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LO5 Demonstrate an awareness and ability to apply social, professional, legal and ethical standards as documented in professional codes of conduct of computing & IT professional bodies. Task and Mark Distribution: Assignment Description COURSEWORK 2 Breakdown Coursework Weighting out of 100% Overall Weighting out of 40% Milestone 1 & 2 1. Skills audit and Career action plan 2. Job related collateral comprising CV and covering letter (Minimum 500 words) (excluding appendices) 50% 20% Milestone 3 3. Literature Review (Minimum 1500 words (excluding appendices) 50% 20% Milestones 1 and 2– Skills Audit and Action Plan [50% of 40%] This part of the assignment requires you to undertake the following tasks: TASK DELIVERALBLE CHECKLIST Weighting out of 100% TASK 1 A reflection on of your professional and academic experiences to date 20% TASK 2 An audit of the skills you have gained from them 15% TASK 3 A career / action plan 20% TASK 4 A Curriculum Vitae geared towards a job advertisement chosen by you 30% TASK 5 A Covering letter geared towards a job advertisement chosen by you 15% NOTE You are required to ensure that your work conforms to the reporting standards expected at this level. It is divided into two items – Item 1 is about career planning and item 2 is about creating job related collateral Skills Audit and Action Plan TASKs 1-3 relate to you and the skills you have developed to date. TASK 1: The Reflection This should NOT just state facts and describe experiences. Instead, you should write a reflective discussion of your experiences. Don’t underestimate the value and impact of activities that you have engaged with. Re-visit the reason (the rationale) for undertaking the activity, the skills and knowledge that you developed as a consequence, and the impact that resulted for you as a professional. Consider any key challenges that you encountered and how these were overcome. In addressing these challenges, what did you learn about yourself? TASK 2: The Skills Audit Summarize your reflection with an evaluation of your skills and experience. This will benefit from some categorization and grading e.g. categorize by personal skills, technical skills, professional skills etc. and grade your skills on a scale of 1-5. Use a tabular format. TASK 3: Career Goals and Action Plan Find out what the possibilities are (include any relevant collateral e.g. Job advertisements in your portfolio) and sketch a career plan for placement, graduation etc. Focus on empowerment – by reviewing the past and identifying gaps in your skills & knowledge with respect to fulfilling your career goals and state how these will be bridged. Make a detailed plan showing what you need to do to achieve your career goals with timescales and requirements. Job Related Collateral You cannot prepare a CV and Covering Letter without a Job to relate them to! So with this in mind, you are required to find an award-related Job Advertisement and associated information. The job advertisement must be about coumputing related jobs in Ghana and must not be more than two months old. This will need to be approved by your tutor as being related to your award. Refer to this as you complete tasks 4 and 5. (Note: Add the chosen job advertisement information in an appendix to part of your portfolio of work). TASK 4: The Curriculum Vitae Find out what you can about modern views of CV formatting and choose one which you feel suits you and the career you have chosen. Everything in your CV should be presented in the most positive light and every opportunity to tailor to the job advertisement provided. You need to write a short paragraph of about 300 words explaining how you have tailored your CV and decisions you have taken about the content and format. Presentation is everything! TASK 5: The Covering Letter The covering letter should have the requisite paragraphs with no grammatical or spelling errors. Care should be taken to ensure that it is laid out as a formal letter and that you select appropriate fonts and highlighting. In addition to the tutorial work in this area you should make your own investigations. . Milestones 1 and 2 – Skills Audit and Action Plan and Career Related Collateral [50% of 40%] Marking Criteria and Feedback Sheet REPORT >=70% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% <40% Mark Structure and Style The report is very well structured, professional, neatly laid out and written in a very appropriate style. It uses appropriate fonts and formatting with no spelling or grammar mistakes. It contains all the following: ▪ Cover page ▪ Generated Contents and Page numbering ▪ Page headers and footers The report is well structured, neatly laid out, written in an appropriate style, using appropriate fonts and formatting with very few spelling or grammar mistakes. It contains the majority of the following: ▪ Cover page ▪ Generated Contents and Page numbering ▪ Page headers and footers The report is structured in places, reasonably well laid out, mainly written in an appropriate style, using appropriate fonts and formatting but with numerous spelling or grammar mistakes. It contains some of the following: ▪ Cover page ▪ Generated Contents and Page numbering ▪ Page headers and footers The report is very poorly structured. The layout, style, fonts and formatting are not always appropriate. There are lots of spelling or grammar mistakes. It contains very little of the following: ▪ Cover page ▪ Generated Contents and Page numbering ▪ Page headers and footers The report is not structured, No mark but please use any feedback to inform future submissions where marks will be awarded. Reflection The reflection is discursive and evaluative. It is a concise account with a good balance between the professional and academic skills/experience. The