The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction




ASSESSMENT BRIEF AND CRITERIA

BIDI0002: Digital Innovation Collaborative Practice

Introduction:


This document includes important information regarding your summative assessment.
Please read this document in full and refer to it while preparing your assignment.

This coursework has a weighting of 100%

Assessment Brief:

Critically consider the conditions that are giving rise to (and hindering) the formation
of new social practices, within the context of digital collaboration. Your assignment
ought to be supported with academic research and applied examples of collaborative
practice. Explore the changing collaborative context of a particular case study of your
choice, provide a brief overview of the design concept, how the concept might change
existing ‘orders’ and ‘practices’ within collaborative systems, and speculate on its
implications for the changing way-built assets are managed. Reflecting on the social,
cultural and ethical aspects of this new paradigm as architects, engineers, project and
facilities managers come into dialogue.

Reference
Carpo, M. (2017). The Second Digital Turn: Design Beyond Intelligence. London: MIT
Press.

Use of AI:

The following category of AI can/cannot be used:

Category 1 – AI cannot be used.

Category 2 – AI tools can be used in an assistive role.

Category 3 – AI has an integral role.

For examples of each category please go to Using AI tools in assessment

Category 2 - Students are permitted to use AI tools for specific defined processes to support the
development of specific skills as required by the assessment, such as data analysis, transcription,
and translation, generating insights, giving feedback on content, or proofreading content. .

Students must acknowledge where they have used AI within their coursework.


Assessment sequence and weighting:

Summative Assessment
Weighting
(%)
Corresponds to
Learning Outcomes
Essay 100% L1 – L8


Format:

1. Introduction
The Introduction should briefly state:
• the problem statement,
• the objectives of the essay,
• provide insights regarding the essay’s digital collaborative (DC) perspective,
and
• summarise the essays structure.

2. Framework Development
Using academic literature sources, critically analyse the prominent formation of social
practices within DC discussed in the literature:
• Socially led design framework: Develop a framework informed by academic
literature. Select 1-2 key propositions
• Present evidence of such propositions being applied in their collaborative
context, in a practice-theory case study analysis.
• Prompt: Thinking about why the process of collaborative practices inform
insights (‘orders to practices’) impact digitalisation.

3. Recommendations
Your last section should provide:
• A Critical Analysis: Critically analyse strategies within the AECO context to
provide the built environment managerial recommendations
• Managerial recommendations as a reflection of your building use analysis. The
recommendations should be policy driven items in jargon-free language. Vague
statements should be avoided.
• Prompt: when writing your recommendations, think about how it is practical
and actionable. See also: https://www.researchtoaction.org/2013/07/how-to-write-
actionable-policy-recommendations/

A table of recommendations can be submitted – see example below:



Marking Criteria:

Section Weighting
Quality of Writing 10%
Knowledge and research 35%
Argument, synthesis and
analysis
35%
References 10%
Overall presentation 10%


Word Count/Length
Your paper should be 2,000 words excluding references. Your paper should draw on
theory and concepts and this must be referenced according to the UCL student
handbook.



Leeway for the word limit
Submissions with less than
%10 extra words (whichever is
smaller) won’t be marked down
for exceeding the word limit

Type of content Counts towards the word
limit
Table of contents Not required
Reference list or bibliography at the end No
Cover page No
Diagrams, annotated pictures, figures and any
other visuals
No
Appendices No
Abstract Not required
Acknowledgements Not required
Footnotes Yes
Tables in the main text No
In-text citations Yes


In addition:
• Use clear Headings.
• Your paper should not go beyond the word limit
• You are strongly advised to use tables and figures to summarise key points of
the literature review or findings (wherever possible)
• Use Harvard style for referencing sources
• Arguments are made stronger if they are supported by evidence (i.e. source)
• Introduce and cross-reference any table or figures in the main text






7. Penalties:


Penalties
(as per UCL Academic Manual)
- Penalties due to over-
length cannot be more
than 10%

- Over-length penalty
cannot take the student’s
mark below ‘Pass Mark’

- In the case the
coursework that is
submitted is over-length
and is also late, the
greater of any penalties
will apply.

- Any use of AI that
exceeds the permitted
use in this assessment
brief will be subject to
UCL Academic
Misconduct policy and
could lead to penalties.


8. Assessment Support:

The module team will provide support through the following channels
• Assessment clinics
• Answering your questions on the forum
• During office hours (see Moodle for details)

The UCL Academic Communication Centre runs a free service offering
workshops, tutorials and support sessions to enhance academic writing and
research skills. These services are available for undergraduate and postgraduate
students in the Joint Faculties of Arts & Humanities and Social & Historical Sciences,
Maths & Physical Sciences, Education & Society and the Bartlett Faculty of the Built
Environment:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/languages-international-education/ucl-academic-
communication-centre

UCL Student Union English Language + Writing Support Programme supports
non-native English-speaking students with their academic writing and speaking. Peer
Tutors run several different types of free activities to help you with your written and
spoken English, including a regular programme of workshops, one-to-one sessions
and 'Coffee and Conversation' which is a weekly opportunity to get together and
practice your spoken English with other students:
https://studentsunionucl.org/advice-and-support/support/language-writing-support-
programme


9. Academic Integrity:
UCL requires high academic standards in order to maintain trust and confidence in
our world-leading research and teaching, as well as the individuals who work and
study here.

'Understanding Academic Integrity course for students' is UCL's online and self-
paced course is designed to help students to develop good academic practice for
completing assessments.

Through your UCL education you will become an independent learner and
knowledge creator. To be successful you must develop good academic practice
skills and avoid any type of Academic Misconduct.

See here for the most common types of Academic Misconduct with Case Studies
provided for each definition: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/students/exams-and-
assessments/academic-integrity/about-academic-misconduct


10. Submission Details:

A 2,000 Word Essay uploaded to Moodle by Wednesday 30th April 2025 at
3:00PM (UK Time).


11. Feedback:

Feedback is an extremely important part of your academic development at UCL, and
the Department is committed to providing appropriate support. We aim to ensure that
the assessment mechanisms allow students to demonstrate the skills and knowledge
they have gained and that the assessments are carried out fairly and consistently. It is
a priority of the Department to provide students with suitably instructive and timely
feedback.

The Department aims to return assessed work within 1 calendar month of the
submission deadline date. We expect students to have had the opportunity to reflect,
and act, on their learning from the feedback in subsequent assessments.

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