Final Assessment XPUB 2023

Archiving

In order to be graded, you are formally required to archive your work. The wiki and project site (https://project.xpub.nl) are essential parts of the course archive. For this reason we strongly suggest using the wiki to prepare and present your presentation (including uploading supporting images/screenshots). If there are essential materials outside of wiki or project site, please make sure that they get uploaded to the OneDrive archive folder (link to come).

We ask that you prepare no later than Thursday 15 June:

• (at least a preliminary draft of) your presentation using the wiki link above
• your page(s) on the project site
• any additional/external files to the onedrive/archive

This gives assessors and external examiner time to look through your presentation and project before the assessment.

project.xpub.nl

The project site acts as a catalog and archive of graduation projects and theses. Your pages/links need to all be accessible (and the index updated) on https://project.xpub.nl. There is a HOWTO in the README file of the git repository, and there is an HTML template to start; you can also make improvements after the grad show if you desire.

If you use the gitea interface: start by making your folder + an index.html. In the interface click "New File", type the name of your folder followed by the slash ("/") and then index.html, this will let you paste in the contents of the index.html file and make your folder when you commit. After you've made your folder, you can drop files to upload them.

The Assessment

• 20 minutes: Your presentation (see below)
• 10 minutes: the panel can ask questions regarding what you presented
• 10 Minutes: we ask you to leave, so the panel can discuss, once we're done talking, we'll call you back in
• 10 minutes: Discussion and feedback

The Presentation

We will be evaluating your 2 years at XPUB, the presentation should reflect this.

A useful structure for the presentation:

1. your individual contributions to the special issues,
2. the development of your reading/writing practice across the 2 years,
3. the development of your prototyping practice across the 2 years,
4. your thesis (only a brief overview for context, as this has been assessed separately in depth),
5. your final work and research in the second year,
6. plans for final publication and grad show (with the understanding that you will continue to work on this after the assessment)

Remember: you have just 20 minutes for the presentation, so be selective rather than exhaustive. Try balancing the time so that both 1st and second years material are given equal visibility. Please run through / rehearse your presentation, with others if possible so that you can get feedback, and ensure that you are able to fit the time limit. Ask your tutors to have a look at your presentation outline if possible in case you need some help/editorial feedback.

Add you presentation to the wiki link next to your name in the schedule above.

Assessment Criteria for a Graduation Project

(from the course handbook, page 28)

The graduation project should result in a presentation of new work, that combined with the thesis demonstrates the student’s attainment of the agreed learning outcomes (as laid out in the Course hand book Section 3.2 ). In this way the programmes’ agreed Final Competencies form the basis of the Assessment Criteria for a Graduation Project at a Master level.

1. Creative ability: They have developed the independent learning ability required to create innovative, challenging, significant, and coherent projects that are based on clearly articulated approaches and intention.
2. Capacity to conduct self-directed research: They can identify relevant subject matter, questions, and formulate distinct areas of research.
3. Research methodologies: They can harness skills of research, analysis and synthesis to the development of creative projects.
4. Technical fluency: They can demonstrate an analytical grasp of the underlying technical and conceptual principles of practices relevant to their field and work.
5. Organisational skills: They have the capacity to design, manage and execute effectively, complex and creative projects on their own or in collaboration with others, which bring together original combinations of media forms.
6. Capacity for innovation: They have developed flexible work practices that can be employed in a wide variety of production contexts and have the technical conceptual skills for dealing with new forms and unforeseen challenges.
7. Critical reflection and awareness of context: They can critically reflect on relevant issues related to a larger social context and make informed decisions about the positioning of their work and methods of production. This critical reflection should be expressed through both practice, and verbal analysis of intention: reflections on process and creative output.
8. Communication skills: They can communicate their intention, context, process and perceived results– with clear written and oral descriptions to both experts and general audiences.