University of Chester Module title Module code Assessment task title Submission deadline for assessment Summary of assessment task Word limit and guidance on submission Weighting Feedback and provisional marks release

date Learning outcomes that will be assessed In-module support opportunities including formative feedback Assessment Brief Independent Project FP3003 Individual Poster Presentation Turnitin: Mon 19th February 2024, 1pm Delivery: Mon 26th February to Fri 1st March, 2024 Create a poster showing the planning process of your Independent Project. 1.650 words on poster (upper limit 715) 2. File name: Your Assessment (J) Number 3. File type: PowerPoint (.ppt / .pptx) or PDF (.pdf) This assessment task comprises 30% of the overall mark for this module. Marking criteria are provided at the end of this document. Friday 22nd March LO1 Identify a key area of their undergraduate degree subject and plan an academic essay. LO4 Present a poster that outlines research undertaken and offers an academic approach for the development of the project topic. Students can email one draft to their lecturer no later than 7 days before the deadline (unless lecturer specifies otherwise), and receive general feedback comments on the work. See Assessment Tile in Moodle for more support resources and materials. If you require support with your assessment, please contact: Guidance on the completion of the assessment task Create a poster showing the planning process of your Independent Project. Things to include: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● What not to do: ● Contact your timetabled module lecturer: Ged Turner (g.turner@chester.ac.uk) Chris Cavanagh (c.cavanagh@chester.ac.uk) Janet Taylor (janet.taylor@chester.ac.uk) Alan Cheng (a.cheng@chester.ac.uk) Veronica Miller (v.miller@chester.ac.uk) Darren Poole (d.poole@chester.ac.uk) Nick Hitchcock (n.hitchcock@chester.ac.uk) Jacquie Banks (jacqueline.banks@chester.ac.uk) Naomi Walker (n.walker@chester.ac.uk) Caroline Magill (c.magill@chester.ac.uk) ● Specifications the main ideas / theories / concepts that your Project is based on background information and key facts critical commentary where applicable figures / visual data / images where appropriate important references and sources that you plan to use present a structured plan of your Project essay give a timeline of what you did Presentation including Q&A will last 10 minutes. The poster will be made in PowerPoint and screen-shared through Teams. Your spoken information and poster should complement each other. You can arrange and design the poster however you wish, provided that it is clear and easy to follow. The presentation should not exceed 650 words. Main text font size 12-16 - titles and headings can be larger; list of references can be smaller ● ● Content (visual and spoken) should be clearly understandable for a general audience, with accurate APA referencing on the poster. All references should be constructed using the APA referencing system. The departmental Quick Guide is available at USS Moodle here. Further information and guidelines on referencing is available from Cite ThemRight (click here). You will need to click 'Login' and choose Chester as your institution. Guide to using CiteThemRight is available here. Use of Artificial Intelligence (Al) Tools For this assessment task, you are not permitted to use artificial intelligence tools in accordance with the following guidance: It is expected that your writing will conform to standard Academic English in terms of spelling, grammar, punctuation and style. *A small number of students with approved deferrals may present later than the stated period. ● While preparing this assessment, you may not use any Al tools except for those tools linked to spelling, punctuation, and grammar (e.g., Grammarly, Draft Coach). The University Academic Conduct Policy explains how students are expected to take responsibility for the fair presentation of the contents of any work they present for assessment. This includes acknowledging the use of Artificial Intelligence tools. Breaching the academic conduct policy can have serious penalties. Issues regarding submission Submission procedure The assignment must be submitted electronically to the assigned Turnitin submission inbox on the Moodle module page via the University of Chester Portal before 1pm on the due date. • Any late submissions will result in a 5-mark Late Work Penalty per 24 hours. • Any submissions over seven days late will not be marked and result in a zero. If a deferral is approved (see below), you will submit at the next assessment opportunity. Submissions must consist of .pdf or PowerPoint (.ppt or .pptx) files. If you have problems uploading, it is advised that you save the final piece as a .pdf and submit the .pdf to Turnitin. Submissions in the wrong file type will not be processed or marked. If Turnitin does not accept your submission because it is the wrong file type, this will not be an acceptable reason for mitigation (Section 7.3 of the Assessment Regulations). Delivery procedure and lateness Please be available on Teams in time for your scheduled presentation slot. Your assessor will call you into a group video call, in which you will need to have your camera switched on and be able to screen-share your PowerPoint poster. The assessment will be video-recorded for monitoring purposes. No student will be permitted to deliver their presentation after the lapse of half an hour from their scheduled presentation time. If your assessor cannot reach you on Teams, you will be deemed not to be in attendance and shall be awarded a 0 for the presentation. Extensions, Deferrals and Assessment Regulations You can find details about self-certifying for a seven-day extension to an assessment deadline, the evidence needed to be granted a longer extension due to exceptional circumstances and the online application system for these on the Registry Information for Students Portal Page by clicking on the Exceptional Circumstances tile. You can find out more about University regulations related to assessment from the Registry Information for Students Portal Page by clicking on the Assessment Regulations tile. Cognitive Skills Structure and reasoning Selection and use of information Communicatio n Skills Spelling, punctuation and grammar. Academic integrity Use of academic English. 