BIZ101 Business Communication

BIZ101 Business Communication

	ASSESSMENT BRIEF 3
Subject Code and Title		BIZ101: Business Communications
Assessment		Presentation
Individual/Group		Individual or Group
Length		Presentation: 15 minutes
Learning Outcomes		This assessment addresses the following subject learning
		outcomes:
		a)  Demonstrate academic skills appropriate to the level
		of study
		b)  Demonstrate research skills and referencing
		appropriate to the level of study
		d)  Identify and apply effective communication methods
		within a business environment
		e)  Evaluate the use and importance of technology in
		presenting business communication
Submission		By 11:55pm AEST/AEDT Sunday of Module 6 (Weeks 11
		& 12)
Weighting		25%
Total Marks		100 marks
Context:

This assessment is for students to master the skills of presentation and evaluate the use of technology in business communication. Students must research different types of presentation technology, then choose one or more to use to present their recommendations from their Report they completed in Assessment 2.

Instructions: Presentation (25%)

Prepare a presentation of the key findings and recommendations from your Assessment 2 report.

The presentation is 15 minutes, highlighting the key points of the Assessment 2 report to the class. The presentation must be engaging and students are encouraged to not just use Prezi or PowerPoint.

It is expected that you will demonstrate in your presentation:

a comprehensive understanding of the topic you have chosen evidence of research and application of reliable and relevant evidence critical analysis and the ability to develop coherent arguments effective communication in the form of professional presentation skills evidence of a contribution to group effectiveness (if completed as a group assignment)

Note: You will not be disadvantaged if you do this individually

Submitting Your Assessment

1. Check your originality by uploading your commentary to Turnitin.

2. When the Turnitin result is less than 20%, submit your assignment through the Assessment submission area.

Learning Rubric

	Fail	Pass	Credit	Distinction	High Distinction
Assessment Attributes	(Unacceptable)	(Functional)	(Proficient)	(Advanced)	(Exceptional)
	(0-49%)	(50-64%)	(65-74%)	(75-84%)	(85-100%)
Choice of presentation	Presentation uses a	Presentation uses a	Presentation uses a	Presentation uses an	Presentation uses an
channel	traditional technology tool	traditional technology tool	technology tool to express	innovative approach,	innovative approach,
	to reproduce their report	to express the content of	the content of their	combining two different	combining multiple
20	in a visual and verbal form.	their presentation in an	presentation in an	technology tools to	different technology tools
		engaging way.	engaging way.	effectively express the	to effectively express the
				content of their	content of their
				presentation in an	presentation in an
				engaging way.	engaging way.
Verbal Communication	Verbal communication	Verbal communication	Verbal communication is	Verbal communication is	Verbal communication is
	lacks clarity and no	lacks clarity but there is an	mostly clear, and	clear, articulate and	clear, articulate and
30	attempt to engage the	attempt to engage the	articulate but does not	engaging, going beyond	engaging, going beyond
	listener is made.	listener as an active	engage the listener as an	reading a script to	reading a script to
		participant in the	active participant	discussing the content	discussing the content and
		presentation		with the audience in a way	using tactics designed to
				that causes them to	engage the listener to be
				reflect.	an active participant in the
					presentation and reflect
					on its content.
Visual Communication	Visual communication is	Visual communication is	Visual communication is	Visual communication	Visual communication
	primarily a reproduction of	primarily writing and	primarily writing and	goes beyond writing and	goes beyond writing and
20	the essay text and is not	images but is visually	images but shows some	images to reproduce	images to reproduce
	visually appealing.	appealing.	elements of innovation in	content in a visual way	content in a visual way
			the visual elements of the	using graphs, charts,	using graphs, charts,
			presentation.	diagrams.	diagrams, info graphics
					and other innovative
					visual communication
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Learning Rubric

		Fail		Pass	Credit	Distinction	High Distinction
Assessment Attributes		(Unacceptable)		(Functional)	(Proficient)	(Advanced) (75-	(Exceptional)
		(0-49)		(50-64)	(65-74)	84)	(85-100)
Quality of Evaluation	Limited understanding			Information is	Supports personal opinion	Well demonstrated	Information is taken from
	of	key	concepts	substantiated by evidence	and information	capacity to explain and	sources with a high level
30	required to support the			from the research/course	substantiated by evidence	apply relevant concepts	of interpretation/
	presentation.			materials.	from the research/course	by robust evidence from	evaluation to develop a
					materials.	the research/course	comprehensive critical
	Information taken			Information taken from		materials and extended	analysis of the topic.
	from reliable sources			reliable sources however,	Demonstrates a capacity	reading.
	but without a			analysis and evaluation	to explain and apply		Uses research and
	coherent analysis or			does not consistently	relevant concepts.	Some debate on the	evidence to argue
	synthesis.			reflect the relevant		research is evident.	viewpoints of experts.
				concepts.
	Viewpoints of experts are
	taken as fact with little