Final Major Project (FMP) FADM 3004

Assignment Brief Final Major Project

Contents

Assessment Details. 2

Assessment Title/Description. 2

Detailed Description of the Assessment 3

Additional Assessment Requirements & Information. 6

Assessment Marking Descriptors. 6

Mitigating Circumstances. 9

Academic Misconduct. 9

Marking and Feedback. 9

Assessment Details

Table A1- Assessment Components

Table A4 Assessment Criteria

Detailed Description of the Assessment

Over the next 10 weeks, you will be completing your final major project (Creative Portfolio OR Business Document) based on your BA pathway for submission.

The guideline for your Creative Portfolio OR Business Document is on canvas for you to download and use. Note: If youre a design student your sketchbook pages must be scanned and digitised as the submission is done digitally through Turn It In.

For your final project you have been asked to create one of the following based on the theme of sustainability and relating to your selected course pathway.

• A Creative Design Portfolio, showing the development and outcome of a product, designs, or an art object that you have researched and designed. This applies only to Fashion Design, Graphic Design or Fashion Media & Promotion students.

OR

• An A4 Portrait format Creative Business Document, showing the development of a business start-up that you have created. You will create your document using Canva or PowerPoint (portrait). This applies only to Business, Hospitality, Fashion Management and Marketing students.

Considering the topic of sustainability - take time to think about what sustainability is and how you can contribute to being a changemaker. Keeping these questions in mind: How can you contribute to change? What steps are you taking to address sustainability? As a future creative or business leader, how will you respond to this call to action? How can you contribute to a more sustainable regenerative future?

Examples of different Design Ideas, Products, or Business approaches:

Creative Business Document

• Business - Retail Space, Restaurant, Fashion Brand

• Business Product Interior Design, Product design

• Hospitality & Marketing Events management, PR, Exhibition Space, Magazine

Creative Design Portfolio

• Design - Fashion Collection (selection of designs - illustrations, collage, digital rendering)

• Product Design Interior, Furniture, Technology

• Graphic Design - Poster, Campaign, Photoshoot

• Marketing Design - Social Media or Marketing Campaign

Your project on completion will include:

(A full guideline for both pathways will be provided on Canvas- All required outcomes are also listed within your selected template on Canvas).

Business Pathway Design Pathway

Additional Assessment Requirements & Information

1. All assignments should be submitted through Turnitin. If you file will not upload please ensure it is the correct size and if not you must contact the Admin Team (admin@lcca.org.uk) BEFORE the assignment Deadline.

2. Turnitin will review the assignment for levels of plagiarism and this will be reviewed by Academic Staff when marking. Students who have been deemed as committing at academic offense including plagiarism or collusion will be subject to the Academic Misconduct policy.

3. Any work submitted after the deadline will be classed as a non-submission unless you have approved mitigating circumstances (see section).

4. All assignments will be given a mark out of 100. A pass mark will be 40 or above.

5. Students who fail their first attempt will be offered a resit attempt where the mark of the assignment will be capped at 40% at the Board of Examiners.

Assessment Marking Descriptors

All Assignments at LCCA are marked in like with the Assessment Criteria outlined in Table A4, but also against these marking descriptors which outline the requirements for each gr

Assessment Marking Descriptors

All Assignments at LCCA are marked in like with the Assessment Criteria outlined in Table A4, but also against these marking descriptors which outline the requirements for each grade banding.

Mitigating Circumstances

LCCA and UCA understand that in students lives, there can be situations that are unexpected and can impact on your ability to hand in your assignment. LCCA and UCA define these situations as mitigating circumstances, and these are exceptional, short-term events which are outside the students control and impact their ability to prepare for, submit or present themselves for an assessment by the given deadline.

If something happens close to your assessment deadline that is hindering your ability to submit, please collect a Mitigating Circumstances from the Admin Team and submit along with appropriate supporting evidence BEFORE the assessment deadline. Any forms submitted after this deadline will require additional evidence.

If approved, you will be given an extension to the assignment deadline without being penalised.

However, LCCA and UCA consider that students who submit or present themselves for assessment are, in doing so, declaring themselves fit to be assessed, and therefore mitigating circumstances will not be accepted.

Academic Misconduct

Academic Misconduct is defined as where a student gains or seeks to gain and advantage in an assessment by unfair or improper means. Academic Misconduct can include the following:

• Plagiarism, including self-plagiarism. This is where a student present work which contained unacknowledged published work (words, thoughts, judgements, ideas, structures, images etc.) of another, or presents work that has been previously submitted for another unit or course, or at a different institution.

• This is where a student work for assessment done in collaboration with another person(s) entirely as their own or collaborates with another student(s) on work which is subsequently submitted as entirely of the other students work.

• Examination Offenses. This is where a student takes unauthorised materials into an exam room, communicates, or attempts to communicate with another student during the exam, fails to comply with invigilators instructions, or breaches other exam regulations.

• Dishonest Practice. This can include using essay mills, submitting work not completed by yourself, offering bribes, seeking to obtain confidential information, making false declarations and falsifying transcripts and certification or other official documentation.

All assignments are checked for Academic Misconduct and students who have been found to have committed an offense will be subject to the Academic Misconduct Policy and or the Student Disciplinary Procedures.

Artificial Intelligence (e.g. Chat GPT)

With reference to the use of AI Technologies, the UCAs Academic Misconduct Policy defines plagiarism as - where a student presents work for assessment which contains the unacknowledged published or unpublished words, thoughts, judgements, ideas, structures or images of another person or persons. This includes material downloaded from digital sources and material obtained from third parties including online essay mills and AI applications.

To enhance student learning, enable students to explore new ideas and concepts; undertake effective research; and help with assessment planning, the University supports the appropriate use of AI technologies, though students should give serious consideration as to how they may choose to use such technologies within assessments they submit.

If a student uses AI technologies for any part of their assessment - planning, research or content - they must:

• reference the AI tool used and the content obtained;

• apply quotation conventions where the text has not been altered;

• clearly identify paraphrased or summarised material; and outline the method and information gathered via the AI tool;

• explain how the AI content has been reused within the assessment. In such cases, the student will have acted with integrity and academic misconduct will not have been committed.

Although, it is important to acknowledge that grades are determined of by evidence of meeting learning objectives at a particular level of competency, not on repetition of AI generated content.

If the University suspects that AI technologies have been used during the assessment process and submission then it reserves the right to invite the student to attend a viva (oral examination) to explore the students understanding of their submission. If evidence of academic misconduct is found then the case will be addressed in accordance with the Universitys Academic Misconduct Policy.

Marking and Feedback

You should expect to receive you marks approximately 4 weeks after the assignment deadline.

To ensure fairness, and parity of marking. All assignments are first marked, and a sample are second marked, and Internally Verified by a tutor from UCA to ensure the marks are correct and the feedback is appropriate.

The marks also considered by an Internal Exam Board at LCCA to ensure due process has been followed and the Board of Examiners at UCA where marks are ratified.

All marks are PROVISIONAL until ratified by the Board of Examiners.

Your provisional grade and feedback will be made available to you on Turnitin on Canvas. Unless advised otherwise by your tutor.