How the course is assessed; what you need to submit

Deliverables

Portfolio

80% of the mark

A digital porfolio which compiles evidence of the learning that takes place through the projects.

You will be assessed on what you document in your portfolio, not what you make. While it will be more rewarding and fun if you succeed in all the tasks, you don’t need to do this to get a great mark. The aim of the documentation is to help you develop a useful skill in technical practice: doing experiments, trying techniques, recording the process: what works, what could be improved and how you have succeeded or failed at each stage. If you consider all of your experiments failures, but you record the process well, you can get a great mark. If you breeze through and find all the techniques easy, you will have to challenge yourself to find new limits in order to have somethng to document.

Your blog should have:

  • one page about yourself and your aims for the course
  • one page or more for each assignment
  • several pages detailing your project
  • one page for your reflective statement

Please ensure your page titles clearly reflect these areas so the assessors are able to understand your submission easily.

When documenting assignments and project work, make sure you include:

  • A concise articulate description of what you are doing / have done, step by step
  • Photos, screesnshots or videos to illustrate key steps, results or setups
  • Settings you’ve used for machines or mix proportions
  • Details of problems, mistakes and how you dealt with them (this is very important)
  • Details of the final result, including clear photography
  • Details of the stages you went through to get to your final result: what did you change, test, improve, revisit, etc.
  • Digital files such as vector artwork or 3D CAD files

Reflective Statement

20% of the mark

A 500 word critical reflective statement.

This is not the place to make a case for how good your work is! The assessors want to see that you have been critical and reflective. You should make note of:

  • Processes, tools, topics you found difficult, frustrating, inefficient etc. and how you tried to overcome these obstacles.
  • How you felt your work improved, and where it still be improved. What are the new horizons you’ve reached?
  • Your thoughts on the methods and approaches covered in the course: where do they work well, where are they lacking, what do you see as the opportunity for these tools.

How to submit

1. Submit the URL of your blog to Student Central

:arrow_right: Turnitin Assignments: “Blog URL”

2. Upload a PDF of your blog to Student Central

This is to provide a static record of your blog at the submission deadline: http://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elearningteam/assessment-guidance-for-blogs/

Use your browser’s “Print to PDF” or “Export as PDF” function to save a copy of each page of your blog in PDF format. You should then merge these PDFs into one file. There are many tools which will do this, such as Adobe Acrobat, Apple Preview, or online tools (Search for “merge pdf”)

:arrow_right: Turnitin Assignments: “Blog PDF”

Add your reflective statement

(I advise you to write this in a text editor and then copy/paste it into Turnitin._

:arrow_right: Turnitin Assignments: “Reflective Statement (500 words)”

Submission deadline: 20 May, 4pm Update: 27 May, 4pm

It is your job to ensure you are able to submit before the deadline.

Finalising your work, checking for technical errors such as missing images, and creating a PDF of your website may take some time, so make sure you are able to do this in time.

Any technical questions with Edublogs should be directed to IT support; make sure you allow enough time for any issues to be resolved.

Late Submission: Students may submit work up to 10 days after the submission date. In such instances the assessment is capped at the pass mark of 40%. If you think you need to submit late, please contact your tutor.

Extensions

Some students may be eligible for an extension of up to 2 weeks. You will have to complete a request form on Student Central. Please notify me in advance if you would need to do this.

You can contact the options module administrator, Ro Thomas (R.O.Thomas@brighton.ac.uk) if you need help with the form.

Feedback

In keeping with university regulation, written feedback on summative assessment is provided within 21 days of the submission date. As well as commentary on what you have done well and ways to improve your learning, you will also receive an indicative grade which will be submitted to the June Exam Board for ratification. Afterwhich, the chair of the exam board will write to you regarding your progression into the next stage of learning (level 6) and your transcript on student central will be updated.