Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
Identify news angles and values to gather, structure and report news for print and broadcast.
Demonstrate the ability to angle and structure a news story to address an audience through the selected media channel.
Produce elementary news report which reflect background research.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
Use basic historical and socio-political knowledge to discuss news events, institutions and personalities.
Demonstrate the ability to discuss news events, institutions and personalities based on previous and current knowledge.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
Communicate the outcomes of background research and interviews clearly and proficiently.
Develop the ability to communicate well within the news context.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
Demonstrate the ability to type reports, scripts and assignments accurately and within a given time frame.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
Demonstrated ability to publish reports that are not legally actionable.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:
The ability to analyse, elaborate and defend ethical decisions to produce news.
Organise activities by handing in work on time (meet deadlines).
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:
Record photographic images correctly.
Focus visual images appropriately and compose images according to news values.
Conceptualise and define visual images appropriately.
Apply ethical considerations to photo-journalism.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8:
Ability to apply basic research skills to assignments and story gathering.
Demonstrate the ability to research and source news reports and academic assignments appropriately.
Demonstrate ability to analyse and discuss Media texts and institutions properly.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 9:
Demonstrate the ability to research and communicate information clearly whether visually, orally and in writing, in order to produce media texts.
Demonstrate the ability to research and source contextual and critical information reliably.
Use a number of different media genres to generate news stories.
Analyse, elaborate and defend ethical considerations in the production of news.
Produce news reports that are not legally actionable.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 10:
Demonstrate the ability to appropriately gather, edit, design and use relevant information in order to produce a print media product.
Demonstrate the ability to discuss relevant print media concepts, techniques and media policy.
Accurately describe and discuss professional media structures, processes and ethics.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 11:
Demonstrate the ability to apply basic research skills to academic writing.
Analyse cultural-media theory, media texts, practices and institutions critically and discuss.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 12:
Correctly gather, edit and produce a broadcast qualification according to established criteria.
Conceptualise and define broadcast images appropriately.
Discuss and use broadcast concepts, techniques and media policy.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 13:
Critically source and evaluate information and content using established methods.
Write content in accordance with established news values and reflect contextualised background.
Demonstrate an understanding of media ethics and media law.
Edit and produce critically sourced information or content to a publishable standard.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 14:
Critically source and evaluate material for broadcast news and inserts according to established news room methods and values.
Appropriately script and produce broadcast news and inserts according to established criteria.
Edit broadcast content to established criteria.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 15:
Gather, write, edit and produce critically sourced and specialised media content to established criteria.
Write specialised news or features using established criteria.
Edit specialised news of features using established criteria.
Discuss concepts, structure and theory within the area of specialist coverage critically.
Integrated Assessment:
The Journalism Diploma makes use of continuous assessment methods due to the practical nature of the diploma. Learners will have to demonstrate competency in each aspect of the qualification by submitting assessments that may be used in a Portfolio of Evidence.
A wide variety of assessment methods may be used, for example, academic tests, pop quizzes, observation, practicals, practical assignments, news reports, with the provision that at least three assessments per qualification must be done in a semester, one of which must be a test.
Work Integrated Learning is used to introduce the student to the life of a reporter within a real-life context. Work Integrated Learning must completed at the Institutions’ News Agency on campus.
Lecturers must keep files of student work, with a minimum of 10% or 10 of the total papers kept on file. Files must include study guides, mark lists, attendance registers, tests, memoranda, assignments and rubrics for these assignments.
Formative Assessment:
Written, oral tests and examinations.
Continuous evaluation.
Multiple-choice tests.
Case studies.
Open book examinations and tests.
Theory exams and tests.
Formal year-end examinations (open or closed book).
Evaluation of production laboratory practice projects.
Interdisciplinary projects.
Group projects.
Individual projects.
Presentations.
Demonstrations.
Summative Assessment:
Controlled projects.
Research assignments.
Panel assessment of year work.
Peer assessment of year work.
Panel assessment of assignments.
Peer assessment of year assignments.
Panel assessment of year work.
Lecturer assessment of year work, tests, assignments and projects research.
Final portfolios.
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