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PROJECT BRIEF
Rave-on-Air Technology Project 100% of a 15 credit
Project Title Project Value
unit
Unit Title RoA Technology Project Unit Code BTC208
Level 2; Terms 1,2,3 Assignment PRO
Level/Term
Code
Submission Friday 5th March 2010 13th October 2009
Date of Issue
Date
Unit Leader James Uren
Project Leader James Uren
and Other Staff
Rave-on-Air (RoA) is a College-wide interdisciplinary showcase event. The
college operates as a television station for a number of days and this event
Unit
is managed entirely by students and supported by industry. In this unit,
Introduction
students integrate, operate and maintain all the technology that powers the
station.
Term 1:
The first term will enable students to learn to plan, develop and manage an
engineering project. Students will work in groups to improve, design and/or
build a hardware or software system in their pathway discipline connected
to or in preparation for Rave-on-Air.
Students should start a blog (e.g. www.blogger.com) that they will continue
to contribute to throughout the year up to Rave-on-Air. This blog should be
technically reflective and critical, and is formatively assessed for this
project.
Term 2:
Project Brief Students will work as a large team to design and prepare the technology for
Rave-on-Air.
Term 3:
Students will continue to work as part of the Rave-on-Air team to prepare
and deliver the technology for the event. Throughout this preparation
students should continue to contribute to their blog, reflecting on the
technical challenges they face.
Towards the end of term, students will deliver an individual presentation on
their contribution to Rave-on-Air’s technology.
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Learning on this unit is gained through a combination of:
Teaching and • Seminars;
Learning • Tutorials;
Strategies and • Self-directed study.
E-Learning
For project updates you are required to regularly check your emails and unit
specific content in Moodle.
• Professional practices and relevant mathematical methods and
science to practical solutions
• Choose appropriate tools and methods to solve problems effectively
within a project team
Learning
• Analyse existing systems or processes and create solutions through
Outcomes
the synthesis of ideas and methods
• Show competence in operational aspects of broadcasting and apply
engineering techniques
• Evaluate own strengths and weaknesses
Reflective Log
• Level of ability to choose appropriate tools and methods to solve
problems effectively within a project team (LO2)
• Level of ability to analyse existing systems or processes and create
solutions through the synthesis of ideas and methods (LO3)
Assessment • Level of ability to evaluate own strengths and weaknesses (LO5)
Criteria
Presentation
• Level of understanding of professional practices and relevant
mathematical methods and science (LO1)
• Level of ability to demonstrate competence in operational aspects of
broadcasting and apply engineering techniques (LO4)
Assessable
Elements and Assessable Elements Percentage of Final Grade
Submission Reflective Log Formative
Requirements Reflective Log 50%
Presentation 50%
Students should submit link to their Rave-on-Air blog to Moodle.
This must be submitted for formative assessment by
16.00h on Friday 5th March 2010
and for summative assessment by
16.00h on Friday 7th May 2010
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Students should give a presentation on their contribution to Rave-on-Air at
10.00h on Tuesday 11th May 2010
It is your responsibility to meet these deadlines.
Tuesday 13 October: Issue Project Brief
Friday 5 March: Submit blog for formative assessment
Friday 7 May: Summative assessment of blog
Key Dates Tuesday 11 May: Presentations
17-19 May: Rave-on-Air (TBC)
Students must refer to the detailed timetable for times regarding sessions
and lectures.
If you have any other unforeseen and serious difficulties during this unit you
Extensions
may apply for an extension, or mitigating circumstances. Full details of how
and Mitigating
to do this are available from the Registry intranet site at
Circumstances
http://intranet.rave.ac.uk/registry/docs/MITCIRCSFAQ.pdf
All projects at Ravensbourne College are assessed against the College
Grading and
Grading Descriptors. (http://intranet.rave.ac.uk/quality/a_to_z.htm)
Marking
Reading List
Byrnes, W. (2003) Management and the Arts, Focal Press.
Gates, R. (1999) Production Management for Film and Video, Focal Press.
Lewis, I. (2000) Guerrilla TV: a Guide to Low Budget Program Making,
Butterworth-Heinemann.
Small, R. (2000) Production Safety in Film and Video, Focal Press.
Tozer, E. (2004) Broadcast Engineer’s Reference Book, Focal.
(HSE 2002) Health and Safety in Film and TV Production (Leaflet).
Broadcast Engineering, 2009 [online]. Available from World Wide Web:
<http://www.edasolutions.com/old/Groups/Tech/BroadcastCalcs.htm>
Broadcast Video Expo, 2009 [online]. Available from World Wide Web:
<http://www.broadcastvideoexpo.co.uk/>
Health & Safety Guide - Skillset, 2009 [online]. Available from World Wide
Web:
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<http://www.skillset.org/training/health_and_safety/article_1893_1.asp>
Rave-on-Air, 2009 [online]. Available from World Wide Web:
<http://www.raveonair.com>
Rave-on-Air 2009 - Confluence, 2009 [online]. Available from World Wide
Web: <http://confluence.rave.ac.uk/confluence/display/RoA/Rave+on+Air+2009>
Your Voice at Ravensbourne : Rave On Air, 2009 [online]. Available from
World Wide Web: <http://forums.rave.ac.uk/jive/category.jspa?categoryID=49>
Students will also be provided with additional individual reading list and
references dependent on their specific project requirements.
All references must be written in the Harvard style of referencing. Refer to
the LRC Booklet ‘How to … Reference your work’.
Learning Support is available through Student Services and includes –
English as a second language, academic writing support and dyslexia
support.
For more information on the type of support you can access, either visit the
Student Services Team, or see the Support for Learning brochure which
can be downloaded from –
Learning http://intranet.rave.ac.uk/support/Support4Learning.htm
Support
Alternative assessment arrangements may be made or additional learning
support arranged for students with disabilities or medical conditions which
would impair their performance in meeting the above requirements and who
have registered in advance with Student Support. This must be discussed
and agreed in advance with the Subject Leader and will be reported to the
Board of Examiners.
Students who fail this project, or parts thereof, will be required to complete a
resubmission project which demonstrates that they have achieved the
learning outcomes.
Re-Submission
Requirements Students should be aware that resubmissions are capped at an E grade
unless the mitigating circumstances panel uphold the evidenced application.
The deadline for re-submission is TBC.
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