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COMMUNITY SERVICE AND EVENT ORGANIZING MPU 2412

The Requirements
You are expected to work in teams of not exceeding 8 in a group. The group will be
required to have a project either a community service or event organizing. Consult your
lecturer on your project.

The number of pages required for the Final Project Report shall be within 8 – 15 pages
(excluding appendix). Your team shall consequently then be required to submit the
written documentation and subsequently present an oral presentation within 25 to 30
minutes. Be creative in the presentation of your topic to the class. In any case, make it
enjoyable for yourself and the class. Each member of the group must contribute.

Assessment Criteria
Proposal Presentation (10%)
Implementation of Project Activities (50%)
Individual Reflective Essay (20%)
Final Report Presentation (20%)

Documentation Requirement:
Follow this outline:

1) Proposal Presentation (10%)

Students have to do a proposal presentation on Week 2 regarding their community
service project/ event organizing.
- Clear aim & objectives (3%)
- Right timeframe in table form (4%)
- Proper budget (3%)

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2) Implementation of Project Activities (50%)

Students have to actively participate in their proposed activities (before, during and
after). The assessment of the project will be based on the content of a journal of that
consists of:
- Log of activities: the progress of the group before (planning stage), during
(implementation) and after the event (post-mortem) (15%)
- Task Division (10%)
- Outcome and recommendations (15%)
- Minutes of meetings (5%)
- Appendices such as pictures, videos, banners (5%)

3) Individual Reflective Essay (20%)

Students have to write their own INDIVIDUAL journal reflecting their thought,
perception, emotions, feelings and behavior throughout their community service
experience.
- Skills/knowledge/abilities that has been gained from the above execution
which would be useful (10%)

- Relate your learning experience to the skills/knowledge/abilities required for

the future of your career (10%)

4) Final Report Presentation (20%)

A final group presentation by each team member will be done at the final week of the
semester. Each member has to play an equal role in presenting their group community
service project / event.
i. Individual (10%)
ii. Group (10%)

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Presentation:
i. Individual Assessment (10 marks )
(This section is individual assessed)
Constitutes 10 % of your total in-course assessment

Assessment will be by means of a 20-minute group presentation, followed by a 5-10

minute question and answer session. The presentation will need to integrate and
synthesise the findings from individual group member’s research. Time limit will be
strictly adhered to.

All group members should play an equal part in the presentation and may present content
other than that presented in the individual assignment. All members of the group should
be prepared to answer questions on any aspect of the presentation, and will therefore need
to be familiar with the research of all group members.

In the presentation, each member will be assessed on the:

o Subject Knowledge (2%)
o Explanations from Evidence (2%)
o Tables Graphs Graphics (2%)
o Eye Contact, clear voice and precise pronunciation of terms (2%)
o Questions and Answer (2%)

ii. Presentation: Group Assessment (10 marks )

Criteria of assessment
• Group Introduction & Task allocation (2%)
• Major issues identification (2%)
• Analysis of content (2%)
• Creativity (2%)
 Informative information (2%)

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Assignment Assessment Criteria

The criteria below detail the areas, which will be taken into account when the assignment
is marked. Each piece of assessed work will be awarded a percentage between 0 and
100%. The grades awarded will be marked according to the following criteria:

75% + This would be equivalent to a Distinction and would represent

outstanding performance. The work should show a thorough
understanding of the issue together with a high degree of analysis and
critical evaluation.

65 – 74% This will be equivalent to a Credit. This would represent extremely good
work demonstrating an in depth understanding of material and sound
analysis and conclusions.

50 – 64% This would be equivalent to a Pass. Work in this category should

demonstrate good application of the main Principles to the question set
and provide a well-balanced view.

49 – 0% This would represent a failure to pass demonstrating a poor command of

the knowledge of subject area combined with an inability to interpret the
question.

Please pay particular attention to the following:

 The abstract should be no more than one page, but it should excite interest for a
reader, other than the assessor, to read the whole.
 Ensure that the contents page precisely reflects the whole content of the report
including the abstract and appendices.

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 Page numbering: Ensure that the contents page accurately reflects the position of
the contents. Page numbers prior to the ‘introduction’ should be roman numerals.
From the introduction onwards page numbering should be Arabic.
 References should be listed according to the Harvard convention with the authors
listed in alphabetical order.
 Authors should be accurately referenced within the report according to the
Harvard convention.

If you have any problems with report formats please do not hesitate to contact me at
ragu@apiit.edu.my
halimaton@apu.edu.my
vicknisha.balu@apu.edu.y
Suresh.saminathan@apiit.edu.my

*** All the Best ***

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