The document describes a Modern Optics course that incorporates communication-intensive elements, including student research posters and in-class optics demonstrations with peer evaluation. It outlines the course plan, implementation, lessons learned, and future goals. Students submit draft posters for peer review on an online platform and present final posters along with short oral presentations. The instructor found the process labor-intensive but well-designed rubrics and anonymous peer review were essential. Future improvements include better presentation venues and automatic scoring of peer evaluations.