will be highlighted

This example is for YSG2, only spoken words are highlighted
YSG1 Storytelling - all words will be highlighted because all words are spoken

See notes below for how to create this doc

Interpretation events require a copy of the source material used, including the copyright page.

Only the words the presenter will include in his presentation should be highlighted.

In a YSG 1 storytelling, every word, including the title and author will be highlighted.

In all other levels, the student has the option to cut the literature, and only words they are using in their presentation are to be highlighted.

(These same words will be highlighted in their presentation script.)

Create a document in an ICC Google Drive of your source material:

You may take photos of the original material (or screen grabs if it’s online) and insert images into a Google Doc (remember that you must have quoted words highlighted)

To do this, you may want to photocopy the source material, manually highlight the words, and then take a photo to insert into the Google Doc

You may use free pdf tools to scan the original source with your phone. Free pdf writers will allow you to highlight material in the pdf. Upload the pdf document into your ICC Google Drive.

PDF Tools

Source material including copyright page submission should not be editable text (here’s another method for highlighting screen grabs)

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The copyright page must be from the original source material used for the presentation.

→ Digital sources also require copyright information

Source Material Copyright Page

Speakers must include the copyright page from the source used in their source material document.

You may not use a copyright page that is from a source other than the one you use and cite in your works cited! This verifies that your source has permission to print the material you have selected.

Digital sources may be used, but they still require copyright information.

Reputable sources will have this information included and accessible. You may have to search the site’s About page to find it. Often it is included in footer information. You are looking for information that verifies this site has permission to print the literature selection you have chosen. You may copy the About page of the site or author.

Source material submitted must be non-editable text - so use screen grabs or scans if necessary.

For non-internet sources - include a separate piece of paper with an explanation of why copyright information is not available.

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One Partner submits script submission materials (script, source material)

Other partner(s) complete upper portion of the Script Submission Form

Team Interpretation Events

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Platform

YSG 1 - Platform
YSG 2 - *Informative Speaking
YSG 3 - *Audio Podcast, *Public Advocacy
Guild - *Computer-Assisted Advocacy,

*Video Podcast

*special requirements

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Requirements for Platform

Presentation Script

Quoted Words Highlighted
References to sources in body of script
Works Cited Page as last page

Word Count

Total Number of Words, Number of Quoted Words, and Percentage of Quoted Words

For Instructions on naming the files, see slides 39-40

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Presentation Script

Include your name, event and tournament date in the top corner of first page.

Typed out word-for-word copy of what the presenter is going to say.

Quoted words highlighted in script

Highlight all directly quoted words of someone other than yourself.

Quoted words should also be within quotation marks.

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Presentation Script

References to Sources

You must include references in the body of your script to the sources used

References could:

Be direct quotations that are highlighted
Credit sources for ideas or information used that are not direct quotations.

References must clearly correspond to the sources on the Works Cited page

The presentation script is much like that of Interpretation as they both require the quoted words of others to be highlighted.

In a platform script, however, most of the words will be original to the author cited and quoted words will be placed within quotation marks.

Speakers must reference the sources used in the body of their script in order to clearly communicate with their audience which are their words and ideas and which are someone else’s.

-- Sources referenced in the body of the script should clearly correspond to the sources listed in the Works Cited.

Works cited may list a source that quotes a particular person in the text. To properly reference the person’s quote, reference the person’s name as well as the source that published the quote.

Ex. The World Health Organization’s global report on Covid-19 quotes Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the US president, as saying, “.....

For older/more experienced students:

– The reference in the body of the script should include the name of the source/online journal/publication (normally found in the masthead or on the Info/About Us page) rather than the URL (although we note sometimes websites will have .com as part of their name)

–e.g. This source https://www.hebronhawkeye.com/archive/2022/09/23/opinion-is-homework-really-worth-it/ is properly referenced in the script as “The Hawkeye” and optionally “The Hawkeye, the student-produced newspaper of Hebron High School” NOT simply “hebronhawkeye.com tells us…”

Although this is not required in the Event Rules, as students gain experience, they are encouraged to drill deeper to locate the original source of the author’s writings, and where possible include the title of the author’s work/journal article/research piece in the body of the script. Getting as close as possible to the original source lends credibility to the presentation.

