CQUniversity Unit Profile.

Task Description

This assessment involves you bridging the gap between the theoretical content covered and professional practice alongside collaborating with a Generative AI tool. You are required to select three key concepts covered in the unit lectures and explain how they apply to your future career. In completing this task, you are required to use a Generative AI tool (Microsoft Copilot available via your CQU Microsoft 365 login) to identify applications of your chosen concepts to your career and critically evaluate the generated output. This evaluation should involve contrasting the strengths and limitations of the output against your own independent thoughts, unit insights, and scholarly research. This assessment is to be completed individually using the template provided (which contains correct formatting) on the unit Moodle site.

You will be required to identify your chosen career/position (e.g., Secondary Physical Education Teacher, Exercise Scientist, Accredited Exercise Physiologist, Strength and Conditioning Coach), potential place of employment (e.g., school, rehabilitation clinic, gym, sports club), and selected key concepts from those provided (three concepts must be chosen from “Research”, “Fitness/Performance Testing”, “Measurement of Physiological Responses”, "Sleep Monitoring and Optimisation", “Recovery Approaches”, "Fatigue Monitoring", and “Load monitoring”). You will then use provided resources to develop targeted prompts that ask Microsoft Copilot how your chosen concepts apply to your chosen career/position, documenting the prompts and AI-generated responses in the process. You will then critically evaluate the AI output for each chosen concept with your own understanding and research, identifying inaccuracies and limitations (e.g., incorrect citations, outdated industry trends, generic advice, biases, failure to capture local contexts). You will then provide some reflective reasoning guided by specific questions that extend upon the details provided in the AI output.

General information
Word limit: 1500 words (up to 500 words for each chosen concept - does not include the reference list).
Program: Microsoft Word.
Font: Use Times New Roman, size 11.
Layout: Single-spaced throughout with 2.54 cm margins on all sides. Number the pages consecutively at the bottom right corner. Set the text alignment to justified.
Submission: Online via the unit Moodle site
Template: Follow the template provided on the unit Moodle site for correct layout and formatting.

Level of GenAI use permitted
Level 3: You may use Al to help complete the task in generating the requested output as well as refining your work. In addition to providing the required prompts and outputs, you must critically evaluate and modify Al-generated content as necessary.

This assessment will be a written document assessed in the following areas: identification of relevant career/position, place of employment, and key concepts; prompt development and outputs generated with Microsoft Copilot; critical evaluation of outputs; personal reflection; and writing/presentation. A detailed assessment rubric will be available on the unit Moodle site for further information on the criteria used to grade this assessment. 

You are required to submit this assessment via the unit Moodle site as a .doc or .docx file. An acceptable file must be received via the Moodle submission link that is readable. If an unacceptable/corrupt file is submitted, your assessment will be considered late until an acceptable file is submitted and penalties will be incurred. Files submitted via email (or any other means beyond the Moodle submission link) will not be marked.

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Task Description

This assessment involves compulsory attendance, active participation, and demonstration of key competencies in the on-campus practical activities of the unit delivered in a residential school. You are required to attend one of the on-campus residential schools. Different offerings are available depending on your mode of enrolment (Cairns, Rockhampton, Mackay, or mixed-mode). Further details regarding these residential schools can be found in the Term Specific Information section of the ESSC12005 Unit Profile, on the unit Moodle site, and via the CQUniversity Handbook. 

The 72-hour grade period does not apply to the presentation portfolio task.

Level of GenAI use permitted
Level 1: You must not use Al at any point during the assessment to ensure you demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.

Attendance at your chosen on-campus residential school, with sufficient participation and demonstration of skill competencies, will result in a passing grade for this assessment. Failure to attend and adequately participate may result in a fail grade for this assessment and being unable to pass this unit. This assessment will be assessed through attendance records documented by the Unit Coordinator as well as competent demonstration of key skills, including participant screening, anthropometry assessment, test administration, monitoring responses, use of a metabolic analysis system, and capillary blood sampling.

If you miss any part of the residential school without an approved reason, there will not be an opportunity to simply catch up at any time. The Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework) outlines acceptable reasons for adjusting assessment. If you do not attend part of the residential school and provide a valid reason with supporting documentation, then an attempt to make alternate arrangements will be made in consultation with the Unit Coordinator, which may include deferral until the following year.

Attendance and participation will involve competent completion of practical activities. No documentation is required to be submitted.

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Task Description

In this unit, you will apply knowledge and skills related to exercise and sport physiology to complete various research projects during the practical sessions. You are required to actively participate in data collection for all research projects and select one of the research project topics to develop your research portfolio. The research portfolio will consist of Part A: Written Task and Part B: Presentation Task.

Part A: Written Task
This assessment involves performing background research related to your chosen project topic and developing an introduction section that effectively provides a rationale for the project while highlighting key research in the area to show a need for the project. In addition, you will need to identify the aim, hypotheses, study design, and participant details for your chosen project, as well as identify and run statistical tests to formulate results for your project using data collected at the residential schools. This assessment is to be completed individually using the template provided (which contains correct formatting) on the unit Moodle site.

General information
Word limit: 1500 words (does not include any tables or the reference list).
Program: Microsoft Word.
Font: Use Times New Roman, size 11.
Layout: Single-spaced throughout with 2.54 cm margins on all sides. Number the pages consecutively at the bottom right corner. Set the text alignment to justified.
Submission: Online via the unit Moodle site
Template: Follow the template provided on the unit Moodle site for correct layout and formatting.

Part B: Presentation Task
This assessment involves developing and delivering a presentation encompassing all aspects of the research process for your chosen research topic. It will extend upon the written portfolio task with more extensive interpretation and implications of the results. The presentation is to be completed individually and delivered at one of the scheduled online ZOOM sessions.

General information
Time limit: Up to 12 minutes (followed by up to 3 minutes of questions).
Slide volumes: 15-20 slides are recommended; however, this might vary with different content and styles.
Program: Microsoft PowerPoint.
Submission: This assessment will be graded during the session in which you present, but your presentation slides are to be submitted online via the unit Moodle site.
Grace period: The 72-hour grade period does not apply to the presentation portfolio task.

Level of GenAI use permitted
Level 2: You may use generative Al for pre-task activities like brainstorming, planning, idea development, and initial research across portfolio tasks. Your final submissions should be constructed by developing and refining these ideas independently. 

Part A: Written Task (30% of the final grade) will be a written document assessed in the following areas: background of key concepts, review and interpretation of the related literature, development of the rationale for the project, development of aim and hypotheses, identification of study design, description of participants, use and interpretation of statistical analyses, presentation of data and findings in written and tabular forms, and writing/presentation. 

Part B: Presentation Task (40% of the final grade) will be assessed in the following areas: introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, practical implications, and presentation skills, including duration, slide design, structure, use of cues for speech, use of eye contact and voice, professionalism, ability to answer questions, and participation. Non-attendance at a presentation session without active delivery of your presentation will result in zero marks being awarded across all criteria.

Detailed assessment rubrics will be available for each portfolio task on the unit Moodle site for further information on the criteria used to grade them. 

You are required to submit Part A: Written Task as a .doc or .docx file and the slides for Part B: Presentation Task as a .ppt or .pptx file via the unit Moodle site. Part B: Presentation Task will be delivered online via ZOOM in your chosen session. An acceptable file must be received via the Moodle submission link that is readable. If an unacceptable/corrupt file is submitted, your assessment will be considered late until an acceptable file is submitted and penalties will be incurred. Files submitted via email (or any other means beyond the Moodle submission link) will not be marked.

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