Within this program, you are asked to complete a wide range of assessment tasks designed for you to demonstrate your knowledge. This is purposefully done to give you exposure to a wide range of assessment tasks and to help you think about the content and it’s application in different ways. Each task requires a response in a slightly different way, from reflective responses, to essays through to presentations.
While each assessment will be slightly different, most will require you to use the following stages to complete them.
Adapted from: Federation University. (n.d.) Assessments and getting started. Study Skills. https://studyskills.federation.edu.au/assessment/getting-started/
A rubric is a type of marking guide that shows what your lecturers are looking for in your assessment, and what standard is considered quality work. It shows where you will get marks. Keep the rubric with you when you work on assessments, so you can include the elements your lecturer expects.
Rubric for assessment task 5: Drawing a cat.
| Criteria | Great | OK | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy 30% | Drawing is anatomically correct, including all features of a cat (eg. four legs, whiskers, tail, two eyes). | Drawing is recognisable as a cat, including some features of a cat (eg. some legs, tail, at least one ear). | Drawing is not recognisable as a cat, and has features not present in cats (eg. fins, scaly legs, feathers). |
| Creativity 30% | A range of colours are used, and while imaginative, is recognisable as a cat. | Some imagination used, but mostly realistic cat colours such as black, white, brown etc. | Very boring. Not a cat. |
| Technique 40% | Uses all techniques taught in class with great skill (eg. shading, chiaroscuro, textures). | Uses some techniques taught in class, but with limited skills (eg. colouring outside the lines). | Stick figure. No techniques used. |
The following resources from the Study Skills website are available to assist you in developing your response style and matching it with it’s appropriate purpose.
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