Write a summary of approx. 250-word (with visuals) about essential skills for study and employment. Explain how these skills will help you in your chosen career.

Module Learning Outcomes (from module syllabus)

Use suitable technology to support and enhance their learning experience within the discipline area.

TASK DESCRIPTION

Use of Generative AI in Assessment

(Lecturer to indicate Yes or Not against each element)

Guidance on using GAI in this assessment:

Use of Generative AI: For foundational learning purposes at L4/Yr1, it is very important to learn how to research & reference correctly and to learn the foundational knowledge and skills that will be applied in specific L5 and L6 module assessment questions & scenarios, which Generative AI tools are not able to answer. Failure to learn the foundational skills at L4 will result in failing L5 and L6 modules and the HN/Degree programme.

For this assessment, Generative AI (GAI) can be used to:

• As ONE reference source per question. Included in the report as follows:
• Reference: The content produced by GAI such as ChatGPT is classed as non-recoverable material and should be cited as a personal communication. In IEEE referencing, personal communications are included as numbered in-text citations that match the corresponding reference list entry. Use the full name of the AI tool as the author.
• Example: [1] OpenAI’s ChatGPT, private communication, Feb. 2023
• In-text citation: In the main body of the report, include a standard in-text citation number that matches the corresponding reference list entry.
• Example: GAI output from [1] states that …
• Either paraphrase or direct quote the information as you would normally do when citing reference source information.

For further information on referencing GAI output, please see the University’s Library referencing guidance here:

Referencing handbooks.

For this assessment, Generative AI (GAI) cannot be used to:

• GAI output MUST NOT be used to answer any assignment tasks verbatim i.e. using the same words/commands/code/comments generated by the GAI tool. Doing so is deemed academic misconduct and students are penalised.

TASK DESCRIPTION

Create an online e-portfolio that includes your answers to the four tasks below. Each task should have citations and references. After completing your e-portfolio, submit the link and a screenshot in a Word document to TURNITIN. Use the Submission Template given below.

AI Note: For this L4 foundational assessment, you are not allowed to use Generative AI. This includes structure support, writing/proofreading support and creative support.

1. IEEE Referencing & written summary on essential academic and employment skills (350 words):

1. Write a summary of approx. 250-word (with visuals) about essential skills for study and employment. Explain how these skills will help you in your chosen career. Use the IEEE referencing style and include 4-5 sources (including one online source, one credible book and one credible article).
2. Submit your work to the Turnitin link (labelled: Task One Activity – Similarity Check) on the Moodle page and check your similarity score. In the same document as your summary above, include a reflection of approx. 100 words on:

• Your similarity score and how you could improve it next time.
• Using the ‘Generic Assessment criteria’ as a guide, state the mark out of 100% you would award yourself and briefly explain why. The ‘Generic Assessment criteria’ is located at the bottom of the Assignment Specification.

The    resources    covered   in    Unit    1    of   this    module    can   help    you   to    complete   this    task. In task 4 below, include your answers to Task 1 parts a and b in your e-portfolio.

2. Collaborative Teamwork and Professional Academic poster (A3 Poster): (No word count required)

Create an A3 poster that explains why teamwork is important for academic and career success, based on the Moodle Unit 2 topic 4 “Life is a Team Sport”. Follow the ‘Academic Poster Guidelines’ on Moodle and include 4-5 citations and references. Make sure the poster is accessible online. The poster should be completed individually.

• To receive marks for this task you must ensure your tutor is able to view the Academic Poster online

e.g. if using Onedrive/GDrive to store your poster file, make sure the file permissions to the document enable anyone with the link to view the file.

In task 4 below, include your answer to task 2 in the e-portfolio.

Team Activity: ‘Life is a Team Sport’ introductory activity.

• In a small team, produce a mind-map that summarises the key considerations of effective teamwork. The mind-map is the artefact for the introductory activity of Unit 2 topic 4 ‘Life is a Team Sport’.
• Arrange a day and time for your team to meet and use collaborative technology of your choice such as MS Teams, Zoom or Google Chat/Meet) to discuss ideas and create the map. You can research before and/or during the meeting.
• Your mind map should be clear and concise and no more than approx. 400-500 words or approx.150 words per person. It can be produced using freely available Online Mapping technology of your choice (e.g. Mindmeister.com, Coggle.it, GitMind.com, Ayoa.com) or an Office 365 Application.
• The artefact content can be obtained from research sources. You do not have to use knowledge gained from the Moodle units to produce the artefact/mind-map.
• Although this is a non-assessed activity, your poster for this task should make reference to this activity, with and an image of the map produced.

3. Automatic Referencing tool (450 words):

Use an automatic referencing tool (such as RefWorks) to add relevant IEEE citations and a reference list to the task outlined below.

• Select one of the topics in Moodle Unit 3 ‘Virtual Collaboration’ and summarise some of the main points with several supporting citations and accompanying screenshots/images. Use an automatic referencing tool (such as RefWorks) to add relevant citations and a reference list to the summary. (Approx. 350 words)
• Document several screenshots with brief accompanying description to provide practical evidence of the use of RefWorks/other automatic referencing management tool. (Approx 100 words)

In task 4 below, include your answer to task 3 in the e-portfolio.

