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School of Computing Technologies
COSC 1147 Professional Computing Practice
Assignment 1, Milestone 2: Report Presentation
Assessment type: Slide deck and Oral presentation Word limit: 4 minutes / 500 words
(+/- 10%)
Due Date: Sunday April 3, 2022 11:59 (AEST)
Weighting: 10%
Overview
You are expected to prepare a set of professional grade slides (five slides, 500 words) to present the highlights
of the report submitted for Assignment 1, Milestone 1.
Assessment criteria
This assessment will measure your ability to:
• Communicate ideas effectively (3%)
• Organise the presentation in a logical manner (3%)
• Conceptualise, summarise and synthesise the topic area (4%)
Course learning outcomes
This assessment is relevant to the following course learning outcomes:
• CLO1 Recognise the need for computing ethics in the Information Technology (IT) industry and the
complexities involved in computer ethical issues, and use the available legal tools to safeguard a
developer's interests when developing / publishing / marketing software
• CLO2 Discuss, explain and apply concepts of business organization, business practices, system acquisition,
marketing principles and the major ethical theories
• CLO3 Discuss, explain and apply ethical, social media, political, economic, legal, and marketing issues
relevant to the IT industry; and methods available to resolve these issues including the legalities involved in
starting a computer (software) company
• CLO6 Demonstrate self-directed learning and more specifically the role of life-long learning for the
longevity and progression of your career in IT.
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Assessment details
You are expected to prepare a set of professional-looking slides and present the highlights of the report
submitted for Assessment 1.
Each presentation must be up to 4 minutes (plus or minus 10 seconds presentation), with a maximum of 5
slides, to a total of 500 words (+/-10%).
It is important that you present a professional look during the session, be well prepared, avoid reading from
notes and do your best to communicate well and engage the audience.
Instructions
Present the highlights of the report by recording a four-minute presentation (see the requirements section
below). The aim is to communicate your ideas effectively, organise the presentation in a logical manner and
summarise and synthesise the topics impactfully.
To submit, you will upload and share your presentation video file.
Requirements
Your presentation is limited to 4 minutes (plus or minus 10 seconds). It must be uploaded as a video file. You
can use PowerPoint to create your slides, but they then must be converted to video. Raw PowerPoint slides
are not permitted.
The quickest and easiest way to create a video presentation is to use Microsoft Powerpoint. You can audio
record your slides used in the presentation and later save the slides as a single video file. Please see the
instructions on Microsoft Office Support website. For more information, please see this webpage on
creating video presentations.
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Referencing guidelines
Use RMIT Harvard referencing style for this assessment. If you are using secondary sources, include these
as a final slide in your powerpoint deck.
You must acknowledge all the courses of information you have used in your assessments.
Refer to the RMIT Easy Cite referencing tool to see examples and tips on how to reference in the
appropriated style. You can also refer to the library referencing page for more tools such as EndNote,
referencing tutorials and referencing guides for printing.
Submission format
Microsoft PowerPoint (or similar) video presentation. The assessment will be submitted in Canvas as a file
upload.
Academic integrity and plagiarism
Academic integrity is about honest presentation of your academic work. It means acknowledging the work
of others while developing your own insights, knowledge and ideas.
You should take extreme care that you have:
• Acknowledged words, data, diagrams, models, frameworks and/or ideas of others you have quoted
(i.e. directly copied), summarised, paraphrased, discussed or mentioned in your assessment through
the appropriate referencing methods
• Provided a reference list of the publication details so your reader can locate the source if necessary.
This includes material taken from Internet sites
If you do not acknowledge the sources of your material, you may be accused of plagiarism because you
have passed off the work and ideas of another person without appropriate referencing, as if they were your
own.
RMIT University treats plagiarism as a very serious offence constituting misconduct.
Plagiarism covers a variety of inappropriate behaviours, including:
• Failure to properly document a source
• Copyright material from the internet or databases
• Collusion between students
For further information on our policies and procedures, please refer to the University website.
Assessment declaration
When you submit work electronically, you agree to the assessment declaration.
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Criteria Ratings Pts
HD D C P N DNS
Communicate ideas
effectively
Structure and
organisation present the
main points in a logical,
clear and
persuasive way that is
appropriate to the
audience
Confident and
enthusiastic presentation.
Delivery is clear, easy to
hear and understand and
uses appropriate
expression for oral
presentation
Structure and
organisation present
the main points in a
logical and clear way
that is appropriate to
the audience
Delivery is clear, easy
to hear and
understand
Structure and
organisation present
the main ideas
clearly in a mostly
appropriate way for
the audience
Delivery is mostly
clear and
understandable
Structure and
organisation present
the main ideas clearly
enough to be
understood
Delivery is
understandable
Structure and
organisation do not
present the main ideas
clearly enough to be
understood
Delivery is not
understandable
No slides or
recording
submitted
3 pts 2.5 pts 2 pts 1.5 pts 1–0 pts 0–0 pts 3pts
Organise the
presentation in a
logical manner
Excellent preparation,
presentation is well-
organised, well-timed, clear
and has a logical structure
Coverage and clarity of topic
and critical/content balance
is logical, clear and
persuasive
Very good
preparation,
presentation is
organised and
timed with a
logical structure
Coverage and
clarity of topic and
critical/content
balance is logical
and clear.
Good preparation,
presentation is
organised, timed and
structured
Coverage and clarity
of topic,
critical/content
balance and clear.
Basic preparation,
presentation is
somewhat organised,
timed and structured
Some coverage of
topic, somewhat
clear, critical/content
balance is included
Presentation was
difficult to understand
and/or poorly timed
and/or organised
No slides or
recording
submitted
3 pts 2.5 pts 2 pts 1.5 pts 1–0 pts 0–0 pts 3pts
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Conceptualise,
summarise and
synthesise the topic
area
Comprehensively
conceptualises the topic and
its significance.
Demonstrates understanding
of topic through succinct and
clear summary and synthesis
of key concepts, issues and
impacts
Clearly
conceptualises the
topic and its
significance.
Demonstrates
understanding of
topic through clear
summary and
synthesis of key
concepts, issues
and impacts
Good
conceptualisation of
topic and its
significance.
Demonstrates some
understanding of
topic through
summary and
synthesis of key
concepts, issues and
impacts
Some
conceptualisation of
topic and its
significance.
Demonstrates partial
understanding of
topic through
summary and
synthesis of key
concepts, issues and
impacts
Conceptualisation of
topic lacked clarity
and topic significance.
Demonstrates poor
understanding of topic
through summary and
synthesis of key
concepts, issues and
impacts
No slides or
recording
submitted
4 pts 3 pts 2.5 pts 2 pts 1 pts 0–0 pts 4pts
Total: 10 pts