22108 Chap.14 Assessment Survival Kit: Quizzes, Rubric, Reflections
Assessment Survival Kit: Quizzes, Rubric, Reflections
This chapter protects the other 50%. Assessment task 1, the learning portfolio, is worth 35%: Part A is a weekly pre-class Canvas quiz worth 10%, timed at roughly 10-15 minutes with a handful of questions drawn randomly from a pool, and Part B is a 40-minute in-tutorial problem worth 25%, submitted on Canvas within 15 minutes of the end of class. The best 8 of 11 rule applies separately to each part, with the lowest 3 of each dropped - it is not best 8 of 11 across the portfolio - and late submission is never accepted for either. Assessment task 2 is a two-stage written reflection worth 15% in total, with Stage 1 due in Week 4 and Stage 2 in Week 11. Getting these rules right is worth more marks than any single topic in the subject, and they are usually what decides whether a HD / D / C / P outcome is still on the table by Week 12.
What this chapter covers
- 01Part A (10%): a timed pre-class Canvas quiz in Weeks 2-12, roughly 10-15 minutes, a handful of questions drawn randomly from a pool; multiple choice, true/false, matching, fill in the blank(s), numerical answer and formula types, with no short or long written questions
- 02Part B (25%): a 40-minute case or Excel problem worked in the tutorial and submitted on Canvas within 15 minutes of the end of class; on-campus classes are group-assessed, online classes individually assessed; you must join within the first 5 minutes to be eligible
- 03The drop rule: best 8 of 11 applied SEPARATELY to Part A and Part B, lowest 3 of each dropped, so up to three quizzes AND up to three tutorials can be missed with no academic penalty
- 04No late submission, ever, on either part - and no make-up tutorial for the problem; the only stated exception is a public-transport delay, where the subject asks you to contact the teaching team about attending a make-up tutorial; the reweighting policy (missing 6 of 11) operates only through approved special consideration
- 05The four-criterion Part B rubric and what it rewards: collaboration, contributing to class discussion, clarity of the submission including real Excel formulas and formatting rather than typed text, and integrating theory with the case
- 06The weekly quiz deadline is stated inconsistently in the subject's own pages - take the date from your own Canvas quiz and never rely on a remembered day
- 07Assessment task 2: two reflective stages of about 500 words each, prepared in the Week 2 careers workshop and the Week 3 reflective-writing workshop, with Stage 1 due in Week 4 and Stage 2 in Week 11; generative AI permitted only in the specific ways the Canvas assignment page sets out
- 08The Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle - description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusions, action plan - and how to fit it into 500 words
What the best-8-of-11 drop rule is actually worth
- +1Part A - drop the lowest three. The eleven scores total 32. The lowest three are 0, 1 and 2, totalling 3, so the best 8 total 32 - 3 = 29, out of a maximum of 8 x 4 = 32.
- +1Scale Part A to its weight. 29 / 32 = 90.6%, and Part A is worth 10% of the subject, so it contributes about 9.06 marks out of 10. (The best-8-of-11 rule is stated by the subject; how those eight are scaled to the 10% is not spelled out in the materials captured, so confirm the scaling on Canvas - the pro-rata reading used here is the standard one.)
- +1Part B - the drop rule cannot absorb four absences. The eleven scores are the seven attended totalling 43.5, plus four zeros. Dropping the lowest three removes three of the zeros; the fourth zero stays in the best 8. So the best 8 total 43.5 out of a maximum of 8 x 7.5 = 60.
- +1Scale Part B to its weight. 43.5 / 60 = 72.5%, and Part B is worth 25%, so it contributes about 18.13 marks out of 25. Task 1 overall therefore contributes roughly 9.06 + 18.13 = 27.19 out of 35.
- +1What the fourth absence cost. Had the student attended that fourth tutorial and scored a middling 6 out of 7.5, the best 8 would total 49.5 rather than 43.5, giving 49.5 / 60 = 82.5% and a Part B contribution of about 20.63 instead of 18.13. That single extra attendance is worth roughly 2.5 marks of the final subject mark - more than most students gain from a whole week of extra revision, and it is available for free by turning up.
Key terms
- Learning portfolio (Assessment task 1)
- The 35% continuous-assessment component, split into Part A weekly pre-class online quizzes worth 10% and Part B in-tutorial problems worth 25%, both running across the eleven assessed weeks.
- Best 8 of 11
- Only the eight highest scores in each part count; the lowest three are dropped. It is applied SEPARATELY to Part A and Part B, so a student can miss up to three quizzes AND up to three tutorials with no academic penalty. It is not a single pooled count across the portfolio.
- The 5-minute rule
- You must be in your tutorial within five minutes of the official start time to be eligible to participate in the assessed problem, and the submission is due on Canvas within 15 minutes of the end of the class. There is no make-up tutorial for the problem; the only stated exception is a public-transport delay, where the subject asks you to contact the teaching team about attending a make-up tutorial.
