The final step in assessment at the university is the Awards Board. Students who have completed (at Certificate, Diploma or Degree level) are then sent the documentation by the Conferment Unit, including a final transcript. The Conferment Unit deals with all requests connected with the certficate and final transcript.

One of the first assessed tasks undertaken in the degree course - after registration and sorting out access to the software - is the introduction. Clearly this is more than "Hello!" and as a work-based degree the emphasis needs to be on introducing oneself in the work context. As the degree includes study of the use of online technology, a suggestion is to create a photo story using six images.

Some examples are always useful, and the news article at http://tinyurl.com/5ewdes Taxi driver takes snapshots of London life shows one way in which photos can be used. The article selects three images; this makes an interesting selection for a specific purpose. More photos can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/6ylvql Cabarazzi.

I wonder which six photos the taxi driver might have selected if he was doing the module?

Throughout the course, students are asked to provide suitable introductions. Using a patchwork approach, this could be done in a range of media and genres.

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One of the tasks for Investigating the Work Setting is to use pictures about work to explain your role. When my brain got into gear I realised that there are some real examples from the facilitation team on YouTube, when we are asked to provide short videos to introduce ourselves to other staff. The Hamish sent me a great link to an online tool at www.slide.com. As I already have some photos in online albums, it took me less than 10 minutes to produce a slide show.

I have used pictures from my blogs that are about what I'm interested in, at work and at leisure. The slide show surprised me when I saw that in an unplanned exhibition a number of themes emerge including art, travel and thoughts about online learning.