95003 Sustainability in an Interconnected World

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Assessment 3 Brief

This assessment brief supplements the Subject Outline information to provide detailed guidelines and requirements. Make sure you read both documents carefully when doing this assessment task.

Type:                Group project, group and individually assessed

Weight:            30%

Due:                 Presentations will occur during week 11, during your allocated tutorial.

•    Digital presentation files (Pitch Deck and appendices) are due by

11.59pm on the day before your tutorial.

•    A 1 page summary of notes from discussions during week 8 mentor session should be included as an appendix.

Length:             5-minute pitch + 5 minutes Q&A + pitch deck & appendices.

Purpose:          The purpose of this assessment is to take action on a sustainability challenge by designing and pitching an idea for community-based regenerative action.

Pitch: Regenerating Australia

The most convincing/inspiring individual video pitches from the Video Pitch (Assessment 1) will shape team formation in this subject. You will form. groups of 3, 4, or 5 around these early ideas for Regenerative Action.

In this group assessment, you will be asked to form a team around an industry or interest area, and develop an idea for regenerative action that will lead to the thriving of both people and place. Your regeneration action can take two forms - (i) shifting perspectives, or (ii) shifting practice or policy.

You will deliver your findings in a 5-minute pitch to an audience of diverse stakeholders.

Requirements and key questions

To develop your Group Pitch, you will need to conduct primary and secondary research.

Your Group Pitch should answer the following questions:

o The problem

.      What are the causes of the sustainability problem you are trying to address?

.      How are different individuals and organisations contributing to this problem?

.      Which organisations and initiatives are attempting to do things differently?

This will be informed by Assessment 1 and exploration of domain of regenerative action

o The system

.      In which community/ies will you be active?

.      What are the relationships between people, organisations and place?

.      Who are the powerful and influential actors within the system?

.      Which government policies might need to change?

This will be informed by subject activities on systems and power mapping

o Theory of change and desired impact

.      What actions/initiatives do you propose? Why are they innovative?

.      How is your idea evidence-based? Why might it work?

.      How will your actions/initiatives contribute to regeneration?

.      Who will benefit directly and indirectly?

.      How might you measure ‘success’?

This will be informed by subject activities on Theory of Change and Doughnut Economics.

o Collaborative futures

.      What are the differing perspectives from the community of this form regenerative action?

.      What possible futures for this community/industry/interest area do you and the community imagine?

This will be informed by Assessment 2 and subject activities on collaborative futuring

o Implementation

.      Who would be the key partners/collaborators in this action/initiative?

.      What resources would be needed to make is a success?

.      Which group, organisation or collective would be best place to drive this regenerative actions?

.      Is there a potential to scale the solution to other communities? This will be informed by subject activities on the Regen Canvas

Additional requirements:

-     Peer assessment. Your individual contribution will be peer assessed and your

individual grade for this assessment will be moderated using a peer feedback form. Failure to submit peer feedback will result in 5% penalty for your individual grade.

-     Participation and note-taking from mentor engagement. Teams will need to attend the mentor session in week 8 (there will be an in person session and an online session, at least 2 team members should be present). Groups will document a 1-page summary of notes and reflections from the discussions an include it as an attachment to Assessment 3.

Assessment Criteria

In this task you will be assessed according to the following criteria:

As noted, participating and documenting notes from the Mentor session in week 8 is a minimum requirement to pass assessment 3. In an appendix to the pitch deck, all groups must include a 1-page summary of notes from the Mentor Session. This is a pass/fail requirement.

Submission requirements for Assessment 3

Part 1 - Final Pitch

During tutorials in week 11, you will deliver your presentation of Assessment 3. Your group will pitch your idea (5 minutes) and respond to questions (approx. 5 minutes).

Part 2 - Pitch Deck & Appendices

You must also prepare a pitch deck (i.e. ppt slides) and appendices that provide evidence and justification for your idea. The pitch deck should incorporate insights from Assessment 2.

You need to upload these documents to Canvas before your final pitch. The pitch deck and appendices allow you to include additional material that you do not cover in your 6-minute Pitch.

A designated person in your team will need to submit your pitch deck and appendices in one PDF file to Canvas by 11.59pm on the day before your allocated tutorial time in week 11.

-      Submit the digital PDF with the following file naming convention:

81516_TutorLastName _TeamName_Pitch

-      You will need to ensure the following details are included on the cover page in your PDF file: Full names of each team member and student numbers

Important: remember to include a summary of insights from mentor engagement as an Appendix to your report:

-      You will be allocated to a mentoring session to attend in week 8. In this session, groups will present and discuss their work-in-progress for Assessment 3 with practitioners and industry experts, who will offer mentorship and advice.

-      Guidance on what groups should document from the session are provided on

Canvas– they include thematic insights as well as experiential insights about the process of the work- e.g. emotions, ideas, critical reflections, and/or questions that the session generated for the team.

Part 3- Subject showcase

Selected teams from this semester’s cohort will be invited to ‘pitch’ their ideas to external guests during week 12. These showcase presentations won’t be marked and are optional for  the invited groups to participate in. They provide a way to celebrate excellence and present an opportunity for students to share their ideas with practitioners from industry.

Late and incomplete assignments

Assignments submitted after the due time/date will incur late penalties. Work submitted up to 7 days* later than the deadline should have either approval from their Subject Coordinator prior  to the due date (with appropriate Doctor’s certificate or equivalent documentation) or a special consideration, otherwise the Subject Coordinator will apply the following penalties:

●    Up to 1 day late (24 hours from the specified deadline): 5% late reduction

●    Up to 2 days late: 10% late reduction

●    Up to 3 days late: 15% late reduction

●    Up to 4 days late: 20% late reduction

●    Up to 5 days late: 25% late reduction

●    Up to 6 days late: 30% late reduction

●    Up to 7 days late: 35% late reduction

●    Over 7 days late: NOT ACCEPTED

●    The 5% per day penalty is applied to the mark that would have been received if the submission had been on time.

●    Any work submitted after 7 days late will need a Special Consideration document to be accepted for assessment.

●    Students cannot expect to receive verbal or written feedback for late work.

* If equipment or software is not available for students to complete a late submission, then the Subject Coordinator may decide to exclude weekends from the number of days late in calculating the penalty.