Microsoft Word - Assessment Brief 3 TITP105 Refective Journal
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Assessment Brief XXXXXXXXXXABN XXXXXXXXXXCRICOS Code: 00161E RTO Code: 90458
Version 2: 11th October, 2019 XXXXXXXXXXTEQSA Provider Number: PRV12051
ASSESSMENT BRIEF
COURSE: Bachelor of Information Technology
Unit: The IT Professional
Unit Code: TITP 105
Type of Assessment: Assessment 3 – Reflective Journal (Content Analysis) Report
Length/Duration: 3,500 words (+/- 10%)
Unit Learning
Outcomes addressed:
Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:
1. Describe a variety of roles for IT professionals and the personal, social,
ethical and legal impacts arising from their work
2. Assess the relationship between IT professionals and the issues of ethics,
corporate citizenship and governance
3. Describe the professional associations that are available to IT professionals
and the role that they play
Submission Date:
Week 14
Assessment Task:
Students are required to analyse the weekly lecture material of weeks 1 to 11 and
create concise content analysis summaries of the theoretical concepts contained
in the course lecture slides.
Total Mark:
60 marks
Weighting:
60% of the unit total marks
Students are advised that submission of an Assessment Task past the due date without a formally
signed approved Assignment Extension Form (Kent Website MyKent Student Link> FORM – Assignment
Extension Application Form – Student Login Required) or previously approved application for other
extenuating circumstances impacting course of study, incurs a 5% penalty per calendar day,
calculated by deduction from the total mark.
For example. An Assessment Task marked out of 40 will incur a 2 mark penalty for each calendar day.
More information, please refer to (Kent Website MyKent Student Link> POLICY – Assessment Policy &
Procedures – Student Login Required)
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ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION:
Students are required to analyse the weekly lecture material of weeks 1 to 11 and create concise
content analysis summaries (reflective journal report) of the theoretical concepts contained in the
course lecture slides.
Where the lab content or information contained in technical articles from the Internet or books helps
to fully describe the lecture slide content, discussion of such theoretical articles or discussion of the
lab material should be included in the content analysis.
The document structure is as follows (3500 Words):
1. Title Page
2. Introduction (100 words)
3. Background (50 words)
4. Content analysis (reflective journals) for each week from 1 to XXXXXXXXXXwords; approx. 300 words
per week):
a. Theoretical Discussion
i. Important topics covered
ii. Definitions
. Interpretations of the contents
i. What are the most important/useful
elevant information about the content?
c. Outcome
i. What have I learned from this?
5. Conclusion (50 words)
Your report must include:
At least five references, out of which, three references must be from academic resources.
Harvard Australian referencing for any sources you use.
Refer to the Academic Learning Skills student guide on Referencing.
ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION:
This assignment should be submitted online in Moodle through Turnitin.
The assignment MUST be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format. Other formats may not
e readable by markers. Please be aware that any assessments submitted in other formats will be
considered LATE and will lose marks until it is presented in Word.
For assistance please speak to our Academic Learning Skills Coordinators, in Sydney
( XXXXXXXXXX) or in Melbourne ( XXXXXXXXXX). They can help you with
understanding the task, draft checking, structure, referencing and other assignment-related matters.
GENERAL NOTES FOR ASSESSMENT TASKS
Content for Assessment Task papers should incorporate a formal introduction, main points and
conclusion.
Appropriate academic writing and referencing are inevitable academic skills that you must develop
and demonstrate in work being presented for assessment. The content of high quality work presented
y a student must be fully referenced within-text citations and a Reference List at the end. Kent
strongly recommends you refer to the Academic Learning Support Workshop materials available on
the Kent Learning Management System (Moodle). For details please click the link
http:
moodle.kent.edu.au/kentmoodle/mod/folde
view.php?id=3606 and download the file titled
“Harvard Referencing Workbook”. This Moodle Site is the location for Workbooks and information
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that are presented to Kent Students in the ALS Workshops conducted at the beginning of each
Trimester.
Kent recommends a minimum of FIVE (5) references in work being presented for assessment. Unless
otherwise specifically instructed by your Lecturer or as detailed in the Unit Outline for the specific
Assessment Task, any paper with less than five (5) references may be deemed not meeting a
satisfactory standard and possibly be failed.
Content in Assessment tasks that includes sources that are not properly referenced according to the
“Harvard Referencing Workbook” will be penalised.
Marks will be deducted for failure to adhere to the word count if this is specifically stated for the
Assessment Task in the Unit Outline. As a general rule there is an allowable discretionary variance to
the word count in that it is generally accepted that a student