90-100 Exemplary organisation of ideas and structure. Consistently exemplary reasoning. Exemplary use of information with exemplary use of relevant references and wider sources of information; closely linked and integrated. 90-100 Exemplary spelling, punctuation and grammar throughout. All sources acknowledged; referencing and citation could not be further improved. Consistently exemplary leve of academic English / use of terminology. Highly coherent and exemplary standard of oral and/or written communication. 80-89 Outstanding organisation of ideas; outstanding structure; thoughtful and coherent reasoning. Outstanding use of information; use of relevant references and wider sources of information integrated throughout. 80-89 Outstanding accuracy with spelling, punctuation and grammar throughout. Any errors rare and trivial. All sources acknowledged; referencing and citation to an outstanding standard. Outstanding level of academic English / use of terminology; highly coherent with rare and trivial errors; outstanding standard of oral and/or written communication. 70-79 Excellent organisation of ideas; excellent structure; excellent and coherent reasoning. Excellent use of information; excellent breadth of materials selected. Excellent use of relevant references consistently throughout. 70-79 Excellent spelling, punctuation and grammar for the majority of the work. All sources acknowledged; referencing and citation to an excellent standard. Excellent level of academic English / use of terminology; coherent with occasional lapses in accuracy or style. Excellent standard of oral and/or written communication. 60-69 Strong organisation of ideas; logical structure; well- reasoned discussion; strong and coherent reasoning. Strong use of information and breadth of material; strong integration of references. 60-69 Strong standard of spelling, punctuation and grammar for the majority of the work. Sources acknowledged; referencing and citation to a strong standard; with occasional/ minor inaccuracies. Strong level of academic English / use of terminology; mostly coherent with some lapses in accuracy or style. Strong standard of oral and/or written communication. 50-59 Good organisation of ideas; comprehensible structure; good reasoning. Good use of information; limited consideration of alternative views or perspectives with good use of relevant references. 50-59 Good standard of spelling, punctuation and grammar for the majority of the work. Sources acknowledged; referencing and citation present to a good standard with some inaccuracies. Good communication skills; variable use of academic English / terminology; generally coherent. Good standard of oral and/or written communication. 40-49 Satisfactory organisation of ideas; basic principles of structure evident; satisfactory reasoning. Satisfactory use of information; superficial information with some integrated references. 40-49 Satisfactory spelling, punctuation and grammar; Some persistent errors. Sources generally acknowledged to a satisfactory level; errors / omissions in reference list or in-text citation. Displays satisfactory communication skills; some use of academic style / terminology; generally coherent. Satisfactory standard of oral and/or written communication. 30-39 Insufficient organisation of ideas; limitations to structure; lack of reasoning. Insufficient use of or information; few relevant references used. 30-39 Frequent errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar, Insufficient clarity some places. Insufficient acknowledgeme nt of sources; omission of reference list or in-text citation; paraphrasing. Displays some communication skills; insufficient use of academic English / terminology; variable coherence. In sufficient standard of oral and/or written communication. 20-29 Little clear organisation of ideas; unclear or incomplete structure; limited reasoning. Little use of relevant information or materials; very few relevant references used. 20-29 Frequent errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar, little clarity in many places. Significant omission of reference list and little accurate in-text citation. Displays basic communication skills; little use of academic English / terminology; limited coherence. Poor standard of oral and/or written communication. 10-19 Negligible presentation of ideas; very unclear structure; negligible evidence of reasoning. Negligible use of information and negligible relevant references used. 10-19 Frequent and significant errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar; generally negligible clarity throughout. Negligible acknowledgeme nt of sources in any form. Negligible communication skills; no use of academic English / terminology; very limited coherence; extremely unclear oral and/or written communication. 0-9 No or virtually no organisation of ideas; no or virtually no recognisable structure. No or virtually no evidence of reasoning. No or virtually no use of information. No or virtually no relevant references used. 0-9 Frequent significant errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar, significantly damaging clarity throughout. No or virtually no acknowledgeme nt of sources in any form. No or virtually no display of general communication skills or use of academic English / terminology; incoherent and incomplete work. Incoherent oral and/or written communication.