There are 2 Online Quizzes (details on each specific quiz can be seen below). Each quiz is worth 10% of the final grade (total 20% for this assessment item). Each quiz will consist of 20 multiple choice questions to be completed in 40-minutes. Questions on each quiz will be randomly drawn from a larger question bank.

Quiz 1: Opens Week 3 Monday 29 July 2019 9:00 AM (AEST) and Closes Week 4 Monday 5 August 2019 5:00 PM (AEST)
This quiz will cover the equipment covered in Week 2 and 3 - Force Plates, Isokinetic Dynamometry, and Electromyography. The quiz will test your knowledge of the function, characteristics and operation of force plates and load cells, isokinetic dynamometry, and electromoygraphy systems.

Quiz 2: Opens Week 5 Monday 12 August 2019 9:00 AM (AEST) and Closes Week 6 Monday 26 August 2019 5:00 PM (AEST)
This quiz will cover the equipment covered in Week 4 and 5 - 2D and 3D Motion Analysis, Ballistic Measurement System, and Accelerometers. The quiz will test your knowledge of the function, characteristics and operation of 2D and 3D motion analysis systems, ballistic measurement system and accelerometers.

Online quizzes should be completed on a computer, as attempting the quiz on a smartphone or tablet can result in your session being ended in the event of a phone call or notification.

Once you have logged on to the quiz it must be completed within that single session. You CANNOT save the quiz and return to it later.

Answers will either be correct or incorrect and tabulated by the Moodle Online Quiz System.

RESEARCH PROPOSAL: You will submit a written document based on a group research proposal (introduction and methods) that will describe your intended research project. To achieve this task groups will self-select into the projects listed on Moodle and elect a team leader to assist with group communications. Each group will consist of a maximum of five members. Further information on group selection and team roles will be provided on Moodle.

• The research proposal will be based on the format and style of the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport and must include background literature, study aims/hypotheses, methods (with planned statistical analysis), and references. 
• The research proposal length should be between 1000-1500 words (excluding references) following the page setup and reference style provided in the author guidelines of Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.
• The research proposal will be submitted as a single word document that has two distinct sections. Section A) A draft document (4 to 5 drafts commented and corrected) of the research proposal with all "track changes" to highlight group involvement. The track changes will be in the form of "COMMENTS" made by each group member. Section B) a completed research proposal with no "track changes" COMMENTS that depicts the completed document after the suggested changes have been made.
  
• Each group member submits 2 documents: the complete research proposal (as above) and a completed cooperative group learning rubric.
• Each student must be able to demonstrate their individual contribution to the document such as literature collected, individual written section completed, content/information provided, corrections to drafts and group input as highlighted in the individual section of the cooperative group learning rubric.
• The group rubric will assess the progressive contribution across all drafts of the research proposal. The individual rubric will assess individual student contributions to their selected written section using the first draft prior to group involvement and will assess literature, content, writing, referencing, and overall contribution to he completed or final draft of the research proposal.
  
• Each student will be awarded a group (10%) and individual (5%) grade for their contribution to the research proposal.
  

The Research Proposal will be assessed on the following areas: Background literature, aim(s) and hypotheses, methods (subjects, protocols, equipment, and intended statistical analyses),writing style (spelling, grammar and adherence to journal guidelines), group involvement (manuscript drafts must include group word document with "track changes" COMMENTS to highlight group involvement plus a completed group word document without "track changes" COMMENTS plus a cooperative group learning rubric completed by each member of the group. The individual component will be based on student involvement in the group and their contribution to individual written sections, draft comments, research literature contributed, and group involvement.    

Assessment Overview:

This Assessment consists of two tasks which make up the Portfolio. Tasks include:
1. Presentation - Due Week 12 Monday 7 2019 (specific presentation times selected via Moodle)

2. Research Manuscript - Due Review/Exam Week Friday 18 2019 5:00 PM (AEST).

Assessment Tasks Detail:

1. Presentation (worth 25% of final grade)

At the completion of the research project you will be asked to prepare a 10-minute presentation regarding your project using PowerPoint. The oral presentation will be completed as an individual and delivered as part of a live 'virtual' conference via Zoom video conferencing application. Following your presentation, you will be asked questions from fellow students/teaching staff during a 5-minute question period.

You will nominate to present and attend one of the following sessions. It is expected that you will be in attendance for the entire session to support your fellow students and participate in the question periods.

Conference Session 1: Monday 7 October 2019 1:00-4:30 PM (AEST)
Conference Session 2: Monday 7 October 2019 5:00-8:30 PM (AEST)
Conference Session 3: Tuesday 8 October 2019 9:00-11:30 AM (AEST)
Conference Session 4: Tuesday 8 October 2019 5:00-8:30 PM (AEST)

Final session times may change based on student selections. 

2. Research Manuscript (worth 40% of final grade)
You will be required to complete the group written manuscript commenced as the draft research proposal from assessment task 2, based on your research project that follows the author guidelines for the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.

• The research manuscript will be approximately 2000 to 3000 words in length and will conform to your research topic.
• The research manuscript will include a title page, abstract, introduction, aims, methods (subjects, protocols, statistics), results, discussion, conclusion, references, tables and figures.
  
• The research manuscript will be submitted as two word documents.
• Document (1) is a completed research manuscript with multiple drafts (4 or 5) with all "track changes" to highlight individual/group involvement. The track changes will be in the form of "COMMENTS" made by each group member.
• Document (2) will be a completed research manuscript with no "track changes" COMMENTS that depicts the completed document after all suggested changes have been made.
• Each group member submits (1) the research manuscript document with COMMENTS, (2) the final draft of the corrected research manuscript without COMMENTS, and (3) the cooperative group learning rubric highlighting individual and group contributions. 
• The group rubric will assess the progressive contribution across all iterations of the research proposal.
  
• Each student must be able to demonstrate their individual contribution to the document such as literature collected, their written section completed, content/information provided, corrections to drafts and group input as highlighted in the individual section of the cooperative group learning rubric.
• The individual rubric will assess the initial contribution to the students selected written section prior to group involvement and will assess literature, content, writing, referencing, and overall contribution to the completed or final draft of the research proposal.
  
• Each student will be awarded a group (25%) and individual (15%) grade for their contribution to the group submission.

More details including videos, templates, guidelines, and grading rubrics will be made available for each component on the unit Moodle site.

The presentation will be assessed on the following areas: introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, practical implications, and presentation skills.

The group manuscript will be assessed on the following areas: introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, practical implications, writing and adherence to author guidelines for Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.

The individual contribution to the manuscript will be assessed on the following areas: literature contribution, section content, writing, referencing and adherence to author guidelines for Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.

Each portfolio component will be graded using assessment Rubrics available on the unit Moodle site.

This assessment involves completion of compulsory laboratory activities of this unit. You are required to attend and demonstrate equipment competency with subject setup and research data collection in the laboratory sessions in one of the following options:

Students enrolled via Rockhampton (ROK) and Students enrolled via Mix Mode (MIX): Residential school held on Rockhampton North Campus. Week 4 Saturday/Sunday 10 and 11 August 2019 9:00 AM (AEST)

Students enrolled via Mackay (MKY): Block laboratory session held on Mackay City Campus. Week 5 Thursday/Friday 15 and 16 August 2019 9:00 AM (AEST)

Students enrolled via Cairns (CNS): Block laboratory session held at Cairns Basketball Headquarters. Week 5 Thursday/Friday 15 and 16 August 2019 9:00 AM (AEST)

If you miss a practical session, there will NOT be an opportunity to simply ‘catch up’ at any time. The Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework) outlines acceptable reasons for adjusting assessment (Section 5.16 – 5.19). This section of the policy is relevant in cases where a student fails to attend a required practical session/residential school within this unit. If a student does not attend a practical session/residential school session, and provides a valid reason, with supporting documentation (see Section 5.26 – 5.29), then an attempt to make alternate arrangements will be made (for example a ‘catch up’ session at a suitable time or an alternative assessment/task) in consultation with the Unit Coordinator and the student.

This assessment item is based on successful participation in laboratory skills that will enable the collection and collation of all research data. Students will be assessed on equipment competency in collecting data from the proposed research projects.