UBM 599 DIGITAL WORKFORCE

UBM599 -DIGITAL WORKFORCE GUIDELINE

SEMESTER MARCH 2023

This course assessment requires students to explore the emerging trends of digital working environment
via crowdsourcing. Students are required to experience themselves as a digital freelancer who works on
digital tasks. Students need to apply their knowledge and skills to complete crowdsourcing tasks from
crowdsourcing platforms and generate income. Students will be assessed individually for their ability to
obtain jobs, completing the jobs, generating income and establish their portfolio in the crowdsourcing
platforms (e.g., Freelancer, Upwork, Guru.com, freelancing, etc).

Students are required to report the profiling information, total number of jobs awarded, the total number
of jobs completed, the income earned, and the Star Rating obtained from completed projects or contests.

All jobs and communication with clients must be done through ONLINE communication channels ONLY.

TASK SYNOPSIS:

Final task:
i. Performance Report consists of
a. Profiling Report (30%)
b. Income & Star Rating Report (20%)
ii. Poster & Presentation (20%)

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CROWDSOURCING PERFORMANCE REPORT

Format of the report

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Page
Table of Content
Acknowledgment

1. Introduction
• CV

2. Profiling Platforms
• Platform 1
• Platform 2
• Platform 3
• Platform 4
• Platform 5

3. Online Payment Registration

Evidence of Payment Registration (e.g., Paypal)

4. Bidding
• Bid/Contest Summary
• Proposal (all Bids/Contest)

5. Online Interview
• Describe how many online interviews were received.
• Sample of Online Interview
• Sample of Scammer

6. Job Awarded
• Describe how many jobs awarded
• Describe the status of job awarded
• Sample of Job Awarded

7. Income Generation
• Describe the total income generation
• Sample of Payment Received

8. Client Review/Star Rating

• Describe the client review/Star Rating received
• Sample of Client Review/Star Rating

9. References (if Available)

10. Conclusion

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DUE SUBMISSION: WEEK 13

Important Guidelines

1. FORMAT (Project Documentation): Documentation should be word-processed

2. COVER PAGE: Include Name, Matrix No., Class Group, and submission date.
3. BACKUP: Students are reminded to make backup copies of all their programs and documents.
Excuses, such as “hard-disk crashes,” WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
4. INTEGRITY and PLAGIARISM: Any duplicated or plagiarized work, if detected, will be
automatically awarded 0 marks. Lecturers reserve the right not to accept any project lacking in
substance or copied from some other sources.

Evaluation Criteria:

1. Completed Online Profiling

 Registration in crowdsourcing platforms
 Registration in online payment gateway – Paypal
 Profile completed
2. Bidding/ Work Application
 Develop a proposal/cover letter based on the requirement Writing and communication skills
– English proficiency No. of bids in a semester
3. Projects Awarded
• No. of projects/contest won within the semester
• Digital works completed and delivered to employers within employers’ requirements and
timeline
4. Income Earned (Projects/Contest)
 Amount of income earned
5. Star Rating (Projects/Contest)
• Maximum Star Rating received from Client

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