Unit Synopsis
Digital media has dramatically affected and expanded the ways in which we communicate. This unit provides a theoretical and applied understanding of digital communications, including web, social and mobile technologies. You will evaluate a range of digital communications platforms and strategies, and critically examine key social, economic, ethical and regulatory issues. Through a combination of theory and practice, you will develop essential skills for communicators in the digital age, and identify emerging trends and innovations.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite: Minimum of 36 credit points 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate 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
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Practical and Written Assessment | 15% |
| 2. Practical and Written Assessment | 45% |
| 3. Practical and Written Assessment | 40% |
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%).
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 2 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 60.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 28.3% 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: Student evaluation; unit academic reviewer.
The marking criteria for assessment item 2 are insufficient to effectively guide a student.
Review and update the criteria for assesment item 2.
The criteria guide for assessment item 2 was reviewed and found to be deficient. This was rectified prior to the T2 2020 offering.
Source: Unit feedback
Clarity of referencing processes
Appropriate and relevant referencing guidelines will be included within the Q&A forum on Moodle.
In Progress
Source: Unit feedback
Some Moodle presentation improvements are acknowledged.
Suggested Moodle presentation improvements will be addressed for T2 2021 as part of the CQ Renew program.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- explain and evaluate digital communications platforms and strategies that are presently used by individuals and organisations
- develop and reinforce essential skills for communicators in the digital age, including the creation and consumption of digital media via web, social and mobile technologies
- critically examine key social, economic, ethical and regulatory issues associated with digital communications.
Not applicable
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment | • | • | • |
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment | • | • | • |
| 3 - Practical and Written Assessment | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • |
| 5 - Team Work | • | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| 3 - Practical and Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||