refer to the Unit Profile to see how this assessment item relates

Objectives
This assignment is designed to encourage you to successfully deliver an oral presentation on a practical aspect related to the Unit content. Please refer to the Unit Profile to see how this assessment item relates to the Unit Learning Outcomes.
These objectives will be measured by the ‘closeness of fit’ to meeting the assessment requirements and marking criteria.
Requirements
Internal students
Internal students will be required to present a topic to their workshop groups. Presentations will be marked in class. Students will be required to work in small groups of two to four members. A list of suggested topics is provided below or students may suggest their own topics to the local lecturer who has the final say on the suitability of the topic. All groups and their selected topic must be approved by the local lecturer by the end of week 3.

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Please note that all group members will be given the same mark unless there is a significant issue that is brought to the attention of the Unit Coordinator and Local Lecturer. Each presentation is to be a maximum of 10 minutes for the presentation and up to five minutes will be allocated after the presentation for other students to ask questions of the presenters and/or for the presenters to facilitate a discussion with the audience. This time frame will be strictly enforced due to time constraints. Your lecturer may terminate your presentation if it exceeds 15 minutes of presenting time. Marks will be allocated accordingly in that situation. Please plan your presentation carefully to avoid losing marks due to termination as a result of time restrictions.

A team charter template available from the Assessment 2 page is useful for groups to plan their contributions and minimise group conflict. Group members may consider outlining their contributions and submitting an adapted version of this team charter as a part of their presentation materials. This is strongly recommended for groups that comprise of members who have not worked together previously.

Please note that the presentations must proceed on the allocated day. Groups must be ready to present on the allocated day even if one of their members is absent. This will be taken into account when marking. If a student does not present on the allotted day they will receive 0/20 unless they have an approved extension (supported by evidence, for example, doctor’s certificate) or there is some other equally compelling reason for your absence. If an extension is approved, the student with an extension may have to research and present a different topic.

Distance students
Distance students present as individuals due to the difficulties when working in a group across large distances. Students should contact the Unit Coordinator by the end of week 3 with their topic choice. The Unit Coordinator will liaise with each student to determine a suitable presentation method and due date. For example, presentations could be conducted live via Skype or Viber or Blackboard Collaborate, or record a video of your presentation and upload into Moodle or a private channel on YouTube (the link would need to be uploaded into Moodle). Students will have to do their presentation at a mutually suitable time between weeks 5 and 9 of term.
Distance students who upload a recording of their video presentation (as opposed to doing it live via a videoconferencing platform) should demonstrate the facilitation of discussion by making sure that the end of their presentation includes at least two questions that could be posed by the audience. Answers should be provided for these questions.

All students
The main aim of these oral presentations is to demonstrate your presentation skills. A secondary aim is to help your fellow students by presenting a topic relevant to being a future ICT professional. Many students enrolled in this Unit are in their first year of study hence, they have not yet worked out where to find information or how to do certain tasks as a student at CQUni. However, any such topics have to be really useful for students – not the type of topics that may be known to those students. All students must select a topic that will maintain interest of their audience, and contribute to obtaining good grades in the assessment. Provide the overall topic and a brief synopsis covering the scope of the presentation so your lecturer can assess the suitability in an expedient manner.

All students must present the topic approved by the lecturer. Any significant changes to the topic without permission from the lecturer may result in 0 marks to the presentation.

Suggested topic includes:
•    New technologies introduced in the last two years;  

Note that the presentation need not be technology topics only. They can be on any topic as long as your local lecturer approves them as a suitable topic to be presented to your peers. If you have a passionate interest in a topic that you think would interest your colleagues feel free to discuss with your lecturer about presenting on that topic. For example, one of the groups presented on ‘cash in hand for working’ where the presentation focused on why students should work within legal requirements – this related to an actual experience of an international student. Other students have successfully presented on various topics from new technologies such as flying cars and drones to telepathy and business/social topics. Some other recent presentations focused on Thanksgiving Day, Egyptian Pyramids, Valentine’s Day, Vertical Farming, Astronomy, and Human Psychology. One of the very useful presentations on diversity is available from the Week 10 study materials. Remember that some of the marking criteria relate to your audience, so tailor your presentation accordingly.
It is important to engage with the audience during your presentation. Presentations are a form of storytelling so the topic selection is very important – will your audience be interested in the story you will tell them? Ensure that you tell an interesting story about your topic and/or use innovative methods to convey your key messages. Select a topic where you could be creative and satisfy the marking criteria to a high level. However, while you can get ideas from the internet or other sources, you must not use presentations available on the Internet in a manner that breaches the university’s academic misconduct procedures or referencing guidelines. It has been noted that some groups have overly relied on the internet, resulting in plagiarism. Please note that copying of materials from other websites will result in academic misconduct charges. This will apply to all members of the group if you are in a group, not just to those students who copied from other sources. All materials selected must be correctly referenced, and presentation slides must be developed by the students and comply with referencing and paraphrasing requirements.
Innovative presentations are welcome though students should discuss their ideas with the local lecturer at least one week before the presentation to find about the facilities available including the compatibility of technology.