Cardiff School of Technologies
Assessment
Brief
Module Code
IST 4000
Academic Year
23-24
Module Title
Explore
Semester
T1 S1
Module Leader email
Jemma Oeppen Hill joeppenhill@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Content
Assessment Details .................................................... 2
Submission Details .................................................... 3
Assessment Criteria ................................................... 5
Assessment Details
Assessment title
Abr.
Professional skills portfolio
PORT1
Pass marks are 40% for undergraduate work and 50% for postgraduate work unless stated otherwise.
Task/assessment brief:
This assessment is designed to support you to becoming students of higher education and to be
successful on your journey. PORT 1 is designed to frame your studies around professional skills,
needed to progress throughout your programme of study, and to underpin your future career trajectory.
The teaching on Explore will introduce you to a range of people, professional skills and competencies.
PORT 1 will enable you to evidence this in a portfolio to demonstrate your knowledge and
understanding, along with your learning through reflective practice.
This assessment is designed to enable you to work methodically through a series of ‘tasks’ to produce
a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate the completion of the work. All the ‘tasks’ must be completed to
gain a successful PASS in this assessment. Failure to complete ALL tasks will result in a fail of PORT
1 – if you are unclear on expectations for this assessment please ensure you discuss this with your
Programme Director in your weekly workshop sessions.
Work to be included in this portfolio is:
1) Completion of the ‘skills survey’ (available at this link – on the Shape Your Future platform).
The survey will generate a graph that must be completed. You must upload this along with a
200-word commentary on your reflections on this outcome.
2) Completion of the ‘Shape your future’ e-modules (available at this link) - all 4 skills listed
(Communication, Motivation, Adaptability and Problem Solving). These skills have been
selected as they mirror the professional competencies required by the main professional bodies
for computing and engineering (BCS, IET).
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For each skill successfully completed you will receive a digital badge directly from the
platform which must be uploaded into your portfolio (a record of the skills completed by
all students will be downloaded to check this is an accurate reflection of your individual
efforts).
All information to assist you in using the platform is available via Moodle and will be
covered in the teaching sessions.
3) Graduate Action Plan. A 500-word personal narrative based around the learning from this
module and the following questions:
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Why did you choose your degree?
What career(s) are you considering upon graduation?
What steps do you think you need to undertake to achieve this career plan?
Word count (or equivalent):
2000-word count equivalent
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This a reflection of the effort required for the assessment. Word counts will normally include any text,
tables, calculations, figures, subtitles and citations. Reference lists and contents of appendices are
excluded from the word count. Contents of appendices are not usually considered when determining
your final assessment grade.
Academic or technical terms explained:
SYF – Shape your future
PORT 1 – Portfolio 1
BCS – British Computer Society
IET – Institution of Engineering and Technology
LO – Learning outcomes
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Submission Details
Submission
Deadline:
Friday 12TH JAN 2024
Estimated
Feedback
Return Date
Submission
Time:
By 2.00pm on the
deadline day.
Moodle/Turnitin:
Any assessments submitted after the deadline will not be marked and will be
recorded as a non-attempt unless you have had an extension request
agreed or have approved mitigating circumstances. See the School Moodle
pages for more information on extensions and mitigating circumstances.
File Format:
The assessment must be submitted as a pdf document (save the document
as a pdf in your software) and submit through the Turnitin submission point
in Moodle.
This will normally be 20
working days after initial
submission.
Your assessment should be titled with your:
student ID number, module code and assessment ID,
e.g. st12345678 BHL5007 WRIT1
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Feedback
Feedback for the assessment will be provided electronically via Moodle. Feedback
will be provided with comments on your strengths and the areas which you can
improve. View the guidance on how to access your feedback.
All marks are provisional and are subject to quality assurance processes and
confirmation at the programme Examination Board.
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Assessment Criteria
Learning outcomes assessed
Learning Outcomes
[LO1] Identify and develop digital skills in key areas to reflect
industry practice.
Task 2
[LO2] Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of professional, Task 2
legal and ethical standards within their discipline.
[LO3] Develop skills in reflective learning and writing and explain its
role in developing professional and academic practice.
Task 1, Task 3
Other skills/attributes developed
This includes elements of the Cardiff Met EDGE (Ethical, Digital, Global and Entrepreneurial skills) and
other attributes developed in students through the completion of the module and assessment. These
will also be highlighted in the module guidance, which should be read by all students completing the
module. Assessments are not just a way of auditing student knowledge. They are a process which
provides additional learning and development through the preparation for and completion of the
assessment.
This module is designed to enable students to develop confidence in academic and professional
competencies. It embeds available institutional platforms for digital and professional skills, as well as
creating a sense of connection between modules to create a cohesive learning journey. The module
focuses on the “orientation of students to increase social and academic engagement, 'connectedness'
to university, sense of direction and future career” (Beder, 1997)
It offers an opportunity to appreciate the contemporary issues affecting the working environment and
understand the need for reflective learning and professional development as relevant for their chosen
programme.
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Marking/Assessment Criteria
In order to successfully pass this assessment, all elements of the portfolio must be completed and
evidence of all tasks uploaded within it (following the template provided on Moodle under ‘Assessment
and Feedback’).
Your overall grade will be either a pass or fail for this assessment. However, you will receive an
indicative grade for the reflection and graduate action plan.
The reflection and graduate action plan will be graded against the following grade band descriptor;
Presentation and Communication
80%-100% 70%-79%
(1st Class (1st)
+)
60%-69%
(2:1)
50%-59%
(2:2)
40%-49% (3rd) > 39 %
Threshold
Fail – Learning outcomes not
Excellent Very good
Good
Satisfactory
met.
(80-89%)
or
outstanding
and
exceptional
(90-100%)
Further to The
The reflection The reflection The reflection 30 – 39% 1 – 29%
the 70%- reflection and and action
and action
and action plan
79%
action plan plan show
plan show
show limited
Limited
Serious
band, work show very
good levels of some ability to ability to
ability to /numerous errors
in the 80%- good levels evaluation
evaluate and present,
present, /misunderstandings.
100%
of evaluation and
interpret
evaluate and evaluate
bands
and
interpretation information. interpret
and
Substantially
would
interpretation of topic.
information.
interpret irrelevant.
extend
of topic.
the topic.
beyond that
Appropriately
Short.
expected at
Well
organised.
Unclear
Level 4.
Presentation presented
Generally
Confused 0%
standard
Some faults, appropriately and
Non- attempt
high.
Appropriately but clear
Organised.
clumsily
organised
expression
expressed. Penalty in some
Logically
overall.
Faults but clear
misconduct cases
organised. Arguments
expression
welloverall
articulated
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Further Information on assessment, referencing and grading can be found in the
Module Handbook on Moodle)
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