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COMMS103-23B (HAM)
Communication and Organising
15 Points
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Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten
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cheryl.cockburn-wootten@waikato.ac.nz
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Fabrice Desmarais
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MSB.4.35J
fabrice.desmarais@waikato.ac.nz
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What this paper is about
How this paper will be taught
The paper will be conducted through a mixture of active lectures, tutorials, and guest speaker experiences. There is a two-hour active lecture each week, and students should also attend one two-hour tutorial per week (tutorials start in week 2). Students will need to choose to attend either an online or a face to face tutorial. Lecture notes and recordings, tutorial notes, grading criteria for assignments and other documents will be available on Moodle. The convenor will remind students in class and by email/Moodle announcement when these are available. In the second part of the trimester students will work on a team report. At the end of the trimester, in the last week of classes, teams will present their report findings (delivery will be in class or online, TBA).
Required Readings
Selected readings will be available from the COMMS103 readings list.
Links to these readings will also be created on Moodle.
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:
Assessments
How you will be assessed
Activities and assignments are designed to help you achieve the learning outcomes of this paper. Written assignments are to be submitted on Moodle unless otherwise notified under the assignment description. They will be passed through the antiplagiarism software “Turnitin” (see plagiarism section). To avoid plagiarism, you must not pass other people’s work off as your own without proper acknowledgement and appropriate referencing. In addition, you must not use assignments or parts of assignments assessed in other papers for credit in this paper. You cannot resubmit assignments from your past course work if you are repeating this paper. When you submit, please use a file name that gives the name of the assignment and your name. For example, Essay Joe Bloggs.docx would be a good file name. Please avoid strange characters in file names as the system may not be able to open the files and hence, we will not be able to mark your work.
Presentation of written assignments:
Unless otherwise stated, written assignments should:
1. Have a front cover sheet which indicates the name of the paper and course code, your name and ID number, your tutor’s name, the due date, and a word count.
2. Use 12 point font, Times New Roman.
3. Use one and a half spacing and left justification.
4. Leave margins of 2.54 cm so that your marker has space to write comments.
5. Number pages beginning with the first page of text.
6. Use proper paragraphing. Leave a blank line between paragraphs or indent the first line.
7 . Follow the A P A referencing system. See the library A P A referencing website to check your referencing at:
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/study/guides/apa.shtml
8. Be within the word limit (plus or minus 10%). Your word count does not include your title page, your references list or any appendices.
9. Demonstrate evidence of revision and proofreading.
Please see below under 'Assessment components' for a precise description of the various elements of each assignment.
Other important points to note:
Attendance and participation: This paper requires every student to actively participate in all activities. This means that you should attend lectures and tutorials. For your team project, other students in the class depend on you to fulfil your responsibilities as a team member and to be available for consultation and team meetings.
Communication and peer evaluation: Good communication and collaboration is essential in this course. In order to make sure every member contributes equally to the team's effort, you will be asked to assess your own contribution as well as that of your team members (see peer evaluation). This evaluation will have an impact on your report mark so it is in your interest to work as a team from the start and contribute and share the workload equally.
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam.