COIT40206 - Computing Skills for University

General Information

Unit Synopsis

On completion of this unit, students should be able to use a word processor to format the layout of an academic essay and a report. The students should be able to use a spreadsheet to complete a workbook, create simple formula, apply simple functions as well as create and format charts. The students should be able to use the Internet, negotiate a Learning Management System and communicate using email at an academic level. Students should also be able to create a basic Power Point presentation appropriate for university units.

Details

Level Non-award
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2025

Term 3 - 2025 Profile
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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Non-award unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 87.50% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 32.88% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Students
Feedback
Positive feedback about the Fast Track mode of study offering.
Recommendation
Continue the Fast Track mode of study maintaining fast turnaround of marking and feedback.
Action Taken
Maintained fast turnaround of marking and feedback in the Fast Track offering.
Source: Students
Feedback
Positive feedback about video responses to weekly activities (formative assessment)
Recommendation
Continue to provide video feedback to students for all weekly formative assessment (Consolidation Activities).
Action Taken
Expanded on video feedback for formative assessment to students with continued positive student feedback.
Source: TaSAC
Feedback
Google changing storage policies, which impacts use of Screencastify for video feedback storage.
Recommendation
Seek alternative video feedback tool for staff to provide feedback on Consolidation Activities, and monitor student response.
Action Taken
Progressed video feedback to using the CQU licensed Microsoft product Stream with great success for staff usability (no impact on students).
Source: Staff
Feedback
Red text is not an accessible colour for some students.
Recommendation
Research and seek alternative colour and update all activities, exercises and assessments currently using red text to more accessible colour.
Action Taken
Researched for the best alternative colour for visual impairment and replaced red text to a blue font for all resources and assessments resulting in positive feedback from a visually impaired student who tested the colour during the updates.
Source: Students
Feedback
Students would like to be able to mark off tasks as 'done' in Moodle.
Recommendation
Edit Moodle site to include manual 'Mark as done' checkboxes for all weekly tile for next offering.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Students
Feedback
Positive feedback on the effectiveness of video feedback on formative assessment.
Recommendation
Continue to provide screen recorded video feedback for students on formative feedback and other queries through out term.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Head of Course
Feedback
Need to incorporate learning around AI, blogs, infographics and presentation recording to align with authentic assessment in undergraduate studies.
Recommendation
Review course format and content for opportunities to include learning outcomes aligned with changing undergraduate requirements.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Students
Feedback
Video lessons are extremely helpful.
Recommendation
Continue to offer video lesson formats as well and written lesson material, and update where needed.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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