ASSIGNMENT TWO: WRITTEN SUMMARY AND ORAL

PRESENTATION

INSTRUCTIONS for FULLY ONLINE STUDENTS/BLW202 STUDENTS

 You will receive from your tutor an email telling you which tutorial topic you have been allocated
for assignment two – the written summary and oral presentation. Please check your Curtin email
regularly to ensure you do not miss this. If you have not received notification of this by Monday
of week 3, please contact your tutor.

 It is your responsibility to take note of the due date for submission of your written summary and
recorded presentation. Your tutor will notify you of the due date but if you think this is unclear
or incorrect please get in touch with them as soon as possible. You will not receive a reminder of
the due date so you need to ensure you have this diarised.

 You should prepare the tutorial question that relates to your allocated tutorial topic. All tutorial
questions are on Blackboard under the relevant topic folder (in Learning Modules). For example,
if you are allocated the topic of defamation, go to Learning Modules/Defamation/Tutorial
Materials/Tutorial Preparation & Questions to find the Defamation Tutorial Question. It is that
question that you should address in your written summary and oral presentation.

 Prepare a written summary (problem based assessment) and an oral presentation in relation to
the tutorial question you have been allocated. More information about each component is set
out below.

Written Summary

 Marks: This is worth 20% of the total mark for the unit. Your written summary should
follow the four step process. Further information about using the four step process can
be found on Blackboard (under Learning Hub).

 Word count: answers should be sufficiently detailed but relevant. As a guideline your
written summary should be between 2,000-2,500 words. The word limit for this written
summary is 2,700 words.
 How to prepare: A marking rubric showing the criteria against which this written
summary will be marked is uploaded separately on Blackboard, in this assessments
folder. Checking this before you start your assignment will help you see how the marks
are allocated and should help you plan.

 How to submit: Please submit your assignment as a Word Document. You can attach a
cover sheet (a cover sheet is included in this folder) as the first page of your assessment.
Please save the assessment as follows: [Family name]_[Initial]_Torts_Assign2

Submit your written summary via the Turnitin link in the Assessment Two folder. If you
want to check the originality report before submitting your work for marking, submit to
the Revision Link. When you are ready to submit for marking, submit to the other link.

 When to submit: The written summary must be submitted to the link in Turnitin by the
due date for the assessment.

 Marking and feedback: Your tutor will mark the work and return feedback and marks
through the rubric. When your work has been marked, the mark and rubric will show in
MyGrades. Please feel free to request additional feedback or clarification on feedback, if
anything is not clear.

Oral Presentation

 Marks: This is worth 10% of the total mark for the unit.

 How long? The presentation should last approximately 10-15 minutes and you should
try not to go over 15 minutes.

 How to prepare: The aim is to record a presentation on the question you have been
allocated and how you would approach this question. You will need to discuss the
relevant legal principles and apply them to the facts. However, you should NOT just read
out your written summary as this is unlikely to be engaging and you will probably score
poorly. Please remember also that the aim of the presentation is to transfer knowledge
and demonstrate your presentation skills, as this is what you will be assessed on here.

Please also review the criteria that you will be marked against – see the presentation
assessment form in this folder.
 Structure for oral presentation: You can choose whatever structure you like for the
presentation – you may choose to follow the four step structure or approach things
differently. It’s up to you and, given the online environment, creativity is encouraged.

 Extra materials: For your presentation you can decide whether to use PowerPoints or
other presentation software (such as Prezi), or not. Again, it is up to you how to go
about it but make sure you have reviewed the criteria you will be assessed on before
you start preparing your presentation, as this will guide you.

 How to record and submit: When you have prepared your presentation, you should
record it using whatever means you choose. You could make a YouTube video. You could
use voice over PowerPoints (see: https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Add-
narration-to-a-presentation-0b9502c6-5f6c-40ae-b1e7-e47d8741161c and there are lots
of other resources and how to videos available) or anything else you choose.

If you want to record using Blackboard Collaborate software, please let me know and I
will set up a link for you. You will also need to view the separate document in this folder
on recording in Collaborate – this is important as if you don’t get things right the sound
may not actually record.

I am also looking at making some lecture recording software available to you (Echo360)
but will advise further when I have more information.

Creativity is encouraged. The only restriction is that the format of your recording must
be accessible by other students and tutors without them having to install special
applications/software or download programs.

When your recording is ready, you need to email me the link to it (or, if it is on
Collaborate simply advise me by email). I will then notify the students who I have
allocated to assess this oral presentation of the link so that they can assess it.

You must notify me of the link to your presentation no later than the due date for the
presentation topic.

 How your presentation will be assessed: The presentation will be assessed by other
students. I will tell students which work they are assessing and will provide the link to
the presentation. Students can expect to assess one oral presentation each week from
the time the first assignments are submitted. However, students will not be assessing
anyone who has been allocated the same topic as them.
 Although assessing presentations is not compulsory I would strongly encourage it as a
way of being exposed to the topics and how the law applies to problem questions.

 Each student who is assessing an oral presentation will be filling in a marking guide for
the presentation and will be encouraged to make comments. These forms will be sent to
me. Students who are assessing have only 5 days from receiving the link in which to
assess.

 Meanwhile, a marker (Curtin law school staff member) appointed by me will also be
assessing your oral presentation.

 I will collate the comments and marks from the group and from the staff marker.
I will then take the average marks allocated for each of the criteria by other students
and that staff marker, to give you a final mark out of 10. This mark and some
(anonymous) feedback comments on your oral presentation will be entered into the
marking rubric that you can access when your written summary has also been marked.

I will be liaising with and assisting all of you further when it comes to marking the first
assignments, until everyone has the hang of it.

Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions!