CQUniversity Unit Profile.

AI ASSESSMENT SCALE: NO AI
You must not use AI at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.

You will complete a series of four online quizzes assessing your understanding of fundamental hardware programming concepts. You must complete each quiz individually. There is no time limit, and multiple attempts are allowed. For each attempt, the system randomly selects questions from a question bank. The final quiz mark is calculated as the average of all attempts, enabling you to improve your performance through subsequent attempts. This assessment contributes 20% to the final unit mark, and students must achieve a minimum of 30% in this assessment.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This assessment is exempt from the 72-hour grace period. 

Correct numerical answer or selection of the best answer among the available multiple-choice options.

AI ASSESSMENT SCALE: AI PLANNING

You may use AI for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas.

You will complete weekly workshop activities involving programming, interfacing, and prototyping. At the end of each workshop, you will participate in a viva to demonstrate your understanding of the weekly tasks.

You will work in a group of up to five students to produce a single laboratory report. The report is a group submission and includes peer assessment. Each student will receive an individual report mark calculated as:

Individual Report Mark = Group Report Mark × Peer-Assessed Contribution Score

To achieve a high overall mark for this assessment, you must:

• Prepare consistently for each weekly workshop
• Actively participate in workshops and vivas
• Contribute meaningfully and reliably to your group’s work
  
  

Assessment Components

• Viva: 40%
• Report: 60%

Laboratory Report Requirements

1. Program Flowchart
Include a clear flowchart showing overall program logic, including control flow, key functions, decisions, and system interactions.

2. Programming Requirements
Use AVR C with register-level programming only. Arduino libraries are not permitted and will result in zero marks.

3. Functionality and Demonstration
The program must operate correctly and produce expected results. Assessment includes:

• In-person demonstration during workshops
• Clear verbal explanation during the demonstration and viva

4. Code Explanation
Clearly explain:

• Function purposes
• Initialisation and configuration settings
• Key program logic
• In-code comments for major sections

Explanations must show understanding of how and why the code works.

5. Code Evidence
Include relevant code screenshots with clear references and brief explanations.

6. Testing and Results
Provide:

• Test plan
• Test conditions and expected outcomes
• Actual results
• Brief performance evaluation

All content must be clear, logically organised, and technically accurate.

AI ASSESSMENT SCALE: AI PLANNING

You may use AI for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas.

This project is a core component of the unit, combining structured guidance with open-ended tasks to enable students to demonstrate their engineering capabilities. You will work in a team of up to five students to design, develop, and present an applied engineering project. The required deliverables include:

• A working prototype
• A project demonstration
• A final written portfolio

Each student’s final project mark is composed of four components:

1. Project Demo Readiness Mark (Group)
2. Group Demonstration Mark (Group)
3. Group Portfolio Mark (Group)
4. Individual Viva Mark (Individual)

The readiness, demonstration, and portfolio marks are awarded at the group level. All group members receive the same base mark, which is then adjusted using an individual peer assessment weighting. The Individual Viva Mark is assessed independently and is not subject to peer adjustment.

Achieving a high overall mark in this assessment requires:

• Strong group collaboration and performance
• Meaningful individual contribution
• A comprehensive understanding of the entire project system

You are expected to actively contribute to your team while developing both depth and breadth of knowledge across the project.

You must achieve a minimum of 50% in this assessment to pass.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This assessment is exempt from the 72-hour grace period. 

The project is assessed based on both overall system performance and your individual contribution. The assessment components are:

• Project Demonstration Readiness Review (10%)
  A single group mark (out of 100) is awarded during the in-person review in Week 11, using the rubric available on Moodle. You will receive the same raw group mark as your teammates before any peer adjustment. If you are absent, you will receive zero for this component.
• Project Demonstration (40%)
  A single group mark (out of 100) is awarded during live testing in Week 12, using the rubric available on Moodle. You will receive the same raw group mark as your teammates before any peer adjustment. If you are absent, you will receive zero for this component.
• Project Portfolio (35%)
  A single group mark (out of 100) is awarded after submission, using the rubric available on Moodle. You will receive the same raw group mark as your teammates before any peer adjustment.
• Individual Viva Voce (15%)
  You will answer 2–3 questions after the project demonstration. This is an individual assessment and is not peer-adjusted. It evaluates your understanding of the project, including hardware design, software implementation, testing, and troubleshooting.

A high-quality project demonstrates strong technical competence, effective teamwork, clear individual contribution, sound engineering design, and professional documentation. To achieve a high mark, you need both strong group performance and strong individual understanding.