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Presentation Outline

(Computer-Assisted Presentation Only)

An outline of what the speaker will say during his presentation. It should contain heading and subheadings of organized information using sentences, key words or phrases.

Include your name, event and tournament date in the top corner of the first page.
Include references to sources on Works Cited page

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Works Cited Page

The last page of the presentation script is a Works Cited page. This is a listing all the resources referenced (cited) in the presentation.

This includes books, articles, interviews, lectures, website, etc.
Any source that is listed on the Works Cited page should be verbally referenced in the speech.
Sources should be listed alphabetically, using a standard citation format

URLs alone are not acceptable as a means of citing a source.

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Correct

Works Cited Page

A page listing all the resources referenced in the presentation. This includes books, articles, interviews, lectures, website, etc.

�All sources listed on the Works Cited page should be verbally referenced in the presentation.

Sources should be listed alphabetically, using a standard citation format.

The URLs alone are not acceptable as a means of citing a source.

Correct Work Cite Page

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URLs alone are not acceptable as a means of citing a source.

Sources should

Use a standard citation format.
Be listed in alphabetical order

Incorrect

Works Cited Page

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Total Number of Words

The total word count of the Presentation Script. Most word processing programs will provide this.

Total Number of Quoted Words

The number of words within quotation marks that are directly quoted in the Presentation Script. (Highlighted words)

Percentage of Quoted Words

The total number of quoted words, divided by the total number of words, then multiplied by 100 will give the percentage.

(Total # Quoted words / Total # words) X 100 = %

Word Count

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Special Platform Presentations

Informative Speaking

Contains a visual component so includes additional requirements.

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Informative Speaking

Visual Aid

Includes:

Visual Aid

A physical object or visual display used to enhance a presentation
May not be a digital slide presentation

Graphics Attributed

respecting the source of graphics

Dinosaur, Michelle Hagood

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Correct Attribution

Dragon of Marduk, Allposters.com

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Incorrect attributions

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Babylon-Ishtar-Gate-600-BC-Posters_i9099208_.htm?aid=1630434966&LinkTypeID=1&PosterTypeID=1&DestType=7

Dragon of Marduk, http://www.allposters.com

Incorrectly attributed graphics are pictured.

If the photographer or creator of the graphic is not listed, note the name of the website, NOT the web address or URL. (see previous slide)

Example:

INCORRECT - use of web address: (http://www.allposters.com)

INCORRECT - use of URL: (http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Ishtar-Gate-Dragon-of-Marduk-Posters_i7910860_.htm)

Best practices for older and more experienced students, Guild Inductees and above, but not required by Event Rules:

Speakers are encouraged and expected to make the effort to locate the original source/creator/photographer of an image or graphic.

See here for more help:

https://copyright.unimelb.edu.au/guides/how-to-find-a-source-of-an-image

https://backlinko.com/reverse-image-search

Even if licensable image banks give you a certain number of free downloads to use, best practice is to credit the creator where possible:

https://www.canva.com/help/discover-and-follow-canva-creators/

On the same page as the image, you will often find information about the Photo, Vector or Illustration Contributor.

A common mistake is for the speaker to assume it is ok use an unwatermarked stock image from a website without knowing how that website obtained the image.

https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/copyright-fair-use-and-how-it-works-for-online-images/

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Boy Playing in Fountain, Michelle Hagood

All visuals must be attributed using

the title (or a descriptive title)
and the photographer’s name.

Even photographs, drawings or visuals created by the speaker must be attributed.

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Clipart must also be attributed using

the title (or a descriptive title)

and name of the program followed by its version number in parentheses.