- Reweighting policy
- A student who fails to submit 6 of 11 quizzes and/or 6 of 11 class submissions may have that component's weighting added to the final exam - but only on applying for, receiving and complying with approved special consideration. Without approval, a mark of zero is awarded. It is not a hurdle.
- Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle
- A six-stage reflective model - description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusions, action plan - published in Gibbs, G. (1988), Learning by Doing: A Guide to Teaching and Learning Methods. It is the published model the written reflection is built around.
- Special consideration
- The formal UTS process for circumstances beyond your control that affect an assessment. It is the only route to the reweighting policy, and it must be applied for through the proper channel rather than negotiated with the teaching team.
Assessment Survival Kit: Quizzes, Rubric, Reflections FAQ
When exactly is the weekly quiz due?
Take the date from your own Canvas quiz, every week, and do not rely on a remembered day - the subject's own pages state it inconsistently. The Assessments overview page, the Part A task description and the Week 1 large workshop deck all say Wednesday 11.59pm Sydney time; the 'where to submit' section of the same Task 1 page says Tuesday 11.59pm Sydney time; and a separate study-advice page recommends completing it on Sundays. The Task 1 page itself defers to 'the due date set in Canvas each week', which is the tie-breaker. What is not in dispute: the quiz closes before your tutorial, and late quizzes are never accepted. Set your own reminder from the Canvas due date the moment each quiz opens.
How can I get a good Part B mark if I am not confident with the accounting yet?
By noticing that two of the four rubric criteria are not about accounting at all. The rubric rewards collaboration (in group-assessed on-campus classes), contributing to whole-class discussion, clarity of communication in the submission, and integrating theory with the case. So turning up on time, speaking more than once, and submitting something legible and well formatted are worth real marks that are available to anyone. The clarity criterion is the biggest free win: the top band requires appropriate use of Excel formulas and functions such as SUM and AVERAGE plus text and cell formatting, and the bottom band is explicitly typed text with no formulas at all. A correct answer typed as plain constants cannot reach the top band.
What does the written reflection actually want?
Your own thinking, structured. It is two stages of about 500 words each, worth 15% between them, prepared in the Week 2 careers workshop and the Week 3 reflective-writing workshop and built on the Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle. Across the four prompts you describe your career aspirations and - crucially - WHY that path; you discuss your feelings about those goals and about studying accounting; you research your target career and explain what interaction you expect to have with accountants and accounting information; and you name the grade you are aiming for, justify it, and set out specific study strategies. Two things separate a top answer: emotional insight rather than emotional description (what the feeling signals and what you will do about it), and a justified target grade with named, concrete activities rather than 'I will work hard'. Check the Canvas assignment page for the submission template, file format, word-count rules and extension policy, and for exactly how generative AI may be used.
Can AI help me with the quizzes and the reflection?
Only within the rules, and the rules differ by task. Generative AI is NOT permitted in the in-tutorial problem or in the final exam; for the weekly quizzes the subject asks you to attempt them unaided, which is genuinely in your interest because the quizzes are the spaced-practice engine for the exam; and for the written reflection it is permitted only in the specific ways set out on the Canvas assignment page. Where it is legitimate, Sia is an AI tutor built to mirror how 22108 is taught and assessed at University of Technology Sydney: use it to rehearse the topic before the quiz opens, to work practice problems step by step, and to check your understanding of a rubric criterion. It does not do graded assessment for you, and the UTS academic-integrity policy applies to everything you submit.
What dates and deadlines should I have in my calendar?
Build the calendar out of Canvas rather than out of anyone's summary. The recurring items are the weekly quiz (Weeks 2-12, closing before your tutorial) and the in-tutorial problem (same weeks, submitted within 15 minutes of the end of class). The fixed points are the Stage 1 written reflection in Week 4, the census date in Week 5 - the last day to drop this subject without academic penalty, and worth knowing precisely - the Stage 2 written reflection in Week 11 alongside the online-exam setup workshop, the final-exam overview workshop in Week 12, and then the formal examination period with your individual sitting time from MyStudentAdmin. Confirm every one of these on your own Canvas site and the Subject Outline; deadlines can differ between offerings.
Exam move
Treat the assessment rules as a topic and learn them properly once, because they are worth more marks than any single week of content. Three habits carry most of the value. First, protect the drop rule: the best 8 of 11 in each part is insurance for illness and emergencies, not three free weeks, and the fourth absence in a part costs a full share of that part's weight with no make-up available. Second, make Excel your default: use live formulas, cell references and functions such as SUM and AVERAGE in every tutorial submission, and format it so a marker can read it - the clarity criterion is where a competent answer becomes a top one, and the habit pays again in the final exam where Excel is required. Third, speak in class: contributing to the discussion is a marked criterion, and the top band is a question that brings in current events or ideas beyond the week's content, which is easy to prepare in advance. For the reflection, start it in the workshop weeks rather than the night before, write in your own words rather than trying to sound academic, and make sure you name a target grade with a justification and specific study activities. Then use the free support - practice quizzes with unlimited attempts, the additional-practice pages, drop-in sessions, U:PASS and UTS HELPS for the written work - and take every deadline from your own Canvas site.
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