Year level
Class size
Graduate attributes
Assessment delivery mode
Authenticity context
Integrity controls
Supervision status
Invigilated (in-class or Zoom) listening test

Time limited

Invigilated (in-class or Zoom) listening test

In-class listening comprehension test, delivered via Blackboard Quiz or Inspera: students watch a short video in French and answer questions about it. Students use their own devices to watch the video and access the test, but are supervised (either in the classroom or via Zoom) by course staff. Internal students use headphones, external students turn their microphones off, but cameras on.

First year
Class size of 20-40, 40-60
Secure
Time limited
Online Simulation

Team or Group based

Online Simulation

This assessment consists of three assessable tasks linked to an online airline simulation that learners complete throughout the semester. Learners are grouped into teams to set up, manage and operate their airline. The first assessment task is a 5-6 minute video proposal and contributes 15% of the final grade for the unit. The next assessment task requires students to write an annual report based on the performance of their airline after four quarters. This task is weighted at 15% and is also a team-based assessment. A further 10% is allocated to teams based on various simulation performance metrics.

Post-graduate
Class size of 80-100
Open
Team or Group based
Oral exam on written response

Time limited

Oral exam on written response

Students are randomly assigned 2 questions from a bank of questions that cover most of the course material. They are then asked to write their answers on the blank paper provided. Students are observed whilst writing. Each student is then questioned for 15 minutes, and this oral component is video recorded. They are first questioned about their written responses and must defend their answers (staff highlight any mistakes or gaps in their responses). They are then asked further questions about other aspects of the course.  

Post-graduate
Class size of 20-40, 40-60
Secure
Time limited
Padlet Digital Reflections

Sequence

Padlet Digital Reflections

Every week of semester students are required to use Padlet to write a reflection using concepts and theories from the week's lecture, readings, and from other resources such as academic and media articles, open blogs, images, video and social media.

Second year
Class size of 40-60
Open
Sequence
Participatory Media Production Project

Team or Group based

Participatory Media Production Project

This authentic assessment sees students work collaboratively in groups to engage an external participant group in the production of media output based on topical and generative themes selected by the organisation participant through processes of facilitation and discussion.

Post-graduate
Class size of 20-40
Open
Team or Group based
Practical In-class Quiz

Assessment method

Practical In-class Quiz

Short (15-20 minutes) in-class practical quizzes in which students rotate around a room of artefacts. Designed to teach and test practical skills and/or the practical application of knowledge, these quizzes are most effectively administered intermittently (2-6 per semester) to test cumulative knowledge and to provide regular feedback on their learning.

Second year, Third year
Class size of 10-20
Secure
Presentation of Basic Mixed Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative) Research

Team or Group based

Presentation of Basic Mixed Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative) Research

In this assessment students are asked to collect and analyse some basic qualitative and quantitative data from a site of their choosing, and then present their findings. Students are asked to choose a site to collect their data (examples of sites can be provided but they can also be given freedom to choose one that is not listed in the examples). They are then asked to design a research question, collect some basic quantitative data and qualitative data that relates to the themes of the course, conduct some basic analysis (in the case of quantitative typically just some frequencies), link their findings to existing academic literature, and present their findings in their tutorial.

First year
Class size of 80-100
Open
Team or Group based
Seminar Submission (written or negotiated)

Sequence

Seminar Submission (written or negotiated)

As part of a progressive series of seminars, this assessment item acts as the culminating piece for each seminar. The default submission format is a written piece lodged via Turn-It-In of between 750-1500 words - with greater weight allocated to the assessment items as the seminars progress. Because of the nature of the cohort (practising sport coaches) and the level of the program (post-graduate study), students are offered a degree of choice within each seminar (e.g. topic focus and submission format). Students are supported through this process through the seminar structure of reading week, discussion week, assessment week).

Post-graduate
Class size of 10-20
Open
Sequence
Video Experiment

Assessment method

Video Experiment

Likened to a video essay, this technique sees students design and conduct an individual practical or experiential experiment based on course principles, documenting it (including background, rationale, results and implications) in a 10 minute YouTube video. Videos are edited and published online, with some being potentially translated into scholarly publications.

Second year, Third year
Class size of 40-60
Open
Video Presentation

Team or Group based

Video Presentation

In small groups students create a short YouTube video production communicating an otherwise complex or scholarly argument (developed out of an essay assessment item) in a form appropriate to an open audience. Ideally scaffolded with reflexive assessment items, this technique emphasises key workplace skills in production, messaging and interpersonal communication.

Third year
Class size of 80-100
Open
Team or Group based