International Tourism Presentation Assignment: Guidelines and Collaboration Tools

There is no penalty for submitting below the time limit, but students should be aware that there is a risk they may not maximise their potential mark.

Assignments should be presented appropriately in line with the restrictions stated above; if an assignment exceeds the time limit this will be taken in account in the marks given using the assessment criteria shown.

Assessment Task

You will be provided with ONE international tourist destination country to work together on. Group members must work on a specific part of the presentation and build from the activities and tasks scheduled in the seminars. The use of maps and figures of the appointed tourist destination country is mandatory.

The presentation must include the following insights

1.Key tourism figures of the allocated country (domestic and international);

2.At least THREE of the Tourism Competitiveness Index indicators from the

World Economic Forum (WEF);

3.At least ONE of the following perspectives:

• Rural tourism in the country
• Urban tourism in the country
• Initiatives towards sustainable tourism development in the country.

4.Key tourism resources and natural and cultural attractions to promote to the audience.

Collaboration tools for online group working

There are many applications which enable you to share documents and collaborate on projects in real time. Maximise the tools available to you in order to keep organised as a group.

Microsoft One Drive (Access via Portal App 'my files')

You have access to Microsoft 365 applications such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel through your university account as well as cloud storage space on One Drive to save the documents you create. You can set up shared folders for group projects and collaborate on documents in real time by using the 'edit in browser' function. 

Alternatives: Dropbox, Google Drive.  

Trello 

This free online project management and collaboration tool will help you organise tasks, track progress and work together to get things done. It can be very useful for dividing and keeping track of tasks on a group project.

Google Hangouts 

If you can't meet in person, you can arrange a video meeting on google hangouts. (This application requires you to have or set up a Google account).

• Exceptional breadth and for work at this level;
• Explores and evaluates information/ideas from a wide range of sources (may include primary sources);
• Excellent understanding of concepts/theories (some of them abstract) and/or current practice, and several of their applications and implications.
• Accurate and coherent in breadth, with depth in many areas;
• Explores and deploys information from a wide range of mostly secondary sources ;
• Thorough understanding of concepts and theories (some of them abstract) and/or current practice, and some of their implications and applications.
• Presentation and organisation of work appropriate to context and purpose, communication clear;                               
• Referencing consistent and accurate;                   
• Work demonstrates independence in setting some objectives beyond those given and taking responsibility for outcomes;                        
• Evidences a high level of team?working skills;  
• Reflection generates a number of critical insights.