This assessment item involves an online quiz. The quiz will be available on Monday in Week 7 and will be open for approximately two weeks.

The quiz covers the content from weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (lectures and readings) as well as content covered in workshops from weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

• You can attempt the quiz at any location provided you have access to Moodle and a good internet connection.
  
• There are 30 questions (a combination of multiple-choice and true/false questions). You will be given three attempts to complete the quiz. Each attempt will generate a different quiz. To generate a quiz, the system selects questions randomly from a bank of questions for each chapter.
  
• There will be a time limit of 40 minutes to complete each quiz attempt.
• Make sure you use a reliable internet connection for each attempt. It is your responsibility to leave sufficient time for a second or third attempt in alternative locations in case you encounter technical difficulties.
• If you attempt the quiz more than once, you will be awarded your highest mark.
• Note that although this quiz is aligned to learning outcome 1, it only relates to the first part of the learning outcome as agile project management is not covered until later in the term.
  
  

Your result will be available after you complete an attempt.

The quiz has 30 questions. Each question is of equal weighting. 

Practical Assessment (workshop exercises and MS-Project 2016 practicals)

This assessment item is to be developed and submitted as part of your weekly workshop sessions. It consists of a series of 8 practicals and class exercises to be completed in weeks 4 – 11 (inclusive). For on-campus students this work is due in the weekly workshop, not the due date shown in Moodle. The date given in Moodle is to cater for all scheduled workshop classes. No marks will be awarded for work submitted or developed outside the workshop/tutorial class or for late submissions.

Each weekly practical is a pre-requisite for the next weekly practical (i.e. this work is being developed incrementally each week). It is therefore important to complete the work scheduled each week.

On-campus students

1. To be awarded marks this work must be developed and submitted in your weekly workshop as and when directed by your tutor. Only work completed in-class and submitted in-class will be accepted and awarded marks.
2. Attendance at workshops/tutorials is compulsory.
3. Marks will be deducted if you arrive late for the workshop.
4. Your tutor will monitor your progress in class. Be prepared to answer questions and explain your work to your tutor in class. Marks may be deducted if your tutor is not satisfied with your progress or understanding of the work.

Off-campus (distance education) students

1. For distance education students the due date for the weekly workshop submissions is the date shown on the unit website. Late submissions will be awarded 0 marks.
2. The unit coordinator is your tutor and may make arrangements to discuss your work with you.

Notes to all students:

1. Do not exchange or share files with any other students or this will result in a plagiarism incident being raised and 0 marks awarded for the practical involved.
2. You may be required to demonstrate your knowledge of the software and/or explain your answers before marks are awarded for this assessment item.
3. Templates will be provided for recording your answers to the Microsoft Project practical exercises and selected class exercises.
4. A link to the booklet with the Microsoft Project practicals can be found on the unit website. 

Due date: Although there is a final due date specified for each workshop (in Moodle), there is a total of 8 weekly submissions that must be developed and submitted as scheduled in the weekly workshop sessions. These Workshop tasks commence in week-4.

In this assignment students are required to prepare and present material on an approved topic in project management. On-campus students must work in a group formed within their tutorial/workshop class as they will be required to give the presentation to their workshop class during the term. Distance education students may work on this assignment individually or in a group with other distance education students.

On-campus students:

• The class presentations will commence in week 6.
• No marks will be awarded if the presentation is not given in the scheduled workshop.
• You will be organised into groups of three (3) members maximum. Groups will be organised in the weekly tutorial/workshops in week 1 and 2. You must provide your tutor with the details of the members of your group and your top two preferred topics by the end of week 2 at the latest. This allows time for you to negotiate an alternative topic if necessary. The earlier you give your tutor the details of your group and your preferred topics, the more likely you are to get your preferred topic.
• You must not change your tutorial/workshop class or group once your group has been formed and you must not change your workshop class after week 2. By the end of week 2, if you do not belong to any group, you must contact your tutor and adhere to the assignment allocated by your tutor.
• Your tutor will notify you about your approved topic and when your group is scheduled to present in class. The topics and presentation schedule must be finalised by the end of Week 3.
• All the research and preparation for your presentation must be completed and submitted on Moodle on or before the start of week 6 (when class presentations commence). See Moodle for the exact due date. Marks will be deducted for late submission of the presentation materials. Note that your presentation marks cannot be awarded until after your class presentation is assessed and moderated. Marks cannot be released until end of term when all presentations have been given and the moderation process is complete.
• Remember you are not allowed to change your group or topic without approval from your tutor. this will only be allowed in very special circumstances.
• You should maintain a record of weekly meetings, decisions, task allocation, action lists with updates, etc. documenting each group member's contribution to the assessment item. This documentation helps to avoid internal conflict between team members and will be taken into account by the marker.
• If any member of the group is not contributing and attending regular group meetings you must discuss this with your tutor as soon as possible.
• You must submit the meeting records (contribution of work) along with your presentation files. Failing to submit the records demonstrating member contributions to the work may result in 0 marks for this assessment item.
• Group weekly meetings should commence as soon as the group is formed (i.e. in week 1 or 2 to select and submit your preferred topics by the end of week 2).
• You should contact your tutor about issues such as the membership of your group, selection of presentation topic, and schedule for their presentation.
• As the intention is that no topic should be covered more than once during the term the tutor will approve topics on a first-come basis.

Distance students:

• The Unit Coordinator (UC) is your tutor and will approve your topic.
• Groups can be organised in week 1 and 2 or you can work individually. There is a distance education forum on the unit website. This forum can be used to contact other distance education students.
• You must provide your tutor (UC) with the details of the members of your "group" and your top two preferred topics by the end of week 2 at the latest.
• You must submit all the files by the due date in week 6.
• You are also required to submit a video/audio recording of your presentation as well as your resources for the presentation (i.e. submit recording/video, script, slides, etc.) by the due date.
• If you are working in a group, you are also required to submit meeting records. Failing to submit the records demonstrating member contributions to the work may result in 0 marks for this assessment item. If you are working on the assignment on your own you are required to submit a log/diary of your weekly progress.

For all students:

Your presentation can be about:

• Any area of project management that is related to the weekly topics and adds a significant body of new material, a different perspective or depth to the information already covered in the course lecture material. It is important that you extend your knowledge and that of the class beyond what will be covered in this unit during the term. There is scope to research and present more information about many of the weekly topics. For example, in the Quality Management topic, some students may wish to investigate Six Sigma or ICT students may wish to cover more detail about quality management in the Software Engineering discipline. 
• Any other topic that is related to project management that is approved by your tutor.
• Some suggested topics can be found in the detailed specification for this assessment item on the unit website.
• Click on the assessment 3 link in the assessment block for more information and to access the detailed specification and templates for this assessment item. The detailed specification also includes more details about the marking criteria.

Both on-campus and distance students are required to produce a detailed script for the presentation. The script must include some potential questions and responses indicating where you would pose questions to engage your audience. In addition, the end of the script is to include three potential questions (with their answers) that you would anticipate being asked by your audience at the end of the presentation.

You must include in-text citations and your list of references references in your script as well as your slides.

A more detailed assignment specification can be found in the assessment area for this assessment item on the unit website. 

CQUniversity Library has many databases that contain refereed full-text journal articles. This is also a useful source of material for your assignment.

The following library links may be useful to help you get started:

http://libguides.library.cqu.edu.au/library-search-help
http://libguides.library.cqu.edu.au/evaluating-resources

Remember that you must obtain approval for your selected topic. Discuss your choices of topics with your tutor.

Marking guide for Assessment 3 – Presentation

** Your script must be in a separate document and clearly show which slide is associated with the text. The script should express exactly what you plan to say during the presentation.

** See the detailed assessment item 3 specifications on the unit website for more details about what makes a good presentation and more details about the marking criteria