In this assessment, you will form small groups of 3-4 people within your workshop class, research the provided topic, and design and deliver a presentation to your peers during the workshop. Local lecturers will finalise presentation schedules for groups. All group members must be from the same workshop.

You are encouraged to select current, useful and interesting examples that are aligned with the provided topic, demonstrate your presentation skills and address the assessment requirements in line with the marking criteria.

The presentation date must be approved by the local lecturer by the end of Week 3. You must attend your 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 you cannot present on the allocated day, you will need to apply for an extension as soon as possible, and they will need to supply evidence.

An 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.

Please refer to the unit's Moodle website for the detailed assessment specification document.

Assessments provide the opportunity for you to demonstrate your 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 you have demonstrated your knowledge and skills. Assessments will be marked accordingly, including the potential for zero (0) marks where relevant.

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

The marking criteria are based on the following:

• 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.

Please refer to the unit's Moodle website for the detailed assessment specification document, including the marking criteria.

In this assessment, you are required to develop a portfolio of written submissions with varying tasks. The compilation and submission of the written items are progressive throughout the term.

This assessment consists of the following two portfolio activities, each with varying tasks.

1. Assessment 2 - Part A - Written submission (20 marks) - Due by Friday, Week 5 (11:55 pm)
2. Assessment 2 - Part B - Written submission (20 marks) - Due by Friday, Week 7 (11:55 pm)

Please refer to the unit's Moodle website for the detailed assessment specification documents of these activities.

Assessments provide the opportunity for you to demonstrate your 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 be marked accordingly, including the potential for zero (0) marks where relevant.

All written assessments must correctly focus on the tasks specified in the assessment specification documents, or you may be given zero (0) marks with little to no feedback.

Please refer to the unit's Moodle website for the detailed assessment specification documents of these activities, which include the marking criteria.

This assessment (completed individually) 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) - submission by Friday, Week 10 (11:55 pm)

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 the textbook) written in accordance with standard academic writing principles (as outlined in chapter 4 of the 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 an overview of your recommendations.
   
3. Table of Contents (ToC): should list the report topics using decimal notation. You 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 background description 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 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 report's purpose 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 are required.
   
8. Reference list: a correctly cited list of references ordered alphabetically by surname of the first author, in accordance with the Harvard referencing style. You must have between 10-15 current references (2015 onwards) in your reference list. Your report must provide in-text referencing for all the references cited in the reference list.
   
9. Appendices if necessary.

Format the report according to the Report Writing Guidelines discussed in the Unit. Reports that do not focus on the case scenario will be given zero (0) marks and will not be provided with any additional feedback.

Part B: Peer Assessment (10 marks) - submission by Friday, Week 12 (11:55 pm)

The purpose of the peer assessment task is to further clarify your understanding of the Part A task. Peer assessments will be conducted during the workshops in Weeks 11 and 12. You 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.

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

Please refer to the unit's Moodle website for the detailed assessment specification documents of these activities.

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 the appropriate referencing style (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 correct 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 specifications which can be found on the Moodle unit website. All assessments must be based on valid reference sources and comply with the University's Harvard referencing guidelines and academic integrity procedures. Any assessments that breach these procedures and guidelines could be subjected to academic misconduct charges.

Assessments provide the opportunity for you to demonstrate your 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 you have demonstrated your knowledge and skills. Assessments will 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.