Hi All

There seems to be some confusion about the way in which you are being assessed on the module.

Assessment is a written analysis of the media object that you will be producing in media activity week (week commencing the 9th November). The preparatory tasks (the ones that you completing each week) are not assessed but are there so that when you do the final assessed piece of work at the end of the module you have done most of the work that you need to complete it successfully. The group work is NOT assessed and so nobody attending the group sessions and seminars will lose marks: the only person who will suffer from not taking part in these group activities is the person themself as a) they will have to complete all the necessary and vital preparatory theoretical work by themself and b) they are unlikely to be welcome in the group when it comes to producing the media object in activity week. YOU CANNOT PRODUCE THE MEDIA OBJECT BY YOURSELF so (and I cannot stress enough how important this is), anyone who has not contacted their group and is not meeting up on a regular basis MUST do so IMMEDIATELY. You can do this via the blog. I will leave this message posted to the home page for the duration of this module. The fact that it has been posted means that, according to the University regulations, that it has been read, understood and acted upon. As a result, NOBODY on the module can claim later in the year not to have seen it!

Well done to those students who have been attending, have been posting and are engaging in the work of the module. It will stand you in really good stead for the rest of your degree, we promise you.

Full details of the tasks and assessment procedure are in the module booklet available from the downloads section of this blog.

Cheers
Steve, Spencer, Stephen and Will