Assessment skills

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James Neill

Discipline of Psychology

University of Canberra

2026

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Outline

• Contributing to the knowledge commons
• Topic development
• Book chapter
• Using generative artificial intelligence
• Exam
• Help

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Assessment

• Topic development (10%)� (Due 9 a.m. Fri Week 3)
• Book chapter (50%)� (Due 9 a.m. Mon Week 10)
• Exam (40%)� (During exam period Week 14–15)

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Contributing to the knowledge commons

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Knowledge commons

• Information and knowledge that is freely accessible to anyone, anywhere
• Anyone can contribute, build on, improve, or share
• Often openly licensed (e.g., Creative Commons)
• In this unit, students learn to contribute to the knowledge commons through Wikiversity

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Why are we �doing the assessment this way?

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What is a wiki?

Wikis in plain English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

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3:53 mins

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Wikiversity editing skills�(covered in tutorials)

• Set up your user page
• Edit and publish pages
• Format text and lists
• Add links and images
• Create tables and feature boxes
• Create quizzes and interactive content
• Use edit summaries, history, & watchlists
• Collaborate using talk pages

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Wikimedia Foundation

• Wikipedia
• Wikiversity
• Wikibooks
• Wiki Commons
• Wiktionary
• Wikispecies

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg

Non-profit organisation supporting sister projects including:

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Wikipedia – �An investment for your future; your children's future

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WghdsOz9KwA

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4:09 mins

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Topic development

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Topic development - Marking criteria

1. Title and subtitle
2. Headings
3. Overview
4. Key points
5. Figure

• Learning feature
• References
• Resources
• User page
• Social contribution

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Assessment/Topic#Marking_criteria

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Topic development guidelines

Detailed guidelines:

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Assessment/Topic

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Topic development examples

Examples of top-rated topic development submissions:

• Bedtime procrastination (2023)
• Conspiracy theory motivation (2023)
• Groups and individual motivation reduction (2024)
• Metacognition and emotional regulation (2025)
• Motivation for using AI companions (2025)

The links go to snapshots of pages as submitted for the topic development; these are not the final book chapter submissions

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Book chapter

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Book chapter guidelines

Detailed guidelines:

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Assessment/Chapter

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Book chapter examples

Examples of top-rated book chapters:

• AI use, cognitive load, and motivation (2025)
• Autonomy and intrinsic motivation in self-determination theory (2025)
• Disappointment (2022)
• Illicit drug taking at music festivals (2016)
• Organisational change motivation (2019)
• Phobias (2019)
• Transactive goal dynamics theory and motivation (2025)

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Using generative artificial intelligence

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Using generative artificial intelligence

• GenAI can be used with acknowledgement in Wikiversity edit summary and a link to the shared conversation
• Human-rewrite genAI material to improve, fact-check, and provide citations to the best peer-reviewed literature
• Upload genAI images with appropriate acknowledgement to Wikimedia Commons and embed on chapter page
• Unacknowledged GenAI use breaches academic integrity
• IMPORTANT: Read the using genAI guidelines

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Using generative artificial intelligence

Summary of steps

1. Prompt to generate text using a genAI tool and create a shared link to the conversation
2. Paste and publish text with an edit summary acknowledgement and link to conversation
3. Fact-check and rewrite the genAI material to improve it, using citations to the best peer-reviewed literature

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Studiosity Writing Feedback +

• Upload doc or pdf
• Unlimited requests
• Receive feedback within a few minutes about:
• Structure
• Critical thinking
• Use of language, spelling, and grammar
• Use of sources
• Can also use Studiosity’s live chat for 24/7 support
• Access via UCLearn navigation menu for the unit

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Exam

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Practice quizzes

• 6 fortnightly online practice quizzes (one per module)
• 10 randomly selected multiple-choice questions in 15 minutes
• Attempt as many times as you like
• Open all semester

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Exam

• Online, proctored during exam period (W14-15)
• Tests knowledge about motivation and emotion based on lectures, tutorials, and required reading
• 2 hours
• Multiple-choice and short-answer questions
• Equal weighting of the 6 modules �(50% motivation + 50% emotion)
• No notes or study materials permitted

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Exam study skills

• Engage in lectures and tutorials
• Complete required reading
• Review and summarise key concepts
• Complete practice quizzes
• Identify areas for improvement
• Seek clarification and support

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Practice quiz schedule

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Exam guidelines

Detailed guidelines:

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Assessment/Exam

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How to get help

• Drop-in: 30 mins before and after lectures/tutorials
• UCLearn Discussion
• Wikiversity talk pages
• Email unit convener
• Study Skills & Library
• Studiosity / GenAI

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