Understanding your question
Understanding your assignment question or task is a first important step, particularly for assignments requiring digital assets. Here are some tips to help you navigate these types of assignments:
Read the question thoroughly
- Identify key terms: Look for words like "analyse," "compare," "demonstrate," etc. These indicate what you need to do.
- Highlight requirements: Note any specific instructions about the multimedia elements (e.g., video length, format, content).
Understand the purpose
- Clarify the objective: determine what the question is asking you to demonstrate or explain through multimedia. Is it to showcase a skill, present research, or illustrate a concept?
- Audience awareness: consider who is the target audience of your submission and tailor your content accordingly.
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Research
The first place that you should check to start your research is the resource list for your module, you can find you modules resource list at the ResourceLists@Bham homepage.
This short video explains how you can find your way around your resource list. [should we use a Youtube video? Also, the sound quality is not good - a lot of hiss in the background etc]
For further support on working with resource lists, see our full guide.
Beyond your modules resource list, you can also use:
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Outlining/storyboarding
Creating multimedia is a time-consuming process, and so it is important to plan carefully in order to use your time wisely and create the best work that you can.
There are various methods you can use for outlining your digital asset. One format which will work for a wide variety of media, such as podcasts or video is the multicolumn format, which you can create easily in Microsoft Word.
Watch this video to see how to create a multicolumn format planning document.
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Creation in multimedia
There are lots of options available for creating multimedia assets as part of your assignment:
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Referencing
Referencing is an important academic skill as it shows the reader of your work the sources you have used to research your topic, and gives support and weight to your arguments and conclusions. When writing an essay or thesis, referring to the sources you have used is an academic requirement. There are four good reasons for referencing:
- To allow a reader of your work to find and check the sources you have used.
- So that you can come back to your own work and know where you found a particular quotation or piece of information.
- To avoid accusations of plagiarism.
- To make you think twice about using outdated and inaccurate books, articles, or websites.
As a general rule, you should not trust any resource which does not give references.
The University has adopted the Cite Them Right style of referencing.
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Submission guidelines
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