Name: Melissa Connor

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Plan, coordinate and undertake a range of professional activities and engage in reflective practices to facilitate personal and professional growth.
2. Apply and practice good communication skills in a variety of professional and/or cultural contexts, including the online context.
3. Demonstrate effective group work skills in order to contribute appropriately to the production of a group output.
4. Evaluate the internship experience in relation to your career goals.

Learning Resources for this course are available on the MyUni course site. These include; academic readings, assignment how-to guides, video modules and rubrics. Additional resources are also available via the Virtual Internship provider, featuring modules that assist with developing skills in remote working practices. Students will also have access to 3 coaching sessions throughout the virtual internship.

For more information on Internships see the Professions Internship Program website.

Course resources and rubrics are available on MyUni.

This course is based on the principles of experiential learning and requires students to be placed with a business and participate in completing set internship tasks and online coaching and mentoring sessions. While every effort will be made to seek individual internships, there may be some internships that take place as part of a small group assigned to a virtual internship host.

Students will spend a minimum of 20 days on the internship.

The University expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that you are expected to commit approximately 12 hours per week for a three-unit course (156 hours per course).

Although for this course some time will be spent in the virtual workplace environment, there is still an expectation for students to complete individual study and meet with the academic supervisor outside of this.

Once your application is approved, you will be committed to virtual internship.

Internships will commence after census date, however you can expect to work with the Internships Team and Outcome.Life for up to 6 weeks prior to census date.

You can expect:

• initial consultation meetings with students and Ouctome.Life. This will occur via Zoom and will be one-on-one with an Outcome.Life consultant.
• students will be invited to book another consultations for a private one-on-one resume & LinkedIn checking and advice
• students will start to receive training plans for open internship opportunities
• students will start being booked in for interviews with host companies
• students will be offered internships and the compliance documents will be executed.

As well as regularly attending the workplace, students can meet with the course coordinator to discuss assessment requirements and tasks.

The course coordinator will be available throughout the duration of the work placement to advise or assist you with any content-related issues you face on the internship.

#	Assessment Task	Task Type	Due Date	Weighting	Length	Learning Outcomes
1	Reflective Journal	Individual	3 x Journals, due at beginning, middle and end of internship	30%	Length varies, approx. 500-800 words each Journal.	1,3,4,5
2	Portfolio	Individual	During internship	30%	Length varies (approx 1,000 words total)	2-5
3	Reflective report	Individual	End of internship (due 2 weeks after last day of internship)	40%	1,000 words	2-5
	Total			100%

Any modifications to assessment dates should be negotiated directly with the academic supervisor.

All assessment materials are on MyUni course site, ensure you have access before starting your Internship.

• Students must complete the program to the satisfaction of their host organisation as well as an academic supervisor to be eligible to pass this course, otherwise it will result in a fail.
• Extensions to the due date of individual assessment may be granted under special circumstances. Students applying for an extension based on medical or compassionate reasons must visit their medical practitioner, with the approved University Application for Assessment Extension, and have the medical practitioner complete it. A normal doctor's certificate will not be accepted.
• Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process.
• Assessment rubrics are provided in the Professions Internship Handbook and Course Guide.

Journal
Three (3) Journal templates are to be completed at the Beginning, Middle and Conclusion of the Internship. The templates are located on MyUni.

The first Journal asks you to reflect on and describe your expectations of the internship and to set goals.
In the second Journal there is the opportunity to reflect back on the goals you set for yourself in Journal 1 and to write a reflection on a particular incident on the internship.
Journal 3 is completed at the end of your internship and requires reflection on the whole experience of the internship and the preparation of an ‘elevator pitch’ describing how you would articulate the skills you developed on the internship at an interview.

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Portfolio
The Portfolio consists of a range of tasks to complete on MyUni to assist you in the development of your career-readiness skills over the course of the internship. Assessment tasks include; cover letter and resume, and a video reflection on a challenging aspect of your internship.

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Reflective Report
The Reflective Report is a reflection on your internship. In this Report you cover the following; the host organisation, tasks undertaken on the internship, connections between your university studies and tasks performed and how the internship developed your employability skills. The Reflective Report is written in business-style format and must include a minimum of 3 references.

Submission of Assignments

• Please retain a copy of all assignments submitted.
• All assignments must be attached to an Assignment Cover Sheet which must be signed and dated before submission. Markers can refuse to accept assignments which do not have a signed acknowledgement of the University’s Academic Integrity Policy
• It is the students’ responsibility to ensure that copies of assignments have been received by the academic supervisor.

Assignment Guidelines including Referencing Details
For Writing Resources, Referencing Guides and how to Avoid Plagiarism, make sure you take advantage of the resources of the Writing Centre

Late Assignment Submission
Students are expected to submit their work by the due date to maintain a fair and equitable system. Extensions will generally only be given for medical or compassionate reasons. All requests for extensions must be submitted before the due date. Each request will be assessed on its merits. A late assignment (without prior arrangement) will be penalised by a 5% mark reduction for each day that it is late.

Return of Assignments
Lecturers aim to mark and return assignments to students within two (2) weeks of the due date with written feedback. Students are responsible for collecting their marked assignments from their academic supervisor.