LAWS 1018 – Business Law – 202303

Video Assignment

Assignment Details

 The Video Assignment is worth 20% of the overall grade.

 The due date is Sunday 17 December at 11:00pm Adelaide time (Sunday at
the end of week 10).
 Please see the “Written Assignment – Information” page (on the Assessment tab)
for further information.

Assignment Instructions

 This is an individual assignment. Rules of academic integrity apply.

 For those students repeating Business Law, you are not to resubmit work
of a prior enrolment in Business Law. Your submission must address
different business legal aspects relating to law.
 Your answer must include legal references (relevant cases and/or sections of
Acts).
 You must reference each and every time that you use material from a source,
including direct quotes, paraphrases and even ideas. This includes referencing
course materials.
 You are required to use the APA 7 style of referencing. You should include a
reference list at the end of your assignment, including a list of legal references
you have used.
 You must include the Assignment Feedback document at the end of your answer.
The Feedback sheet is on the last page of this document. Please copy it into your
submission. If you do not include the feedback sheet, your teacher will not
include one for you.

Assignment

You are to make a 5–7-minute video using any form you choose (eg powerpoint is
the easiest but there are other video programs available) which identifies business
law around you in Australia.

TAKE A WALK/ READ A PAPER/ WATCH YOU TUBE

Your presentation is to cover 1-3 business legal aspects relating to law that you
identify from one of the following.

Locations you can use

- Coffee shop (for example are there government signs)
- Where you work (for example work health & safety/policies and procedures)
- Cinema or Theatre (for example what does the ticket say)
- (if you have somewhere specific you want to use that is not listed contact Anna
Mazzocchetti for approval)
Other
- Article in newspaper relating to business
- News story on television/ YouTube – relating to business

WHAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS IN YOUR VIDEO

- What law you think the item relates to?

- In relation to the law you have identified can you find the legal authority for it?
- How did you find the law (if you could not find it where did you look and fail)
- Were you surprised at its source?
- Did you learn anything you did not know before?

The Video Assignment will be assessed on the following (unequally weighted)

criteria:
i) Identification and understanding of how the relevant law/s relate to business.
ii) Ability to research and use key relevant sources, including relevant publications,
cases and legislation to identify the relevant law.
iii) Communicates ideas in a clear and logical way
iv) Overall quality of presentation, including visual aesthetics, formatting, structure, effort
and attention to detail
v) Referencing compliant with APA 7 including a reference list on your final slide.
 Assessment Feedback

BUSINESS LAW VIDEO ASSIGNMENT

Key Assignment Criteria Performance on this component

Fail Pass Credit Distinction High Comment

Distinction

Knowledge and understanding

of relevant concepts of law

Application, analysis and

conclusion of law identified

Analysis and synthesis of

experience

Spelling, grammar, format and

citations

Summary Comment:

Assignment Grade/Mark:
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA AND FEEDBACK FORM: VIDEO ASSIGNMENT
Marking Criterion Fail Pass Credit Distinction High Distinction
Marking Criterion 1: Answer identifies Answer identifies Answer identifies Answer identifies all Answer identifies all or
Knowledge and few relevant legal the most significant most of the or almost all of the almost all of the
understanding of concepts raised concepts involved; relevant concepts concepts raised by concepts raised by the
for discussion; knowledge and raised by the the question, question including
relevant concepts
Does not state or understanding of question; isolates isolates the facts minor or contentious
states incorrectly the principles of the facts relevant relevant to the issues, isolates the facts
law law relevant to the to the identified identified issues, relevant to the
identified issues is issues; demonstrates a identified issues,
demonstrated demonstrates a good knowledge demonstrates an
sound knowledge and understanding excellent knowledge
and understanding of the law relevant and understanding of
of the law relevant to each issue and in the law relevant to each
to most of the every case or almost issue and in every case
issues identified every case provides provides appropriate
and provides appropriate authority for the
authority for most authority for the relevant principles of
of the principles of relevant principles law by reference to
law stated by of law by reference appropriate legislation
reference to to appropriate or case law.
appropriate legislation or case
legislation or case law.
law.
Marking Criterion 2: Minimal, if any, Answer logically Answer applies the Answer applies Answer is concise and
Application analysis attempt to clarify applies the relevant relevant principles almost all of the comprehensive and
and conclusion legal issues principles of law to of law to most of relevant principles applies all of the
raised; any most of the the issues raised of law to the facts of relevant principles of
conclusion significant issues by the problem in the problem in a law to the facts of the
reached or raised by the a logical coherent logical coherent and problem in a logical
answer given problem. and structured structured way and coherent and structured
way. There is a when appropriate way and when
genuine and explains why it is appropriate explains
justified attempt to not possible to give why it is not possible to
answer the a definitive answer give a definitive answer
question posed to the problem or to to the problem or to
determine in a determine in a
definitive way the definitive way the law in
law in respect of a respect of a particular
particular issue. issue.
Marking Criterion 3: No coherent . Some evidence of Clear evidence of Clear evidence of . Clear evidence of self-
Analysis & synthesis of position self-reflective self-reflective self-reflective reflective analysis at a
discernible. No analysis. analysis. analysis at a high very high level.
experiences
evidence of self- level.
reflective analysis.
Marking Criterion 4: A number of Some Some Minor, infrequent Minimal or no
Spelling, grammar and major typographical typographical typographical, typographical or
format typographical and/or and/or grammatical or grammatical errors and
and/or grammatical / grammatical / formatting errors. excellent formatting.
grammatical / formatting errors, formatting errors Minor mistakes in Referencing style will be
formatting errors some of them quite more generic referencing style. consistent and correct.
frequently major and frequent throughout the
occurring throughout the paper.
throughout the paper. Some Referencing style
paper. A high inconsistency mostly consistent;
level of and/or mistakes in there may be
inconsistency referencing style. some mistakes.
and/or mistakes
in referencing
style.