Student Assignment Guidance – Developing Academic Skills
Assessment Task
Task One: Time Management
A) Demonstrate your time management skills by creating a
timetable for study during this module. In your timetable
highlight your work commitments, family time, study time and
recreational time
B) Write a reflection on how you managed your time, utilising
the timetable and using Pomodora or Eisenhower to manage
your study
(Max 750 words)
(25 marks)
Word count is a notional guide, we do not penalise on this
Learning Guidance
Outcomes
Structure and format
LO2
1A) Ensure your timetable covers 7 days of the week and
includes all your commitments and realistic time for study. You
can use colour coding or be creative in the layout, but make
sure that it is visually clear to understand
1B) In your reflective writing explain how you managed your
time, did you use the timetable, did anything detract from your
time? Could you have managed your time better? Was your
timetable realistic? Explain how you used Pomodora or
Eisenhower to help you focus your study time.
Core content and skills
This task is designed to help you develop your planning and
time management skills so that you can prepare for study.
Creating the timetable will enable you to explore some key ICT
functions within word by creating a table.
Tips for higher marks
• A clear timetable that is realistic

Task Two: Resources and reflection
LO1
A) Identify 4 key resources that you have used to support
your study during this module. Explain how you used each
resource in your studies.
B) Write a reflection on the development of your academic
skills during this module. For example, writing skills,
referencing skills, researching skills, and summarising skills.
(Max 750 words)
(25 marks)
• Use Gibbs model to structure your reflection. Give a
clear explanation on how you used Pomodora or
Eisenhower
• Good/very good/excellent use of spelling, punctuation,
and grammar
Structure and format
2A), name and explain 4 key resources that you have used to
support your study during the module, for example, Perlego,
Peers, tutors, search engines, a specific textbook you found
useful.
2B), write reflectively on how your academic skills have
developed, you may focus on skills such as writing, referencing,
researching, and summarising amongst others.
Core content and skills
This task is designed to help you identify key resources that
are useful to support your study and write a reflection on how
your academic skills have developed throughout the module
Word count is a notional guide, we do not penalise on this
Task Three: Literature searching, note taking and
LO3
evaluating
A) Find a book online using Perlego on the topic of Academic
Integrity, plagiarism and referencing. Summarise the key
points using the Cornell note taking method. State the full
reference of the book (AU Harvard), demonstrate your note
taking and then give a summary of the source in terms of its
credibility (using the CAARP guidance, which is documented
on ilearn).
Tips for higher marks
• A clear explanation of the 4 key resources you have
used
• Use Gibbs model to structure your reflection on the
development of academic skills
• Good/very good/excellent use of spelling, punctuation,
and grammar
Structure and format
3A), find a book on Perlego on the topic of Academic integrity
& plagiarism. Provide the full AU Harvard reference to the
book. Then, include your Cornell note taking to summarise the
key points and provide a CARRP evaluation of the source.
3B), find a newspaper article or website online on the topic of
Academic integrity & plagiarism. Provide the full AU Harvard
reference to the source and then include your mind map note
taking to summarise the key points. Putin your CARRP
evaluation of the source.
B) Find a newspaper article or website online on the topic of
Academic Integrity, plagiarism and referencing. Summarise
the key points using a mind map note taking method. State
the full reference of the book (AU Harvard), demonstrate your
note taking and then give a summary of the source in terms
of its credibility (using the CAARP guidance, which is
documented on ilearn).
(Max 750 words)
(25 marks)
Word count is a notional guide, we do not penalise on this
Task Four: Plagiarism and referencing
A) Explain what is meant by plagiarism and academic
integrity. Support your explanations with definitions and
citations.
Core content and skills
This task is designed to enable you to explore and develop
your literature searching skills, note taking skills, and
evaluative skills. You will develop your skills in using CARRP
to evaluate literature/sources of information. You will put into
practice AU Harvard referencing of the 2 sources.
Tips for higher marks
• Give a clear demonstration of both note taking methods
used to summarise each source
• Provide a concise and well written CARRP evaluation for
each source
• Good/very good/excellent use of spelling, punctuation,
and grammar
LO4 Structure and format
4A), give a clear explanation of what plagiarism and academic
integrity means. Support your explanation with definitions and
citations
B) Produce an ‘at a glance’ leaflet, that gives examples and 4B), produce a clear ‘at a glance’ leaflet (one page of A4,
explanations on how to produce a reference list using AU approx) include explanations and examples on how to produce
Harvard referencing. Include examples on how to insert in- a reference list and insert citations and direct quotations.
text citations and direct quotations.

Core content and skills

(Max 750 words) This task will enable you to develop your understanding of
(25 marks) plagiarism and academic integrity. You will also develop some
ICT skills by using functions within the word document to
Word count is a notional guide, we do not penalise on this
create a leaflet style layout. The task will allow you to put into
practice your citing and referencing skills.

Tips for higher marks

• Give a clear explanation of plagiarism and academic

integrity with definitions and citations provided

• Ensure your leaflet is clearly presented and gives good

instruction on how to produce a reference list in AU
Harvard and insert citations and direct quotations into the
body of an essay/report etc

• Good/very good/excellent use of spelling, punctuation,

and grammar
Student Checklist – Developing Academic Skills

Yes Guidance

Does the submission answer the question/deal with the task that
was set?
Have you:
• Completed all four tasks (A & B in each?)
• Submitted each task as one continuous word document?
• Used 2 different note taking techniques in task 3 by applying
a different method to each source. Provided the full
reference to the source and a CARRP evaluation.
• Explained fully what plagiarism is and given examples of
referencing method when explaining it.
Have you demonstrated your critical thinking skills? (Make sure
you haven’t just identified key resources (task one) but have gone
on to explain them)
Have you:

• Accounted for your commitments in your timetable of study

and allocated a realistic plan for your study time

• Evaluated each source in task 3 for currency, scope,

accuracy etc.?
• Created your leaflet in Task 4 with text boxes to create a
leaflet layout style?

Have you developed and sustained a clear argument throughout

the work? (Make sure you haven’t jumped from one idea to
another)
Have you:
• Presented your tasks in chronological order
• Provided clear descriptions and explanations in all tasks?
• Checked spelling, punctuation and grammar

Have you referenced all your sources, in the main body and in the
reference list at the end? (Make sure you haven’t missed any and
make sure the in-text references match up with your reference list)
Have you:
• Followed the AU referencing system
• Included one reference list at the end

You can access the AU referencing guides here:

https://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/course/view.php?id=921
Have you used a good range of reading material from reliable,
academic sources? (Make sure you have not relied too heavily on
single sources or online materials which may be unreliable):

• Ensure you have consulted sources for each task in the

assessment
• Ensure that the sources are up to date
Have you checked the grammar, punctuation and spelling and is
the English comprehensible? (Ask someone else to read your work
or read it to yourself out loud to make sure it makes sense)

• Ensure you do not just submit the first completed work as

you should read, re- read and modify if needed
• Ensure you have plenty of time to do the last checks on
spelling, punctuation and grammar etc.
• Ensure you are familiar with how to upload your assessment
to Turnitin and submit your work
• Do not leave uploading your work until the last minute of
submitting
Is the coursework the correct length and have you included a word
count? (Your tutor will notice if it is too long or too short!)
Have you submitted all your tasks in one document and not in
separate documents?