4. E-Portfolio creation and review: (No word count required)

1. Create an Online e-portfolio with a page for each task answer for this Assignment.

• Build an online e-portfolio (using Google Sites, Wix, or another platform) and include your completed tasks. Ensure all content is accessible to your tutor. If necessary, use links and images to display your work.
• Your e-portfolio should have a welcome/title page, and the Assignment task answers. If you are unable to include/embed any of the task answers, you can include images of them and links in the portfolio to allow the answer to be viewed in another application e.g. an image and a link to access the poster in its cloud storage e.g. OneDrive.
• On a page in your e-portfolio explain which tool you used to create it and why. Then take a screenshot of each page of your e-portfolio and document the screenshot in your word submission document (template below).

b. Produce an illustrative review:

Further guidance:

E-Portfolio Submission:

• You can choose how to create your Online e-portfolio (e.g. You could use a free builder or office tool such as Google Sites, Wix, Weebly, Wordpress, a free Portfolio builder or Office365 OneNote).
• IMPORTANT: Whichever method you choose, you must ensure your tutor is able to easily view your portfolio online and all the task elements. To ensure your work is accessible by the module tutors for marking, it is very important to sign out of the online applications used to create your work (e-portfolio and task answer Applications) and to try accessing them with the links you are providing in the word document. For the work to be marked, it must be available to the module tutors for marking. Failure to do so can result in losing marks even failing the assignment.
• Your e-portfolio should have a welcome/title page, and for assessment purposes should only include the elements outlined in the tasks above.
• If you are unable to include/embed any of the elements above, you can include links in the portfolio to allow the element to be viewed in another application.
• Submit a working link and screenshot of each page of your e-portfolio in a word document to Turnitin by the assessment submission date. Read and follow the ‘L4 LDE Assignment 1 Template - Submission Structure’ below to create your word document to submit to TURNITIN.

TURNITIN Submission Template - L4 LDE Assignment 1

Here is the template structure for the word document to submit to the TURNITIN Assignment 1 link in the module on Moodle. In a word document, using this template as a guide, include the following in report format (inc. Cover page and Table of contents), and submit to the Assignment 1 TURNITIN link on Moodle. The following is proof that you have completed the assignment in case the e-portfolio cannot be accessed.

Report Cover page: Title page. (How to: Create a Report Cover/title page in Word + Video)

> To include: Module Name, Assignment Title, Student Name, student number and Course title.

NEW PAGE: Table of Contents. (How to: Create Automatic Table of Contents in Word + Video)

> To include: items listed below.

NEW PAGE: e-Portfolio.

1. A link to the online e-portfolio homepage.

2. A screenshot of the e-portfolio homepage.

Task 1 – Written summary.

* A screenshot/s of the task answer in the e-portfolio.

NOTE: The guidance offered below is linked to the five generic assessment criteria overleaf.

1. Engagement with Literature Skills

Your work must be informed and supported by scholarly material that is relevant to and focused on the task(s) set. You should provide evidence that you have accessed an appropriate range of sources, which may be academic, governmental and industrial; these sources may include academic journal articles, textbooks, current news articles, organisational documents, and websites. You should consider the credibility of your sources; academic journals are normally highly credible sources while websites require careful consideration/selection and should be used sparingly. Any sources you use should be current and up-to- date, mostly published within the last five years or so, though seminal/important works in the field may be older. You must provide evidence of your research/own reading throughout your work, using a suitable referencing system, including in-text citations in the main body of your work and a reference list at the end of your work.

Guidance specific to this assessment: Your portfolio should include reference to at least 10 such sources and the referencing standard for you course applied throughout.

2. Knowledge and Understanding Skills

At level 4, you should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the underlying concepts and principles associated with your area(s) of study. Knowledge relates to the facts, information and skills you have acquired through your learning. You demonstrate your understanding by interpreting the meaning of the facts and information (knowledge). This means that you need to select and include in your work the concepts, techniques, models, theories, etc. appropriate to the task(s) set. You should be able to explain the theories, concepts, etc. to show your understanding. Your mark/grade will also depend upon the extent to which you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding.

Guidance specific to this assessment: You should refer to learning from the relevant units in the module. Your response to the tasks should demonstrate knowledge of relevant concepts, theories and models, and demonstrate the skills you have developed over the course of the module such as paraphrasing, synthesis, referencing and digital skills.

3. Cognitive and Intellectual Skills

You should be able to present, evaluate and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, in order to develop lines of argument and make sound judgements in accordance with basic theories and concepts of your subject(s) of study. You should be able to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems related to your area(s) of study and/or work. Your work must contain evidence of logical, analytical thinking. For example, to examine and break information down into parts, make inferences, compile, compare and contrast information. This means not just describing what! But also justifying: Why? How? When? Who? Where? At what cost? You should provide justification for your arguments and judgements using evidence that you have reflected upon the ideas of others within the subject area and that you are able to make sound judgements and arguments using data and concepts. Where relevant, alternative solutions and recommendations may be proposed.