Assessment Task One is broken into two separate but linked sections.

Section 1) Argue your understanding of the concept of community, and how that links to the academic literature and to the views of your fellow students.

Section 2) Argue your understanding of the concept of community resilience, and how that links to the academic literature and to the views of your fellow students.

Therefore, the assessment task is based on your engagement with the unit content, the broader academic literature and the posts you and your fellow students make to the activity forums. In your response to each section, you will need to incorporate ideas from two activity posts: one of your own posts plus at least one from another student in the group. As such:

Section 1) Using your own forum post(s) as a basis, you will argue for your understanding of the concept of community and state how that links to the broader academic literature and to what at least one other post from the group says.

Section 2) Using your own forum post(s) as a basis, you will argue for your understanding of the concept of community resilience and state how that links to the broader literature and to what at least one other post from the group says.

Note: You may utilise the forum post of your fellow students to support your view or you may utilise it to contrast with your view. A copy of the selected forum posts must be included as a separate section. Sections 1) and 2) will be up to approximately 800 words, not including the copy of the forum posts. The copy of the forum posts is therefore in addition to the 800 words. Importantly, your response must be supported by the appropriate literature.

Presentation Guidelines

Assessment one is submitted via Moodle. You are free to present the response in a written format that best suits you, however, you must respond to each requirement (up to approximately 800 words in total, excluding forum posts). The submitted response must include as a minimum:

a) Title page


b) Response to concept of community,

c) Response to the concept of community resilience.

d) Direct copy of the forum posts being utilised (NOT included in 800 words)

Note: your response must be supported by appropriate literature

The detailed assessment criteria for this Unit are in the form of a rubric, which is available from the Moodle course site.

You will be assessed on:

· Knowledge of the concept of community and community resilience

· Application of knowledge and skills in relation to the concept of community and community resileince

· Communication and presentation

Through assessment task two you will explore the notion of safety and education, and more particularly, safety and education in relation to:

1) A group from the community and / or a geographical location, which you select

2) A real-life safety and education activity or campaign, which you select.

To set the scene, firstly, you will identify and provide an overview of the community group and / or geographical location you have selected, and needs particular to the group and / or location.

You will then analyse the real-life safety and education activity you have chosen. As part of this analysis you need to look at the degree to which the activity currently meets and, conversely does not meet, the specific needs of the chosen group and / or geographical location.

Note: assessment task two informs assessment task three, where you will implement changes to the activity or campaign, so please carefully consider your choices. Please refer to the ‘Unit Support – Getting Started and Assessment Help’ sections of the Moodle site for suggestions and additional guidance.

Your response will include three key sections:

1) Chosen community group and / or geographical location, including an overview of the characteristics of the group or location and any particular needs they may have;

2) Chosen community safety and education activity, including an overview of the activity or campaign and its features; and

3) The alignment between: 1) the group and / or geographical location, and 2) the activity or campaign.

The assessment task will be approx. 1500 - 2000 words in total and importantly your response must be supported by appropriate literature.

Presentation Guidelines:

Assessment two is submitted via Moodle. You are free to present the response in a written format that best suits you, however you must respond to each requirement (approximately 1500 - 2000 words in total). The submitted response must include as a minimum:

a) Title page;

b) Chosen community group and / or geographical location

c) Chosen community safety and education activity or campaign.

Note: if you cannot insert a copy of the activity or campaign into the assessment submission, please upload it as a separate file.

d) Alignment between the group and the activity

Note: your response must be supported with appropriate literature.

The detailed assessment criteria for this course are in the form of a rubric, which is available from the Moodle course site.

You will be assessed on:

· Knowledge of community safety and education

· Skills in community safety and education

· Application of knowledge and skills in community safety and education

· Communication and presentation of knowledge and skills

This assessment tasks asks you to reflect on contemporary perspectives related to community safety and education, the design of safety and education activities, and the ways in which you can work collaboratively to enhance the effectiveness of community-based activities. Please refer to the ‘Unit Support – Getting Started and Assessment Help’ sections of the Moodle site for suggestions and additional guidance.

Utilising the real-life safety and education activity or campaign you discussed in assessment task two, you will re-design the activity or campaign to better meet the needs of your chosen community group and / or geographical location PLUS plan for its launch.

Your final submission will, therefore, consist of three sections, including:

1) Copy of the re-designed activity or campaign (annotated so that the changes can be clearly identified);

2) Copy of the implementation plan for the re-designed activity; and

3) The rationale to support your re-design and implementation choices.

The rationale must be supported by appropriate literature and importantly make a summary statement about how the re-designed activity or campaign and the implementation plan contribute to building community resilience.

The community safety and education activity you produce must be suitable for use within a group context and plan to be implemented in collaboration with the group itself. The implementation plan must therefore clearly articulate this collaboration.

The re-designed activity or campaign may take any form and consist of a single resource or a small series of resources.

Presentation Guidelines:

Assessment three is submitted via Moodle. You are free to construct the response in a style that best suits you, however, you must respond to each requirement. For example, your response may be a written report or a combination of a written report, oral presentation, such as a video or audio podcast or another mode that you negotiate directly with me. The summited assessment will therefore include as a minimum:

a) Title page;

b) Copy of the re-designed community safety and education activity or campaign;

Note: depending on the format of your activity or campaign you may need to submit this assessment in multiple parts, for example, if your activity or campaign utilises technology such as video or audio files. You may submit these as a separate file and annotate your written response accordingly.

c) Copy of the implementation plan for the re-designed activity or campaign;

d) The rationale for the re-design plus for the implementation of the re-designed activity or campaign. Your rationale will therefore include a discussion of the:

- Nature of the activity or campaign, and its aim and or purpose;

- How the re-designed activity and the implementation plan; contribute to building community resilience

- Specific aspects of the re-designed activity that were chosen to meet the needs of the community group and / or geographical location you selected;

- Specific aspects of the implementation plan chosen to support a collaborative approach to the safety and education activity.

Note: The rationale [section d] must be supported by appropriate literature and will be approximately 2000 words.

The detailed assessment criteria for this course are in the form of a rubric, which is available from the Moodle course site.

You will be assessed on:

· Knowledge of community safety and education

· Skills in community safety and education

· Application of knowledge and skills in community safety and education

Communication and presentation of knowledge and skills