Please note that this unit of study requires at least 10 hours of self-study or group work per week on average, outside your timetabled workshop hours. Please consider this workload when planning your time and effort for the semester.

• Expression of interest: Addressing selection criteria, students will explain why their team is best suited to deliver the project they are applying for and lay out the ground rules for the successful operation of your team, including contact details, communication plan, expectations and so on. All team members are to sign off. The EOI will be evaluated on merit for allocation to a specific project, and marking will take into account the relevance of answers, the style used and the overall appearance of the document. This is to be submitted via Canvas.
• Mid-Way Presentation: Students are to deliever a formal oral presentation. During this presentation, teams are to showcase their project plan to the Capstone directors or/and industry partner with the use of a presentation medium. It is compulsory for every team member to contribute and participate in the presentation.
• Project management plan: The project management plan will outline the objectives and benefits of the project, ths scope of work, the project approach and governance mechanisms, describe the approch to risk management, resource commitments, cost and time estimates need to be provided.
• Participation: the evaluation of individual performance and participation includes: active engagement of individual students during the allocated workshop times, observations of the directors on the individual contribution in their interactions with the team and is also informed by the confidential peer and self-evaluation
• Individual reflection: Students will be required to keep an individual reflective journal that captures the progression and dynamics of the project, as well as record personal/team learning and development. This reflection exercise should be continuously undertaken over the two semesters. Students will be given the opportunity to submit their draft journals in Semester 1 for initial feedback. The assessment of this activity will be based on the regularity of submissions, the conscientious effort made by the student and the degree of critical insight of the entries.
• The project product presentation: Each team will be presenting their project output or product in a live presentation, either via Zoom or face to face. The client will be given an opportunity to provide feedback in a satisfaction survey. It is compulsory for every team member to contribute and participate in the presentation.
• Project report: Each team will document how they delivered the project, client acceptance and hand-off to the BAU owner ; it also captures lessons learned in a project closure report. A statement identifying the specific contributions of the student and others must be included via the CPE. Students should closely consult Project Guidelines handout and Project Marking Sheet for content and formatting requirements. 

Detailed information for each assessment can be found on Canvas.

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Study Commitment:
Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Attendance  Requirements:

As per the Faculty of Engineering Coursework Awards Resolutions, students are expected to attend and actively engage in all timetabled activities of their respective units of study. For this unit of study, students are expected to attend a minimum of 90 percent of timetabled activities for a unit of study unless granted exception by the Dean or Head of School most concerned. A student may be determined to fail a unit of study because of inadequate attendance. Alternatively, at their discretion, they may set additional assessment items where attendance is lower than 90 percent.  

Text-matching software for Assignment Submission:
As part of the assessment process, text matching software such as Turnitin will be used to identify plagiarism and/or be used for providing feedback.

Confidential Peer Evaluation:
As part of the group contribution assessment process, collaborative & self-peer evaluation tools (e.g. SparkPlus, CATME, etc.) may be used, either on a confidential or non-confidential basis, to understand contributions and interactions amongst group members. Marks may be adjusted for an individual team member, following on from the peer evaluation process.

Canvas Marks Not Reliable:
Canvas will be used in this unit and while key assessments will be submitted via Canvas, it cannot be used to determine/ predict a students final marks in this unit because not all assessments are visible to students and group/team marks can change for each individual team member based on the peer-evaluation conducted at the end of the semester.

Recycling Assignments Not Allowed:
Recycling involves submitting (or resubmitting) your own work that has already been assessed without the permission of the lecturer of this unit, and for which you have already been given feedback. Recycling is a form of academic dishonesty and will be handled in line with the coursework policy.

Mark Moderation:
There may be statistically defensible moderation when combining the marks from each component to ensure consistency of marking between markers, and alignment of final grades with unit outcomes.