Coursework Assignment 2

Academic year 2007/8

Coursework Title: Sustainable Technology Presentation
Coursework Due Date: 20 November 2007
Lecturer: C Nguyen

COURSEWORK DESCRIPTION

Write a short presentation about a current project that involves sustainable technology objectives or issues:

Select and analyze a set of data that has a direct relationship to the primary sustainable technology objective or issue.
Write a presentation to illustrate the summary and highlights from analysis of the data.
Deliver the presentation within a time slot of approximately 5 minutes.

This coursework requires students to:

Use the tools provided by the university for conducting independent research to find a set of data that contains a sufficient number of elements for useful analysis.
As an alternative approach, students are also encouraged to design their own original questionnaire and conduct a survey in order to generate a useful set of data.
Learn to use and select appropriate techniques for visually communicating analytical information.
Use the Harvard APA referencing and citation format for all external sources.

This coursework contributes 30% to the B101 unit mark.

COURSEWORK SUBMISSION

Students are required to submit their coursework online using the Mosaic website.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

(1) Presentation Content (50 marks)

Marks	Criteria
40–50	Presentation has a creative style which integrates effective visual techniques and useful analysis that is directly related to the primary sustainable technology objective or issue.
35–39	Presentation contains a well organized structure which integrates effective visual techniques and useful analysis that is directly related to the primary sustainable technology objective or issue.
30–34	Presentation contains effective visual techniques and useful analysis that is directly related to the primary sustainable technology objective or issue.
25–29	Presentation contains useful analysis that is directly related to the primary sustainable technology objective or issue.
20–24	Presentation contains some data analysis that is relevant to sustainable technology.
0–19	There is insufficient data analysis that is relevant to sustainable technology.

(2) Writing Mechanics (30 marks)

Marks	Criteria
22–30	Presentation effectively uses a personal style that has a purposeful and easy to follow structure with very few grammar, punctuation or spelling errors.
21	Presentation has a purposeful and easy to follow structure with very few grammar, punctuation or spelling errors.
18–20	Presentation has a clear structure and few grammar, punctuation or spelling errors.
15–17	Presentation has some structure and some grammar, punctuation or spelling errors.
12–14	Presentation has minimal structure and some grammar, punctuation or spelling errors.
0–11	Presentation has an ineffective structure and contains many grammar, punctuation or spelling errors.

(3) Presentation Delivery (20 marks)

Marks	Criteria
16–20	Presentation was easy to follow and used creative and effective visual techniques to convey analytical information.
14–15	Presentation was easy to follow and used effective visual techniques to convey analytical information.
12–13	Presentation used effective visual techniques to convey analytical information.
10–11	Presentation conveyed some analytical information about sustainable technology.
8–9	Presentation conveyed some information about sustainable technology.
0–7	Presentation delivery is unacceptable.