reflection is reasonably discursive and evaluative. It is a fairly concise account with a reasonable balance between professional and academic skills/experience. The reflection is mainly discursive and evaluative but with some descriptive content. It is verbose in parts and skewed towards either the professional or academic skills/experience. . The reflection is tends towards description of the facts but has adequate evaluative content. It is verbose in parts or lacking in detail but gives an adequate (if not balanced) consideration of both professional and academic skills/experience. The reflection is discursive and evaluative. It is a balanced account and takes into account both professional and academic experience. /20 Skills Audit The Skills Audit is excellent – detailed, clearly laid out, well categorised and graded. The Skills Audit is very good – reasonably detailed, clearly laid out, categorized and graded. The Skills Audit is good - clearly laid out, well categorized and graded. The Skills Audit is adequate giving a fair idea of the skills and experience. Missing or inadequate /15 Career Plan Every element of the career plan is in appropriate detail, informative, accurate in its style and presentation (e.g. job adverts) and clearly demonstrates evidence of significant career research. The majority of the elements of the of the career plan are detailed, informative accurate in their style and presentation and clearly demonstrate evidence of research. Some of the elements of the of the career plan are informative, reasonably accurate in their style and presentation and demonstrates some evidence of research. Some of the elements of the of the career plan are informative and demonstrate some evidence of research. Missing or mostly inadequate /10 Action Plan The action plan is comprehensive and totally realistic in terms of fully meeting the set goals in the stated time frames and refers directly to the SWOT and PESTLE factors The action plan is comprehensive and mostly realistic and refers directly to the SWOT and PESTLE factors The action plan is fairly comprehensive and refers directly to the SWOT and PESTLE factors The action plan would meet some of the goals within the set time frames and relates adequately to the SWOT analysis. /10 A CV targeted the job advert provided The CV is • a maximum of 2 sides of A4 • professional looking and neatly laid out • uses appropriate fonts and formatting • has no spelling or grammar mistakes • the ‘target’ of the CV is highly apparent to any reader • numerous relevant skills, qualifications and experience are highlighted and evidenced appropriately • The explanation highlights a high level of appropriate tailoring and an excellent rationale for decisions relating to content. The CV is • a maximum of 2 sides of A4 • neatly laid out • uses appropriate fonts and formatting • has a few spelling or grammar mistakes • the ‘target’ of the CV is fairly apparent to any reader • numerous relevant skills, qualifications and experience are evidenced appropriately • The explanation highlights a good level of appropriate tailoring and a very good rationale for The CV is • a maximum of 2 sides of A4 • reasonably well laid out • uses appropriate fonts and formatting • has numerous spelling or grammar mistakes • the ‘target’ of the CV is difficult to determine • some relevant skills, qualifications and experience are highlighted • The explanation highlights a fair level of appropriate tailoring and a good rationale for decisions relating to content. The CV is • a maximum of 2 sides of A4 • poorly laid out • the fonts and formatting are adequate but not always appropriate • there are lots of spelling or grammar mistakes • the CV is not targeted • a lot of the evidence is general and not relevant to the vacancy • The explanation highlights an adequate level of tailoring The CV is • Either not included or • Too long or too short • Very badly laid out • the fonts and formatting are inappropriate • Spelling and grammar are extremely poor • The CV is not targeted • Evidence is poor or missing • The explanation is either weak or missing /30 decisions relating to content. A letter targeted at a job advertisement The letter is • a maximum of 1 side of A4 • professional looking and neatly laid out • written in a very appropriate style • uses appropriate fonts and formatting • has no spelling or grammar mistakes • It contains ALL of the required content* • The reasons given for applying are presented very convincingly • The reasons given for suitability are presented very convincingly The letter is • a maximum of 1 side of A4 • neatly laid out • written in an appropriate style • uses appropriate fonts and formatting • has a few spelling or grammar mistakes • It contains MOST of the required content* • The reasons given for applying are presented convincingly • The reasons given for suitability are presented convincingly The letter is • a maximum of 1 side of A4 • reasonably well laid out • mainly written in an appropriate style • uses appropriate fonts and formatting • has numerous spelling or grammar mistakes • It contains SOME of the required content* • The reasons given for applying are reasonably well presented • The reasons given for suitability are reasonably well presented The letter is • a maximum of 1 side of A4 • poorly laid out • the style, fonts and formatting are adequate but not always appropriate • there are lots of spelling or grammar mistakes • It contains LITTLE of the required content* • The reasons given for applying are weak • The reasons given for suitability are weak The letter is • Too long or too short • Very badly laid out • The style or fonts are inappropriate • Spelling and grammar are extremely poor • It contains VERY LITTLE of the required content* /15 TOTAL COMMENT: Milestone 3 – Research Report [50% of 40%] CRITERIA – please see detailed breakdown Weighting out of 100% Presentation of arguments/discussion of ideas 30% Evaluation of arguments/ideas and strength of summary 30% Evidence of research and accuracy of referencing 20% Ability to use the facilities of the word processing package to produce a report that conforms to the reporting standards expected at this level 10% Grammar, spelling, use of language 10% You are required to research a fully-referenced 1500-word literature review on the impact of the professional and ethical standards as documented in the professional codes of conduct of a named computing & IT professional body on the professionalism of its members. As a guide, you may choose to review the codes of conduct of any one of the computing and IT professional bodies listed below: • The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) • The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEECS) • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) • Association for Women in Computing • Computing Research Association • BCS, The Chartered Institute of IT, UK • The Institute of ICT Professionals, Ghana • Ghana Science Association Your report should develop lines of arguments based on secondary research showing appreciation of the issues and an understanding of where the arguments fall down. You should aim to present a number of viewpoints and draw some meaningful conclusions. All sources must be referenced in the Harvard style. https://www.ieee.org/ https://www.computer.org/ https://www.acm.org/ http://www.awc-hq.org/home.html https://cra.org/ https://www.bcs.org/ https://iipgh.org/ http://www.ghanascience.org.gh/ Milestone 3 - Individual Research Report [50% of 40%] Marking Criteria and Feedback Sheet >=70% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% <40% Mark Presentation of arguments/ discussion of ideas Several arguments are well developed and supported by the referenced material. The report presents a well balanced view and demonstrates a high level of understanding of the issues Arguments are well developed from the referenced material. The report presents a balanced view and demonstrates a good level of understanding of the issues Arguments are developed using the referenced material. The view is fairly balanced and there is a good level of understanding f the issues There is a basic set of arguments supported by the sources. There is evidence of a reasonable level of understanding Arguments are not well developed or supported /30 Analysis of arguments ideas to provide conclusion There is a very high level of analysis and evaluation leading to strong concluding comments There is a high level of analysis and evaluation leading to good concluding comments There is a good level of analysis and evaluation leading to reasonable concluding comments There is a fair level of analysis and evaluation leading to adequate concluding comments Analysis and evaluation are weak. /30 Evidence of research and accuracy of referencing At least five well-chosen sources have been accurately referenced in the Harvard style At least four well-chosen sources have been accurately referenced in the Harvard style At least three well-chosen sources have been accurately referenced in the Harvard style At least two well-chosen sources have been accurately referenced in the Harvard style Less than two sources have been referenced. /20 Adherence to reporting standards and ability to use wordprocessing software effectively Fonts and formatting are highly appropriate. The report contains the following: ▪ Cover page with appropriate style and information. Fonts and formatting are appropriate. The report contains the following: ▪ Cover page with appropriate style and information. Fonts and formatting are mostly appropriate. The report contains at least two of the following: ▪ Cover page with appropriate style and information. Fonts and formatting are acceptable. : The report contains at least one of the following: ▪ Cover page with appropriate style and information. Little evidence of wordprocessing constructs in use. /10 ▪ Generated Contents and Page numbering Page headers and footers containing appropriate information ▪ Bibliography ▪ Generated Contents and Page numbering Page headers and footers containing appropriate information ▪ Bibliography ▪ Generated Contents and Page numbering Page headers and footers containing appropriate information ▪ Bibliography ▪ Generated Contents and Page numbering Page headers and footers containing appropriate information Bibliography Grammar, spelling, use of language The report is very well structured and written in an appropriate style – i.e. use of first person with correct use of tense. There are no spelling or grammar mistakes. The report is well structured and written in an appropriate style – i.e. use of first person with correct use of tense. Spelling and grammar is mostly very good The report is fairly well structured. First person is used mostly consistently. There may be occasional lapses in spelling, tense and/or grammar The report is fairly well structured. Use of the first person may be clumsy or inconsistent. Spelling, tense and grammar are adequate but need work. The structure is inadequate for this type of report at this level. /10 TOTAL COMMENT: ID Bibliographic Detail Including provenance & authority Date (Timeline) Key Points Research Method Main Category/theme Other Categories /Themes Cross Reference John Doe 1999/2002 Company Name 01234 567 890 [email protected] www.yourdomain.com 36 Cedar Drive, Awesomeville NW1 OSM, United Kingdom Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commod tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus. 2002/2006 Company Name Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue. 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