Title: Manage Projects and Ensure a Safe Workplace

THIS IS AN INTERGRATED COURSE FOR THE SUBJECTS:
1. MANAGE SUBJECTS
2. ENSURE A SAFE WORKPLACE
THE SUBJECTS' ASSESSMENT EVENTS AND PORTFOLIO ACTIVITIES ARE BASED ON A WORKPLACE SCENARIO.

Category: Tertiary (ages 18+) — Prizewinners in this category:

1st - Janina Dewitz with eLearning and Moodle Essentials +++Lite+++
2nd - Martina Majorová with Úvod do štatistiky
Joint 3rd - Maryel Mendiola with Desarrollo Humano and Gerry Jenkins with PHP/MySQL Course

Role: Student — Students generally have fewer privileges within a course.

Section 1
  News forum
Section 2
  SLIDE SHOW: Flexible Work Arrangements
  Go to the following articles and familiarise yours...
  Flexible Work Practices In The Digital Media Industry
  Managing Change In The Workplace
  Workplace Factors Case Study
  Go to this week's forum and and answer its questi...
  How Can You Involve Staff In Workplace Change?
  Go to this week's portfolio activity.
  A Review Of Flexible Work Place Practice Options For The New Office
Section 3
  SLIDE SHOW: Online Question Design
  TUTORIAL: Online Survey Development
  TUTORIAL: PollDaddy Survey Creation Tutorial
  Go to this week's forum and and answer its questi...
  Why Use An Online Survey To Collect Information?
  Go to this week's portfolio activity
  Create An Online Survey To Obtain Staff Feedback For Work Practices
Section 4
  Resources for designing charts.
  SLIDESHOW: Examples of Graphs and Charts
  TUTORIAL: Guidelines for Designing Graphs and Charts
  TUTORIAL: Graph Types and Guidelines for Presentations
  ARTICLE: Displaying Information - Graph Types (from the Australian Bureau of Statistics)
  This site supports designers improve the way that they display data, by providing good practice examples and case studies, practical and step-by-step guides on how to visualise data, and links to more detailed resources.
  Go to this week's portfolio activity
  PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY: Create A Slideshow Of Charts - Staff Needs and Preferences
  Tutorials for creating charts in PowerPoint 2007
  SCREENCAST: From YouTube
  TUTORIAL: From Florida Gulf Coast University
Section 5
  Resources to help you design you new office.
  SLIDE SHOW (MUST VIEW): Office Layout Guidelines
  ARTICLE (MUST READ): Workplace Points of View
  ARTICLE: Future trends in office accommodation
  CASE STUDY: MLC Case Study – Note the ‘cone of silence’, ‘the war room’, ‘Aquarium meeting area’, ‘quiet space’.
  TUTORIAL: Office planning tools - note the links to in-depth articles
  ARTICLE: The more inspirational your workplace is, the easier it is to break the creativity block and discover new ideas.
  WEBSITE: This Ain't No Disco - Look here for ideas for the new workplace
  EXAMPLES: 25 Inspiring and Safe Workstations. Having a comfortable place where you can do your work can lead to increased creativity and productivity.
  ARTICLE: Offices vs Open Space
  Go to this week's forum and and answer its questi...
  ONE IDEA: What is one innovative thing you can do to make your workspace more inspirational?
  Go to this week's portfolio activity
  Create A Bubble Map and Office Plan For Your New Workplace
Section 6
  Use these resources to assist you to prepare an in...
  TUTORIAL (MUST READ): Preparing Your Presentation
  SLIDESHOW (MUST VIEW): Present Differently - this is an excellent example of creative PowerPoint design - see if you can design a similar slideshow
  SLIDESHOW: Ten Rules For Presentation
  ARTICLE: Handy Tips For Effective Handouts (don’t worry about the gifts)
  ARTICLE: 18 Tips For Killer Presentations
  SLIDESHOW: Death By PowerPoint – The classic ‘text’ on how to use PowerPoint effectively
  SLIDESHOW: Presentation Example - Clear beginning, middle and end
  Go to your presentation assignment. There are two ...
  ASSIGNMENT: Presentation to the Agency’s team (our class) to obtain approval to proceed with the project.
Section 7
  Download and print the following resource to assis...
  GUIDELINES: Presentation and Peer Review Guidelines
Section 8
  Resources for learning about project management an...
  WHAT IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Project management is a carefully planned and organised effort to accomplish a specific objective, for example, relocate an office, create a web environment for delivering podcasts. Click to read more.
