Essential Professional and Academic Skills for Masters Students

On successful completion of this module a student will be able to:
1 Demonstrate familiarity with relevant University and Faculty online systems and TurnItIn and ability to communicate effectively via email, forums, video and other online systems.
2 Demonstrate ability to manage the organization of on-line files and emails and to format and reference documents in an academic context.
3 Demonstrate facility with office software to produce a professional report from a range of inputs.

Introduction to University and Faculty systems. Use of office software in a professional context. Good practice in managing own learning. Good practice in referencing and formatting documents. Use of TurnItIn to help with referencing. Use of Panopto (or equivalent) to produce a video screencast.

Individual Coursework – Pass/Fail 100% weighting.
Learning Outcomes 1, 2 & 3.
A formal report containing the updated work based on the feedback for the tasks that were part of the formative assessment.

Nature of FORMATIVE assessment supporting student learning:
For formative assessment, students will be given practical tasks covering Learning Objectives 1, 2 and 3. These completed tasks are then submitted together in a report and written feedback is provided.

There is an introductory lecture and online learning material is made available, with formative tasks. These tasks are then submitted together in a formal report and written feedback is provided. There is online tutorial/Q & A support.