Overview
This unit provides students with an opportunity to apply their accumulated experiences, skills and knowledge, developed throughout the degree course, to a major project undertaken for an external client. Students will work in teams to initiate, plan, execute and evaluate a digital content project, putting into practice project and production management processes and development methodologies covered in the unit. Students must complete MMST13015 Collaborative Digital Media Project Part A before enrolling in this unit.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite unit: MMST13015
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from F2F discussion in tutorial session.
Team had difficulty with client not responding to emails for an extended period. Would like to have had a client from the campus area, so that one could "knock on their door".
The student's frustration with a client that is not responding is understandable. The supervisor will do everything they can to assist in such an instance. Being co-located wouldn't necessarily be a solution. Students are not to visit clients unless formally invited. In the real world changes of personnel with organisations can impact projects. It is part of an authentic experience to learn how to professionally handle such situations. However in future, greater efforts should be made to source projects from each campus area so that geographical distance is less of an issue. This, of course is not feasible for each of the distantly located student cohort. Students should be reminded that they are also invited to suggest suitable projects to the course coordinator prior to commencement of MMST13015 (Collaborative Digital Media Project Part A).
- plan a project which includes working in a team and liaising with a client
- implement project and production management processes to develop an effective digital media product that meets the requirements of the client and the needs of the target audience
- work as an effective and productive member of a team
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Group Work - 30% | |||
| 2 - Group Work - 45% | |||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 25% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Group Work - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Group Work - 45% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 25% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- The IT requirements for this unit will depend on the project that is being undertaken. The Adobe Master Collection is a common software requirement. Microsoft Project is useful for project management. Video and audio production equipment is a common hardware requirement.
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
a.holmes@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Unit overview; Review of project and production management plans; Expectations for alpha presentations
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Status Report 11
Module/Topic
Product Evaluation and Testing: Test plans; Test cases
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Status Report 12
Module/Topic
Working on Alpha Presentation
Prepare test and evaluation plan for Alpha Presentation
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Status Report 13
Module/Topic
Alpha presentation.
Formalise test and evaluation feedback.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Alpha Product Presentation
Test and evaluation plans
Status Report 14
Module/Topic
Implement recommendations from Alpha presentation testing and evaluation.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Status Report 15
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Prepare for ISO9001 Trial Audit (checking that proposed procedure is being followed and that documentation is up-to-date)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Status Report 16
Module/Topic
Prepare for your Beta Presentation
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Status Report 17
Module/Topic
Beta Prototype Presentations scheduled.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Beta Prototype Presentation; Status Report 18
Module/Topic
Implement final changes/fixes/edits.
Re-test.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Status Report 19
Module/Topic
Last production stages.
Planning for handover.
Arrange final presentation with client.
Trial Audit by this week.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Status Report 20
Module/Topic
Check product against any change requests.
Complete test and evaluation reports.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Test & Evaluation Reports
Module/Topic
Final presentation to client
Product handover
Signed client acceptance
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Submit Individual and peer review
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
All team submissions due
Individual report and peer review Due: Review/Exam Week Friday (13 Oct 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Group Work
Refer to the details of deliverables, assessment criteria and particulars regarding submission of assessment in the unit web site.
The deliverables in this category are:
1A. Test & Evaluation Plan; Acceptance Criteria Proposal
1B. Development Activity Logs, Correspondence, Minutes, ISO9001 Audit Report
1C. Status Reports (x10)
1D. Intellectual Property Register
Ongoing throughout the term. Refer to the unit web site.
By the Certification date.
Refer to the unit web site.
- plan a project which includes working in a team and liaising with a client
- implement project and production management processes to develop an effective digital media product that meets the requirements of the client and the needs of the target audience
- work as an effective and productive member of a team
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Group Work
Refer to the details of deliverables, assessment criteria and particulars regarding submission of assessment in the unit web site.
The deliverables in this category are:
2A. Alpha Presentation
2B. Beta Product & Presentation
2C. Test & Evaluations Reports
2D. Project Handover - signed acceptance
2E. Final Product
2F. Client Review
Final project submission
The product must contain significant digital media elements and all files required for its implementation MUST be submitted to the client and to the unit coordinator via link to a shared drive and or by USB drive. You may also serve the product over the Web as well, but all files must still be submitted for assessment.
Ongoing throughout the term. Refer to the unit web site.
By the Certification date.
Refer to the unit web site.
- plan a project which includes working in a team and liaising with a client
- implement project and production management processes to develop an effective digital media product that meets the requirements of the client and the needs of the target audience
- work as an effective and productive member of a team
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
Refer to the details of deliverables, assessment criteria and particulars regarding submission of assessment in the unit web site.
The items that are considered in this section are:
3A/ Individual Report
3B/ Peer Review
3C/ Tutor’s Evaluation of Individual Performance
Review/Exam Week Friday (13 Oct 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
By the Certification date.
Refer to the unit web site.
- work as an effective and productive member of a team
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
