CQUniversity Unit Profile.

Students will form small groups within their workshop class and will present a topic to their workshop class during the tutorial. Local lecturers will finalise topics and presentation schedules for groups. All group members must be from the same workshop.

A list of possible topics will be made available through the assessment specification document. Students should consider suitable topics from this list. It is not essential to be restricted to this list. Students could discuss other potential topics with their local lecturer. To achieve high outcomes in this assessment, all students are encouraged to select current, useful and interesting examples / topics that demonstrate their presentation skills, and meet the assessment requirements and marking criteria. The topic and date of the presentation must be approved by the local lecturer by the end of Week 3. All students must attend their scheduled workshops and complete the approval process. 

Presentations MUST proceed on the allocated day. If one person in the group is NOT present on the day, the other students MUST proceed with the presentation. This will be taken into account when marking. If a student cannot present on the allocated day, they will need to apply for an extension as soon as possible and they will need to supply evidence.

The application for an extension should be completed BEFORE the allocated date of the presentation wherever possible. If an individual student in a group is granted an extension, the rest of the group will still have to present on the allocated day. The individual with an extension may have to present on a different topic as an individual presenter at a later date.

Assessments provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills to achieve the required standard. To do this, assessment responses need to be both clear and easy to understand. If not, the University cannot determine that students have demonstrated their knowledge and skills. Assessments will, therefore, be marked accordingly including the potential for zero (0) marks where relevant.

All presentations must be based on the approved topic and use valid sources of reference material. Students must deliver the presentation on the allocated day to have their assessment marked. Submission of the file(s) alone is not acceptable as having completed the assessment requirements. Students MUST present their assessment and submit all materials used in the presentations to receive marks.

The marking criteria are based on:

• speaker/presenter's appearance and other impressions including behaviour during presentations;
• presentation structure and content to meet the presentation needs;
• referencing, including the use of valid references, citations and referencing style/formatting;
• coping with questions and facilitating discussion during and at the end of the presentation;
• delivery, including time management;
• visual aids, activities and handouts;
• target and audience; and
• behaviour as audience members.

For more information, refer to the assessment specification and assessment criteria which can be found on the Moodle unit website.

Students will be required to develop a portfolio of resources and to complete an online quiz. The compilation and submission of the written items and quiz are progressive throughout the term. This assessment consists of the following portfolio activities including a quiz and written submissions. Details of the portfolio activities are available on the Moodle unit website.

This assessment consists of three portfolio activities.

1. Asg 2 - Part A - Written submission (10 marks) - Due Friday of Week 4
2. Asg 2 - Part B - Online Quiz (10 marks) - Due Friday of Week 5
3. Asg 2 - Part C - Written submission (20 marks) - Due Friday of Week 7

Assessments provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills to achieve the required standard. To do this, assessment responses need to be both clear and easy to understand. If not, the University cannot determine that students have demonstrated their knowledge and skills. Assessments will, therefore, be marked accordingly including the potential for zero (0) marks where relevant.

All written assessments must correctly focus on the tasks as in the specifications or they will be given zero (0) marks and no feedback.

This assessment task will assess your skills in critical thinking, researching information, forming an opinion, academic writing, logical ordering of ideas, and your ability to support your arguments with quotes from literature. This assessment has two parts. Part A is writing a report on a given case scenario and Part B is peer assessment of a submitted written report.

Part A: Report (30 marks)

In this part you are required to complete an investigation based on a given case scenario and write a structured report (as outlined in chapter 5 of textbook) written in accordance with standard academic writing principles (as outlined in chapter 4 of textbook). The case scenario will be made available on the Moodle unit website.

Specifically your report should include the following:

1. Title page: unit code and name, assessment number, report title, assessment due date, word count (actual), student name, student number, CQUniversity email address, local lecturer, and unit coordinator.
   
2. Executive summary: should include the purpose of the report, the problem including key issues considered and how they were investigated, your findings, and overview of your recommendations.
   
3. Table of Contents (ToC): should list the report topics using decimal notation. Need to include the main headings and subheadings with corresponding page numbers, using a format that makes the hierarchy of topics clear.
   
4. Introduction: provide a brief description of the organisation as given in the case scenario including any assumptions, a concise overview of the problem you have been asked to research, the main aims/purpose of the report, the objectives to be achieved by writing the report (include the tasks outlined in the case scenario), and how you investigated the problem. Provide an outline of the sections of the report.
   
5. Body of the report (use appropriate headings in the body of the report): Define key terms you will use in your report that are directly related to the problem and the technology considered. Then present your ideas on the topic and discuss the information you found in your research that was relevant to the report’s objectives. Provide an analysis of the information that you gathered. Ensure that you explore the tasks listed in the case scenario.
   
6. Conclusion: restate the purpose of the report and summarise the key issues investigated and the related findings based on your research and analysis. Explain the significance of your findings for addressing the problem stated in the case scenario and any limitations. State how your report has achieved its objectives and any future work to be considered.
   
7. Recommendations: 3 to 5 recommendations required. Format according to the Report Writing Guidelines discussed in the Unit.
   
8. Reference list: a correctly cited list of references ordered alphabetically by surname of first author, in accordance with the CQU APA referencing style. You must have more than ten (but not more than 15) current references in your reference list. Your report must use in-text referencing of all references listed.
   
9. Appendices if necessary.

Reports that do not focus on the case scenario will be given zero (0) marks and will not be provided with any additional feedback.

Students must write the Report themselves. You may be asked to prove that you have written the Report. You should keep evidence that you have written the Report yourself, for example, early drafts of your Report, annotated copies of references used, and notes about applying the Triple R technique to evaluate the references.

Part B: Peer Assessment (10 marks)

The purpose of the peer assessment task is to clarify the student's understanding of the Part A task. Peer assessments will be conducted during the workshops in Week 11 and 12. Students need to be present at the workshop for the peer assessment task. Failure to attend the workshop will result in zero (0) marks in this part.

Each student will be asked to assess an Assessment 3 - Report produced by of one of their peers. The student will annotate the peer report to demonstrate in-depth understanding of the topic/issues discussed in the report, identify the strengths of the report, the assessment criteria that were not addressed clearly/adequately in the report, and the areas of the report that need improvement.

The marking criteria are based on:

• correct topic as provided in the assessment specifications;
• correct style and content of executive summary;
• appropriate table of contents;
• linkage of introduction,
• discussion (body of report), conclusion and recommendations;
• addressing the problem described in the case study;
• organisation of ideas and paragraph structure;
• using an appropriate referencing style (APA/Harvard) including citations and formatting;
• use of valid references (based on the Triple R framework) to support arguments and ideas;
• presentation of the report including grammar, spelling and punctuation;
• keeping within the word count, and
• peer assessment (based on the written report).

For more information, including a detailed marking rubric, refer to the assessment details and assessment criteria which can be found on the Moodle unit website. All assessments must be based on valid reference sources and must comply with the University's referencing guidelines and academic misconduct procedures. Any assessments that breach these procedures and guidelines could be subjected to academic misconduct charges.

Assessments provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills to achieve the required standard. To do this, assessment responses need to be both clear and easy to understand. If not, the University cannot determine that students have demonstrated their knowledge and skills. Assessments will, therefore, be marked accordingly including the potential for 0 marks where relevant.

Students must write the Report themselves. You may be asked to prove that you have written the Report. You should keep evidence that you have written the Report yourself, for example, early drafts of your Report, annotated copies of references used, and notes about applying the Triple R technique to evaluate the references.