Oral presentations

In March 2023, the Assessment Policy was updated to include the provision of oral defences to broaden the opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge, competence and, where applicable, authorship.

To support this, we updated the Subject Outline Template under the section titled: “Assessment and Exam Items" with the following autotext:

"Students may be asked to sit additional oral/viva presentations as part of any assessment tasks listed under this section."

The presentation

The subject coordinator will notify the student via email of this requirement.

This oral presentation will:

• It will occur at a time that suits both the subject coordinator and the student.
• Take 10-15 minutes.
• Questions are not overly complex and aligned with the assignment guidelines, rationale and rubrics in the Subject Outline.
• It may be recorded with the permission of the student.
• The student may bring a support person to this meeting. The support person may offer you comfort only during the meeting, and they may not offer advice or converse with the academic.

Possible outcomes

Academics must advise the student of the outcome within seven days.

There are three possible outcomes:

1. If the student has demonstrated they have a sound knowledge of the assignment item and no other issues are found, then the student will be advised of this outcome and their assignment marks will be released.
2. If the student has demonstrated adequate knowledge of the assignment item but, due to inexperience or carelessness, has engaged in low level collusion plagiarism or self-plagiarism. The student will be advised it has been referred to an Academic Integrity Officer to be recorded as Poor Academic Practice (PAP).
3. If the student has demonstrated a lack of knowledge in this assignment item, this may constitute academic misconduct. It should be referred to an Academic Integrity Officer (AIO)for further investigation. The student will be advised the assignment has been moved to the academic misconduct process. Please complete a Student Academic Misconduct Checklist before referring to AIO.

Documentation

The subject coordinator will document the outcome in the oral presentation report.

Reflect on suspected incidents of Student Academic Misconduct when moderating your assessments and consider how to avoid this in the future. A Subject Convenor can capture this reflection in Question 4 within the QUASAR Reflection and Planning form. This will help identify possible future improvements for your assessments.

For suspected Academic Misconduct - Before you submit an allegation, please use this checklist to ensure the Academic Integrity Officer has all the information and evidence they require.

Guidelines and report

Download the oral presentation guidelines and report template:

Oral presentation guidelines

Oral presentation report template

Contact us

If you have any questions, please email academicintegrity@csu.edu.au