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Academic Performance (BA30032E) Assessment Brief
Assessment brief
There are two summative assessments for this module:
• A1 – Educational Artefact used for reflection (30%)
• A2 – Personal Learning and Development Plan (70%)
This assessment will take place over weeks 7,14
Students will have opportunities to submit their assessment drafts for formative
feedback in week 5 for A1 (Educational Artefact) and in week 12 for A2 (Individual
Case Study Report). Students will then modify their assessments based on the
tutor’s feedback before final submission for A1 via Blackboard at the end of week 7
and final submission for A2 via Blackboard at the end week 14.
The grade for this assessment will be based on fulfilling all assessments criteria.
Formative assessment will take place in weeks 5,6, 11, 12 and 13. Summative
assessment will take place in weeks 7 and 14. Students must achieve a minimum
mark of 40% to pass the module and achieve 20 academic credits at Level 3.
For guidance on online submission of assignments, including how to submit and how
to access online feedback, please refer to the UWL Blackboard student- help pages
at: http://www.uwl.ac.uk/blackboardhelp
Assessment 1: Educational Artefact
Starting from week one, students will be taught through lectures and seminar
workshops the structure and syntax of academic writing and creative writing. Students
will learn how to use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint to express their reflection using
artwork and will keep improving this through tutor’s feedback as you develop these
skills.
Students will be provided with a sample template, made available on Blackboard,
on how to design an educational artefact used for reflection. This artefact will be
submitted, via Blackboard, for formative feedback at the end of week five. The
feedback provided will guide the students on how to improve their assessments before
final submission in week 7.
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Academic Performance (BA30032E) Assessment Brief
Assessment 1 Details:
Drawing from the development of your academic skills since you started university you
are required to produce a piece of artwork in the form of a drawing, painting, to present
your Individual reflection. Your reflection should apply the SMART framework and
define the steps to achieve the gaols identified in the reflection supported with
deadlines in order of priority where necessary.
Your goals MUST be SMART!! And you should show evidence of referencing
skill!!
Weighting: 30%
Learning Outcomes Assessed:
LO1: To construct an argument in an academic context using good quality
evidence
LO2: To position yourselves within an argument
Date/time/method of submission:
• Formative submission via Blackboard at the end of week 5
• Summative submission via Blackboard at the end of week 7
• The exact date will be confirmed on Blackboard.
• Word count or equivalent: The artwork is wordcount equivalent of 500 words
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment criteria | Maximum Marks % |
| Appropriate introduction | 10% |
| Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of topics covered | 10% |
| Educational artefact design is done with Microsoft PowerPoint | 5% |
| Demonstrate a very good PowerPoint Skills | 10% |
| Education artefact design is appropriate and well structured | 10% |
| Reflection includes assessment of own SWOT address learning needs | 15% |
| Ability to provide suggestions for self-improvement | 5% |
| Ability to organise and structure text, appropriate language and style | 10% |
| SMART framework is identified, and goals are well-defined | 15% |
| Ideas are appropriately concluded | 10% |
| Total | 100% |
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Academic Performance (BA30032E) Assessment Brief
Assessment 2: Individual Case Study Report
The assessment 2, individual case study report is due in week 14. Students will
submit 1000-words on the case study topic as shown below:
Case Study Topic:
The effective management of time is crucial for students success. What is the
importance of effective time management to successful study? Explain your
answers and reasoning.
You must discuss and justify your argument/position with regards to the above
question. The report is to be written individually, you will use your personal research
and feedback from tutors to improve your assessment. The text must be organised in
a report format and all sources used in your report must be correctly cited and
referenced using Harvard Referencing conventions, a minimum of 3 sources are
required. There will be opportunities to obtain feedback on draft reports before
submission in week 14.
The Report Format:
Your report should be organised as follows:
• Cover page with name, title of the report, student ID, tutor’s name and word count
• Table of contents page
• Introduction (100 words)
• Main body of text with appropriate headings and subheadings (800 words)
• Conclusion/Recommendations (100 words)
• References
• Appendices (optional)
Weighting: 70%
Learning Outcomes assessed:
• LO1: To construct an argument in an academic context
• LO2: To position yourself within an argument
• LO3: To apply a range of academic skills and techniques to a real case scenario
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Academic Performance (BA30032E) Assessment Brief
Date/time/method of submission:
• Formative submission via Blackboard at the end of week 12
• Summative submission via Blackboard at the end of week 14
| • | The exact date will be confirmed on Blackboard. Word count or equivalent: 1000 words (plus or minus 10%) |
• Timing and method of feedback: 15 working days after submission on
Blackboard
For A2, students will submit their individual draft report in week 12 and based on
the tutor’s feedback will have the opportunity to improve their report before final
submission in week 14.
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment criteria | Maximum Marks % |
| Appropriate introduction | 10% |
| Discussion of context | 20% |
| Critical analysis/evaluation of research | 30% |
| Organisation of text | 15% |
| Use of academic writing style / vocabulary and tone of text | 15% |
| Conclusion / Recommendations | 10% |
| Total | 100% |
The marking scheme for this is assignment will use the following criteria to determine
grades:
Marking scheme:
| 100–80 % | 79-70% | 69-60% | 59-50% | 49-40% | 39-30% | 29-0% |
| The work produced is exceptional in most/all aspects, substantiall y exceeding expectation s for this level. |
The work produced is of excellent quality, exceeding expectation s for this level in many aspects. |
The work produced meets all of the intended learning outcomes and exceeds the threshold expectation s for this level in several of them. |
The work produced meets all of the intended learning outcomes and exceeds the threshold expectation s for this level in some of them. |
The work produced meets all of the intended learning outcomes at, but rarely exceeding the threshold expectation s for this level. |
The work produced fails to meet all of the intended learning outcomes and is marginally inadequat e for this level. |
The work produced fails to meet all of the intended learning outcomes and is inadequat e for this level. |