  WHAT IS A PROJECT PLAN? A Project Plan sets out the phases, activities and tasks needed to deliver a project. CLICK TO READ MORE.
  WHEN DO YOU USE A PROJECT PLAN? A Project Plan is completed every time you wish to embark on a new project. CLICK TO READ MORE.
  STEPS FOR COMPLETING A PROJECT PLAN. Click to read more
  'What is a GANTT Chart' and a 'Start Your Proje...
  Gantt Chart and Getting Started With Viewpath
  Here are the steps and the work schedule for compl...
  Relocation Project Schedule - click to open or download
Section 9
  MUST VIEW VIDEO: Wikis In Plain English
  Guidelines for Effective Meetings
  Wiki Meeting Guidelines and Meeting Template
  ARTICLE: Business Meeting Tips
  VIDEO: Why use wikis for meetings
  VIDEO: Create a wiki meeting agenda
  VIDEO: Recording a wiki's meeting minutes
  VIDEO: Wiki meeting's action items
  ARTICLE: How To Organise Meeting Effectively
  Go to Portfolio Projects
  Portfolio Project 1: Create a wiki web environment, for managing projects, using the free Wikispaces.com web service.
  Portfolio Project 2: Create a space to manage project meetings in your projects’ wiki.
  Portfolio Project 3: Use your Projects Wiki to initiate and manage a project meeting.
Section 10
Section 11
  Podcast Examles: Listen to these podcast extracts ...
  From the EdTech Musician Series://edtechmusician.libsyn.com/
  From the This Week In Tech series://thisweekintech.com
  From the Signal series: //signal.serenityfirefly.com/
  Tony's Lesson Introduction
  Click here to view an image of the audio tracks in Tony's podcast - created using the Audacity sound editor
  Project’s Pre Production Portfolio Activity:...
  Plan your podcast and develop a list of tasks and Gantt chart to manage your project.
  Project’s Pre Production Activity Resources
  Slide show: Project Scheduling – View this slide show before commencing your project.
  Sample Podcasting Format/Script
  Template: Work Breakdown Structure - Use this template to identify your project’s tasks
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
  Production Activity Resources Audacity sound edit...
  Project's Production Portfolio Activity
  Produce an mp3. file of your podcast for publishing.
Section 15
  Portfolio Project - OHS Podcast Report. 40% A...
  PART A: THE PODCAST'S SCRIPT. Write a script for your podcast that describes the OHS roles and responsibilities for Agency staff.
  Tony's tips for the podcast script assignment
  PART B: RECORD THE PODCAST. Create a recording of your podcast to educate staff about their OHS roles and responsibilites.
Section 16
  Lesson Resources:
  The six key principles for OHS Risk Management
  Comcare Website. Comcare is an Australian government agency that works in partnership with employees and employers to reduce the human and financial costs of workplace injuries and disease in the Commonwealth jurisdiction.
  Comcare’s Virtual Office
  Risk Management At Work
  Portfolio Project - OHS Presentation - Virtual Off...
  PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY: Presentation - High risk hazards and risk control measures
Section 17
  OHS Quiz Creation Resources
  Hot Potatoes Home Page and Software Download
  TUTORIAL: How to write multiple choice questions
  VIDEO: Guidelines for multiple choice questions
  TUTORIAL: How to create a Hot Potato quiz
  MANUAL: Hot Potatoes Software Manual
  Portfolio Project - OHS Knowledge Testing&nbs...
  Create a Quiz to test staff knowledge of OHS rules.
Section 18
  Resources
  SLIDESHOW: Using Social Media For Business Networking
  What Is A Business Network
  What Are Business Relationships
  ARTICLE (Must read): Memorable Business Cards
  GALLERY: Business Cards
  GALLERY: More business cards
  Portfolio Projects
  REPORT: Compare and Contrast Business Networks and Business Relationships - 20%
  BUSINESS NETWORK: Create a data base and business card for your business network - 15%
Section 19
  Business Letter Writing Guidelines
  SLIDESHOW: Business Relationships
  EXAMPLE: How to format a business letter
  TUTORIAL: Mail merge using MSWORD
  Portfolio Projects
  MAIL MERGE ASSIGNMENT: 'Mail' a letter to your business network requesting a meeting- 35%
  STAFF PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT: Develop a slide show to demonstrate strategies for promoting your company - 30%
Section 20
Section 21