Course Title: Collect and organise information
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2011
Course Code: PERF5045C
Course Title: Collect and organise information
School: 345T Media and Communication
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4171 - Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing
Course Contact : Program Administration
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4815
Course Contact Email:mctafe@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Coordinator: Clare Renner
Telephone: 9925 4047
Email: clare.renner@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 15
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
At RMIT, the competency Collect and organise information is contextualised by your chosen writing courses. Collect and organise information is delivered and assessed along with each of your Produce Writing specialisations
Course Description
This course covers the skills and knowledge required to identify, collect and organise information.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CUSRAD01A Collect and organise information |
Element: |
1. Collect the information |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1Find out why the information is needed and what it will be used for |
Element: |
2. Assess the information |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1Check the accuracy and currency of the information collected |
Element: |
3. Organise the information |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1Organise the information so that it will be easily understood |
Element: |
4. Communicate the information |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1Present information in a structure and format that is logical, and useful for the purpose intended |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will be able to collect and organise information for use within a range of writing tasks. <!--EndFragment-->
Details of Learning Activities
In this course you learn through -
In-class activities:
•classroom-based lectures
•class exercises
•teacher directed group activities/projects
•peer teaching and class presentations
•group discussion
•class exercises to review discussions/lectures
•class readings
•workshopping of students’ own projects
Out-of-class activities:
•independent writing and reading
•online and other research
•independent study and project work
Teaching Schedule
Collect and Organise Information is delivered and assessed within your Produce Writing specialisations. For example, you discuss the skills required to collect and organise information within the context of writing a novel, creating a desk-top publishing project, writing a feature article etc.
See your Produce Writing specialisation course outlines for the teaching schedule for this competency.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
There are no prescribed texts for this unit. |
References
You are advised to look at the course Blackboard site for ongoing updated information. |
Other Resources
All resources are supplied by the teacher for this unit.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment includes the completion of a written exercise and demonstration of competency through your chosen writing specialisations.
Assessment Tasks
This unit is assessed through a preliminary exercise specific to this competency. This exercise will be e-mailed to you by the unit coordinator with directions on how to submit the assessment. The assessment is due by April 11.
The unit is also assessed within your writing specialisation assessment by your writing teachers. Successful completion of the assessment will demonstrate competency in the collection and organisation of information within the context of that writing specialisation. See Produce Writing course guide for assessment details.
To demonstrate competency in this course, you will need to complete all assessment to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback on all assessment.
This competency will be assessed as:
C Competent
NYC Not yet competent
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant Unit of Competency. These are available through the course contact in Program administration.
Other Information
Feedback:
You will receive spoken and/or written feedback by teacher on your work. Where appropriate, this feedback also includes suggestions on how you can proceed to the next stage of developing your projects.
Late Submissions
Please refer to the course blackboard site for policy information on late submissions and plagiarism
Plagiarism
RMIT has a strict policy on plagiarism. Please refer to the website for more information on this policy.
Special consideration Policy (Late Submission)
All assessment tasks are required to be completed to a satisfactory level. If you are unable to complete any piece of assessment by the due date, you will need to apply for an extension.
Please refer to the following URL for extensions and special consideration:
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qkssnx1c5r0y;STATUS=A;PAGE_AUTHOR=Andrea%20Syers;SECTION=1;
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