BSBWRT401 – Write Complex Documents Assessment

ASSESSMENT 1 – WRITTEN ASSESSMENT

Student Name:                                                                                                                                       

Student ID No:                                                                                                                                       

Student Instructions:

1. Your answers should be on a separate document using word processing software such as MS Word & or other software (hand written submissions are only acceptable with prior approval from your Trainer)
2. Your document should be professionally formatted and include

• Your Name
• Your Student ID
• Unit Code
• Assessment Number (i.e. BSBWRT401 Assessment 1)

3. Please reference to each question number and retype each question with your answers
4. You must answer every question and provide enough information to demonstrate sufficient understanding of what has been asked to achieve competency. Please ask your Trainer/Assessor if you are unsure what is sufficient detail for an answer
5. Ask your trainer/assessor if you do not understand a question. Whist your trainer/assessor cannot tell you the answer, he/she may be able to re-word the question for you or provide further assistance based on the Institute’s “Reasonable Adjustment Policy”
6. Answers should be your own work, in your own words and not plagiarised, nor copied. However, if an answer is cut & pasted (such as a definition), then the source should be referenced

ASSESSMENT 2 – PROJECT – STUDENT INFORMATION

This information is to be handed to each student to outline the assessment requirements.

Instructions

You will be required to undertake FIVE (5) Assessment tasks in order to successfully complete this Assessment. It will require you to demonstrate evidence of your ability to:

• plan, draft and finalise complex documents that require review and analysis of a range of information sources
• use business technology to apply formatting, and incorporate graphics
• edit the draft text to ensure accuracy and clarity of information, obtain feedback on the draft and revise the draft
• apply the enterprise style guide/house style

This Assessment can be based on either a Business idea of your own choice; your current workplace or on the scenario listed below.

In order to complete this assessment, you will need to work individually. It is therefore not recommended or suitable to work in groups.

• You must complete the full project and provide enough information to demonstrate sufficient understanding of what has been asked to achieve competency
• Ask your trainer/assessor if you do not understand the project, he/she may be able to re-word the requirements for you or provide further assistance based on the Institute’s “Reasonable Adjustment Policy”
• Answers should be your own work, in your own words and not plagiarised, nor copied. However, if an answer is cut & pasted (such as a definition), then the source should be referenced

SCENARIO

The Green Green is a garden supply place located at 23 Wattle Road Timber Gully 3000.

It supplies plants, garden tools, garden ornaments and has a café on site serving hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, baguettes and bagels as well as a range of cakes and slices.

The Green Green’s phone number is 03 7777 8888 and the fax number is 03 7777 8899. It also has a web page located at www.thegreengreen.com.au (not a real web site)

The Green Green wishes all documents to be in colours that reflect  the environment, have the company logo on the top left hand side and all other company details centred at the bottom of the document.

They prefer the use of Calibri, New Times Roman or Ariel fonts and as all documents need to be stored electronically the preferred format is: tgg/folder/document title/creation or revision date.

ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS

PART A: COMPLEX DOCUMENT SELECTION

You are to design a logo and produce 5 different complex documents in a draft format. Each document is to be of a different format, and is to serve a particular purpose.

You may choose from the following formats:

You may use software packages such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint or any other recognised software program.

It is important that you consider the purpose of each document. Purposes may include (but are not limited to)

• Conveying research findings
• Influencing attitudes, opinions, beliefs
• Proposing recommendations, options and actions
• Meeting other data, information or knowledge needs of an audience
• Documenting policies, procedures and processes
• Meeting legal requirements
• Recording transactions
• Obtaining feedback

Your 5 documents need to demonstrate your understanding of the following design concepts:

• Capitals and underlining
• Headings
• Lists and tables
• Logos, branding, organisational identity requirements
• Page size
• Use and amount of colour
• Illustrations, photographs and other illustrative material for design purposes
• Fonts
• Justification and alignment
• Margins and paragraph indentation
• Page shape
• Templates
• Use and amount of white space
• Plain English

PART B: DRAFT COMPLEX DOCUMENTS

Now that you have produced 5 different DRAFT documents, you are to review each document for compliance with organisational requirements. Each document should be reviewed for compliance to each of the following elements:

·       suitability

• tone
• purpose
• format
• style
• grammar
• readability
• sequencing
• structure

You should ensure that these documents are clearly marked as DRAFT versions and once completed; you are required to have each DRAFT proofread AND signed off by your Manager (Assessor).

PART C: DESIGN JUSTIFICATION REPORT

You are now required to produce a report that clearly outlines and justifies why you chose the particular logo, layout, colour scheme, font and font size for each document you have created.

Your report is to include a description and detailed outline of your house style guide for either the Business idea of your own choice; your current workplace or for the scenario.

PART D: DOCUMENT FILENAMES

Each completed document should also now include reference to a filename. The format for this file name should be reflective of the below example:

tgg/folder/document title/creation or revision date.

PART E: FINAL COMPLEX DOCUMENT VERSIONs

Finally, you are to produce each draft as a FINAL document, and provide copies of each with your assessment submission.

Each Project submission must therefore include the following:

• 5 different draft complex documents
• Evidence of reviewing each document

DOCUMENTATION TO BE SUBMITTED to complete this Assessment:

In order to meet the assessment requirements of this unit, you are required to submit the following:

1. PART A: Five 5 different document designs in DRAFT format (using a different format for each one)
2. PART B: Evidence or review of DRAFT documents (i.e. your original draft with your Assessors comments)
3. PART C: Design justification Report outlining the design process
4. PART D: A list of the Filenames used for each document
5. PART E: Five (5) FINAL copies of each document including changes identified through your review

Your submission must be prepared using business software such as MS Word, Excel, Power Point or similar software, with hard copies provided to your Trainer/Assessor.

Hand written submissions are only acceptable with prior approval from your Trainer/Assessor.

Your documents should be professionally formatted and include:

1. Your Name
2. Your Student ID
3. Unit Code
4. Assessment Number (i.e. BSBWRT401 Assessment 2)

Resources: Refer to Resources section at Page 2.

ASSESSMENT 2 – PROJECT – ASSESSOR CHECKLIST

This checklist is to be used when assessing the students in this task. This checklist is to be completed for each student. Please refer to separate mapping document for specific details relating to alignment of this task to the unit requirements.

Each task on this checklist must be found Satisfactory, to mark the assessment outcome as “Satisfactory”.

Please complete below

Assessor Instructions

Each student is to draft, proofread and produce 5 different complex documents in both a draft form and then finished form. Please refer to the detailed instructions outlined in the Student Information Page for more details.

• 5 Draft Documents Attached
• 5 Final Documents Attached