PPMP20012(HT1, 2023)Program and Portfolio Management Information
Assessment 1: Consolidated portfolio (35%)
Consolidated portfolio
This is an individual assignment that is worth 35% of the unit marks.
At the start of the term, you are required to carefully read the assessment overview from the unit profile containing information about the assignment purpose, tasks, and referencing guide. Then, use the attached template for your consolidated portfolio.
You are required to complete questions & activities and summarise them to provide a consolidated portfolio. Your portfolio will provide an account of your learning based on your practice and your critical reflection.
Purpose
The primary purpose of this assessment item is to help the students:
To demonstrate an advanced understanding of knowledge and skills that include recent, global developments within the area of program and portfolio management and their applications in professional practice.
To develop the capability to investigate, research, analyse, and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts, and theories and to apply established theories to program and portfolio management practice.
Task
This assessment item has two parts: 1) Discussion on Moodle forum, and 2) Consolidated portfolio report
(1) Discussion on Moodle forum:
In a designated week, one topic related to the weekly lectures will be posted on the Moodle forum for discussion. The topics will be specified and posted on the Moodle forum by the end of week 3 and week 6.
You are expected to contribute to the topic discussion posted on Moodle forum by Friday 11:45 PM AEST of the following week (Week 4 and week 7 respectively).
Each topic’s forum discussion will be closed and will not receive new posts from students after the deadline.
You can either start a new thread or comment on an existing one.
A response may extend, support, or challenge the post of another student, and your position should be supported with evidence. You may respond many times as necessary to elaborate your arguments.
Near the end of the term, you will consolidate your responses into a single document which becomes your consolidated portfolio for submission.
The discussion on the Moodle forum focuses on providing and exchanging ideas among students and will not require academic writing.
A minimum of 150 words is expected in each discussion.
(2) Consolidated Portfolio Report
The consolidated portfolio must be submitted as a single document (Word file).
The evidence of the forum participation should form an appendix to the consolidated portfolio and is marked.
The consolidated portfolio submission should comprehensively discuss the topics on the Moodle forum, while arguments are supported with quality evidence. Academic writing is required including the appropriate referencing. The discussion in the consolidated portfolio may be different from the initial response on the Moodle forum. This reflects the progressiveness nature of learning.
In summary, the consolidated portfolio consists of 3 sections:
The final discussion of the forum questions
Your reflection on these learning activities
Evidence of the forum participation & references.
The marking is done on the consolidated portfolio report. The word limit is 2000 words +/- 10%.
Important notes
You may come up with an answer different from what you have written in the Moodle forum and this is perfectly fine.
You need to provide snapshots of the forum discussions as evidence of your participation
Reflective learning is a way of allowing learners to step back from their learning experience, helping them to develop critical thinking skills and, improve on future performance by analyzing what they have learned and how far they have come. You will need to provide a discussion about your feelings and experiences while learning in this unit. You are also required to emphasise the implications of learning/experience in this unit on your future learning/career. Click here to access a guide for reflective writing.