BLAW3012_2020_ASSESSMENT 1_Video Podcast_FINAL(1)

Faculty of Business and Law Curtin Law School c. upload the video podcast to iLectures and share the file with the unit coordinator by the due date indicated in the Unit Outline (Wednesday 18 September 2019 by 9pm). Unit Learning Outcome for this Assessment 9. The relevant unit learning outcome for this assessment is to: Critically analyse and evaluate the policy principles underpinning choices of regulatory goals and techniques in relation to environmental protection and sustainable development. Content & Production of the Assessment 10. You must select a natural place (eg a beach, a wetland, a bushland, even a single tree which is native to the area) where you will make the video podcast. 11. You must make all of the video podcast while you are located at the natural place – you cannot use material that is recorded elsewhere. 12. You must make the video podcast using a smartphone or other mobile device. 13. The file format for the recording must be either .mp4 or .mov. 14. You can make the video podcast all at once or in segments. You must combine any segments into a single .mp4 or .mov file. 15. The video podcast must be 10 minutes long (+/- 30 seconds). 16. The time restriction of 10 minutes (+/- 30 seconds) only applies to the portion of the iLecture recording that will be assessed. The formatting of the uploaded file (ie the original .mp4 or .mov file) into an iLecture recording will add some extra material (eg the Curtin logo and the privacy statement). The time required to play this extra material does not count towards the 10 minute time restriction. 17. Within the 10 minutes (+/- 30 seconds) time restriction, the video podcast must devote: a. 3 minutes (+/- 30 seconds) to describing the being of the natural place; BLAW3012 Environmental Law and Policy Perth City Campus Trimester 3B, 2020 Page 3

Faculty of Business and Law Curtin Law School Assessment 1: Video Podcast (20%) – Assessment Rubric Below Expectations 0-49 Meets Expectations 50-59 Meets Expectations Well 60-69 Exceeds Expectations 70-79 Greatly Exceeds Expectations 80 and above Compliance with instructions (1.5 points) Did not comply with one or more of the instructions in the assessment information document. (0 points) Complied with all the instructions in the assessment information document. The instructions include conducting a self-review of your assessment and then attaching a completed copy of this assessment rubric to the email that you send to the unit coordinator (indicating that you have shared your video recording in iLectures with them). (1.5 points) Production quality (1.5 points) The spoken material was more than occasionally and briefly inaudible. The video was more than occasionally and brefly blurry. (0 points) All or nearly all of the spoken material was clearly audible. Occasional (< 5 instances in the entire video podcast) and brief (1-2 seconds in duration) periods of inaudibility are acceptable. All or nearly all of the video was clear. Occasional (< 5 instances in the entire video podcast) and brief (1-2 seconds in duration) periods of blurriness are acceptable. (1.5 points) Description of the being of the natural place (3 points) Did not describe the being of the natural place in a way that: (a) identified the natural place; (b) described key features of the place; (c) used appropriate language; and (d) used appropriate pronunciation and grammar. (0 points) Described the being of the natural place in a way that: (a) identified the natural place; (b) described key features of the place; (c) used appropriate language; and (d) used appropriate pronunciation and grammar. (3 points) Discussion & advocacy of whether the natural place should be given legal personality (14 points) Discussed legal personality and its application to natural places in a manner that showed poor underpinning knowledge. Discussed how legal concepts can be used as instruments to regulate human activities but made frequent errors and/or applied poor reasoning. Presented arguments that generally lacked evidentiary support and/or had a poor logical basis. Discussed legal personality and its application to natural places in a manner that showed satisfactory underpinning knowledge. Discussed how legal concepts can be used as instruments to regulate human activities but made some errors or sometimes applied weak reasoning. Presented arguments that generally had adequate evidentiary support and an appropriate logical basis. Considered legal personality and its application to natural places in a manner that showed strong underpinning knowledge. Discussed how legal concepts can be used as instruments to regulate human activities but occasionally made errors and/or applied weak reasoning. Used relevant and cogent examples and other evidentiary material to support persuasive arguments. Combined or integrated ideas about legal personality and its application to natural places. Evaluated legal concepts as instruments to regulate human activities and generally reached well- supported conclusions. Used insightful and compelling examples and other evidentiary material to support complex and persuasive arguments. Synthesised an approach to legal personality and its application to natural places that was creative and original. Evaluated the utility of legal concepts as instruments to regulate human activities and reached complex and well-supported conclusions. Used examples, analogies or other comparative material to support novel and highly persuasive arguments. BLAW3012 Environmental Law and Policy Perth City Campus Trimester 3B, 2020 Page 6