| Field | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | select form list. | yes |
| Delivery Location | select from list of approved delivery locations, filtered for college. | yes |
| Language of Delivery | Options:
| yes |
| Mode of Delivery | Options:
If the Mode of Delivery value 'On Campus & Off Campus' or 'Intensive On Campus & Off Campus' is selected, two units with the same details will be scheduled on Paradigm (incl. assessment methods) apart from Mode of Delivery, one with 'On Campus' and the other with 'Off Campus'. Only use this option if the assessment methods are identical for both modes of delivery. | yes |
| Class No | A college internal field to distinguish scheduled units on Paradigm | |
| Start Date | The start of teaching date is the expected day on which teacher-directed learning commences, typically the first day of formal classes. This also applies for intensives where there will be pre-reading and usually a pre-attendance task. | yes |
| Teaching End Date | The finish of teaching date is the expected day on which the teacher directed learning will end, typically the last day of formal class. | |
| Unit End Date | The end of unit date is the expected date of the final student activity in the unit, typically the date on which the final assessment will be completed. | yes |
| Census Date | The census date approved by ACT for this unit. The census date of a unit of study must occur at a point where at least 20% of the time between unit commencement date and unit end date (HESA requirement), AND at least 20% of the unit material has been delivered/studied. | yes |
| Multi-streamed Class delivery | Indicate if the UQAF is part of a multi-stream class delivery. If it is, you will also need to select the corresponding class. Projects are automatically marked as no and considered standalone units | yes |
| Year Long Indicator | Tick 'yes' if the duration of the unit is a full academic year or longer (e.g. two semesters or three trimesters in length equalling a period of one academic year or more). | Yes |
| Unit Coordinator | The unit coordinator is the person with the primary responsibility for the design and delivery of the unit. | yes |
| Additional lecturer 1 | ||
| Additional lecturer 2 | ||
| Assessment Method 1 (moderated) | The moderation instrument must be the assessment with greatest weighting and worth at least 40% of the total mark for the unit. If the task with the greatest weighting is less than 40%, two assessments totalling at least 40% must be identified as moderation instruments. | yes |
| Name | The name for the Assessment Method (e.g. Essay etc) will be used on Paradigm when the unit is scheduled, | yes |
| % | % of total mark for the unit. The form validates that the sum of all % add up to 100%When scheduled on Paradigm, the mark will be out of 100. (max mark: 100, min mark: 50, weighting %, assessment status: confirmed). | yes |
| Word Count | For 12cp units, the sum of all word count is validated to be in the required range (min and max). | yes |
| LO addressed | Collectively the assessments must address each of the unit learning outcomes (ULOs). Assessment tasks should be designed to address particular ULOs and individual tasks will ideally focus on a subsection of the ULOs. That is, all the ULOs should not be listed against each assessment instrument. | yes |
| Marker | Moderator feedback (if applicable) will be directed to this person in addition to the Unit Coordinator. Note that staff categorised as Tutors, and meeting ACT's standards for this role, may mark assessment tasks. If the marker is external to ACT consortium, select 'External Marker' from the list 'show all colleges'. Please add details in comments field. If external marker is unknown at this stage, please add a note to the UQAF once a marker is found. | yes |
| Project Title | yes, if *200 unit | |
| Project Aim | What will this project do? Refer to the project learning outcomes to be achieved. | yes, if *200 unit |
| Project Rationale | Why do this project? | yes, if *200 unit |
| Methodology | How will the the project learning outcomes be achieved? | yes, if *200 unit |
| Project Synopsis | yes, if *200 unit | |
| Assessment of Ethical Risk | - Any assessment involving human participant research is by default deemed to involve Low or Moderate/High ethical risk. - Any assessment involving research on children or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is by default deemed to involve Moderate/High ethical risk. - If a college without an ACT recognised College Ethics Committee identifies Low or Moderate/High ethical risk, an Ethics Protocol Application must be lodged with the HREC and receive approval for the UQAF to be approved. - A college with an ACT recognised College Ethics Committee may assess and approve Low ethical risk research but if Moderate/High ethical risk is identified an Ethics Protocol Application must be lodged with the HREC and receive approval for the UQAF to be approved. | |
| If risk level Low or Moderate/High, which committee assessed and approved the research | An ACT recognised College Ethics Committee The ACT Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) | |
| Was the UQAF previously approved? | A UQAF can be reused if approved in the last 3 years and no significant changes were made to the delivery and assessment. | yes |
| Previously approved | Enter the date. The form validates if the age of the approval is < 3 years. | |
| Comment for Moderator | ||
| Save or Submit | The forms 'create UQAF' and 'edit cloned UQAF' are saved for internal review. The forms 'check UQAF' and 're-submit UQAF' are submitted to moderator / saved for scheduling (if previously approved). | yes |
| Select internal UQAF checker | The UQAF checker will receive an email notification with a link to saved UQAFs. | yes |
| Upload Unit Outline or supportive document that describes all tasks and lists the bibliography/upload bibliography for project/thesis | The attached document needs to include: 1) Description of tasks If an Examination, describe the task and detail the relative weighting of any parts. If Essay, detail the essay questions from which students will choose If group activity, describe how individual student contribution will be evaluated Describe the task in sufficient detail to allow the moderator to understand what students will be required to do to complete the task. 2) Marking differentiation Concisely state what the marker will expect in a successful submission at the higher AQF levels compared to the lower levels. If rubrics have been developed for each specific assessment (i.e. not generic marking rubrics), these may be attached. The level of detail required is equivalent to what might be provided to a student seeking clarification of how their submission should differ from peer studying at a different level in the same class. If expectations are adequately differentiated in the description of the task above, refer to that content here. 3) Unit Bibliography List the bibliography to be provided to students in the delivery of this unit, indicating any items that are AQF level specific. The bibliography should meet the requirements of ACT's Bibliographies Policy, i.e. the publications must fairly represent the subject, must be up-to-date, and should reflect the current state of learning and difference of perspective in the subject. The bibliography should provide a list of resources that will enable to the student to achieve the unit learning outcomes. | Required for 'check UQAF' and 're-submit UQAF' |