Skyscraper, Microsoft Word for Macs (Version 14.4.6)

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Computer-Assisted Presentation includes:

Presentation Script Document

Presentation Script
Works Cited and Digital Media Cited

Computerized Presentation

Graphics Attributed on or near image
Works Cited Slide
Digital Media Cited Slide

Computer-Assisted Presentation

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Attributions vs Citations

Attributions

An abbreviated credit used for images in ICCFS
Include the name of the image and the creator or owner
Are placed on or near the image used

Citations

Give complete credit for the source used
Include author, title, publisher, publication date and other information
Are included on the Works Cited and Digital Media Cited pages

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Digital Media Citations

Must be in a Standard Citation Format

Give complete credit for the image or video used
Include author, title, publisher, publication date and other information
Are included on the Digital Media Cited pages

URLs only are not acceptable for citations

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Graphic Attributions

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Computer-Assisted Presentsation

Last slides include:

Works Citations
Graphics Citations

Works and Digital Media Citations are included at the end of the Digital Media presentation as well as the Presentation Outline

Digital Media

Graphics, audio or video resources used to enhance or illustrate a presentation. This does NOT include text-based resources that are used for researching the topic.

Digital Media Cited Page (or last slide and end of outline)

A page or slide listing all the graphics, video and/or audio resources used in a Computer Assisted Advocacy. This includes photographs, photocopies, video and audio recordings. Sources should be listed alphabetically, using a standard citation format.

The URLs alone are not acceptable as a means of citing a source.

You will need to cite your sources in both your presentation script and your computerized presentations.

In the computerized presentation the works and digital media sources will be listed alphabetically on the final slide(s) and at the end of the Presentation Outline document.

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Computer-Assisted Presentation Outline

Included on the last pages:

Works Citations
Graphics Citations

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Audio & Video Podcasts

Credit should be given to sources of information and digital media used

Audio Podcast

Works Cited should include all sources referenced
A separate Media Cited page should include all sound effects

Video Podcast

Works Cited should include credit for images and sounds used
Closing credits should include credit for images and sounds used

Audio and Video Podcast recording links are included in the Script Submission Notebook.

Files must be:

Audio Podcast = mp3 or mp4
Video Podcast = mov or mp4

Audio and Video Podcasts Script Submissions should also include credit to digital media used such as images and sound effects.

Audio Podcast will include a separate Media Cited page for sound effects. These citations will be in standard citation format.

Video Podcast will include complete citations for digital media used on the Digital Media Cited page of the Presentation Script Document. These citations will be in standard citation format.

Video Podcast should also include closing credits in the video podcast crediting the creation, production, and digital media used. Closing credits resemble the closing credits of a movie. They are not full digital media citations.

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Sponsor Review

Submit the entire Script Submission Notebook to your sponsor for review at least 5 days prior to the Script Submission deadline

Allow time

for your sponsor to review and
To make any needed corrections

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Submit to ICCFS

Submit the entire Script Submission Notebook to ICCFS by entering the link to your notebook on the Script Submission Form.

Script Submission Notebooks must be submitted to ICCFS by the deadline for your tournament

Make sure to follow directions for file sharing

You must change the share setting to “Anyone in ICC may view”
You must transfer ownership of the file to ICCFS@iccinc.org

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How to Name the Files

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Naming the Script Submission Notebook:

Last,First,SS,Tournament Name & Date

Example: Eliason,Rae,SS,Western 2026

Naming the Presentation Script File:

Last,First,Event,PS,Tournament Name & Date

Example: Eliason,Rae,ST,PS,Western 2026

Naming the Source Material File:

Last,First,Event,Source, Tournament Name & Date

Example: Eliason,Rae,ST,Source,Western 2026

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How to Name Media Files

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Naming the Audio Podcast Recording:

Last,First,AP,Tournament Name & Date

Example: Eliason,Rae,SS,Western 2026

Naming the Video Podcast Recording

Team,VP,Tournament Name & Date

Team = Speaker1-Speaker2-Speaker3

Note: If AP has more than one presenter, then the Team should be listed instead of the name (ie: Smith-Jones,AP…)

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Ownership of Files

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YSG1: Do not change the ownership of the files. After the tournament, you may want to make adjustments to your scripts as you take them into the community.

YSG2/3/G: You must change ownership of the speech files to ICCFS. Be sure that ALL speech event files are shared with “Anyone in ICC can view.” You will change ownership of the Script Submission Notebook to ICCFS.

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Resource Links

Script Submission Helps

General Definitions and Q&A

Event Descriptions

Event Specific Rules and Q&A

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Questions??

ask your sponsor or email ICCFS@ICCinc.org