Developing Academic Skills Portfolio of Tasks for Module ABC

This academic skills portfolio explores various aspects of professional development, focusing on time management, resource utilization, and academic integrity. The document begins with an introduction emphasizing the importance of developing academic skills for achieving personal and professional objectives. Task 1 delves into time management techniques, including the Pomodoro method, Kanban, and time boxing, with a personal reflection on the use of the Pomodoro technique for managing a module's schedule. Task 2 provides advice on key resources for studying and learning, along with a discussion on how to organize and distribute resources. The portfolio also includes a reflective diary detailing the development of academic skills throughout the module. Furthermore, the document addresses academic integrity, including strategies to avoid plagiarism and the correct use of Harvard referencing. The conclusion summarizes the key takeaways, and a references section provides citations for the sources used. The document is a comprehensive guide to improving academic skills, and is available on Desklib.

Developing
Academic Skills
Portfolio of
Tasks

Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Task 1.........................................................................................................................................3
Task 2 ........................................................................................................................................5
What are the advice you would give concerning the key resources that can be used in order
to help study and learn about module? What have you found useful and why?....................5
Write a diary, on how your academic skills have developed over the course of this module.
This diary should be reflective and detailed...........................................................................6
Task 3.........................................................................................................................................6
Task 4.........................................................................................................................................8
Upholding academic integrity................................................................................................8
How to avoid plagiarism........................................................................................................8
Correct use of A U Harvard referencing................................................................................9
Conclusion................................................................................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................11
Appendix..................................................................................................................................12

Introduction
Development of academic skills is necessary in order to make sure that every
individual is meeting all their objectives and performing all the functions required by them
appropriately. In the context of following report various discussions are made on different
learning aspects for individual according to development of their academic space (Hui, 2017,
June). In the following the beginning of report consists of discussions about different systems
to manage time and create a timetable for an individual. There are discussions regarding
different key sources and diary writing in order to identify current functions of academic
skills which are required for an individual to complete a module. The report also consists of
various discussions about different systems for identification of reliability and credibility of
data resources used.
Task 1
Time scheduling is an indefinite continuous process which is affecting present as well
as future of an individual. Management of time is as initial in order to make sure that all the
opportunities provided to individual are used by them for a better growth prospects. Time
management also plays an important role in developing and improving self-discipline of an
individual which can help them to successfully attain all their goals effectively in the given
time period. It is a great way to reduce stress and anxiety in individuals when the time of
contingency arises. It helps in creating various chances of possibilities in order to perform the
work under pressure when an individual is required to do so. Having good management skills
of time can help an individual to build their career bloc successfully. Management of time is
also leading an individual towards successful achievement of all their goals and objectives
successfully. There are a number of different time management skills which can be used by
an individual some of which are mentioned below:
Pomodoro: This is a technique which is used by an individual through setting a timer for 25
minutes of continuous working. An individual can take break for five minutes after every 25
minutes. The 25 minutes of time is fully provided to focus upon the work and after for
continuous cycle of such for 25 minutes one can take a break for 20 minutes (Yan, 2020). It is
a great way which helps an individual to repeatedly continue the process until the task is

completed successfully. It is a great way to reduce ineffective scheduling and also skip breaks
when longer task to be completed by an individual.
Kanban: The following technique was developed in Japan in the year 1940 which is aiming
at strategic planning of time. The individual is deciding to divide the task into four different
segments which are backlog, to do, in progress and done. It is a technique which helps in
checking the multitasking and effective scheduling which can be enhanced using SMART
objectives by an individual. It is a great way to manage tasks through different softwares or
sticky notes and also delegate the task properly while building a team.
Getting things done: This is the technique in which an individual is brainstorming their task
in order to successfully list down all the activities that are to be performed. The technique
consists of five elements which are captured, clarify, organise, reflect and engage. It is
necessary that the individual is noting down every task and providing a category to each of
the task. This will help in building a stress-free time schedule for the individual so that all the
task can be successfully conducted clarifying skills and knowledge to conduct the task and
increase the productivity.
Eat that frog: it is an activity which helps in prioritising the task in the process of conducting
all the task. Individual is allowed to pick the most difficult task which will be performed first
and further in the same sequence. The task is basically divided into five categories which start
from task a and ends with the task E. The task it is usually the most important task and the
task E is the task which can also be eliminated if all the rest of the task are not completed
successfully. It is a great way to meet the deadlines and make priority of different task while
finishing a work.
Time boxing: The following technique is used by individual in order to allocate the time to
different activities according to the level of difficulty. It also includes fixing the deadlines
which will help in management of skills of an individual successfully. It is necessary that an
individual is laying out the list of activities which are to be performed in order to allocate
time and that is to be done in accordance with complexity level of each activity (Cronenberg,
2020). Breaks are also important in regular interval of time in order to make sure that
distractions can be avoided and priorities can be said by an individual.
With the help of the above management skills of time that are mentioned above one
can successfully develop skill of time management. While setting up the time schedule for

my module I have used Pomodoro as the technique which involves different breaks and
project completion on the specific time period. It also helps in management of balance
between different breaks as well as project time. It helps in enhancing productivity and
growth. This technique is a great way to improve performance by taking regular breaks which
will help in reducing the stress and anxiety while performing a work. If it is working time
which is estimated through the help of this technique can also help in reducing the burden of
work. It is a great way to avoid distractions as all the distractions can be managed in the
break which is taken in between the working schedule.
Work
University Courses
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Task 2
What are the advice you would give concerning the key resources that can be used in order to
help study and learn about module? What have you found useful and why?
The following module is related to performing different functions and using various
functions appropriately. There are a number of resources which are necessary in order to
make sure that individual is performing the entire task appropriately in the module. This
requires a number of different resources which can help in better achievement of the entire
objective. Some of the resources are essential in order to make sure that the goals can be
achieved and support required to achieve them can be gained. It is necessary to make sure
that all the work is organised well and the resources are allocated to the work successfully. In
order to successfully achieve all the objectives there are a number of different functions
which are to be performed (Nicholson, 2018). First of all the goals are to be made realistic
and achievable. It will successfully help in explaining the goals and also communicating the
information regarding achievement of goals. There are different approaches which can be
used in order to make sure that the resources are successfully distributed between different
processes. It is a great way to understand the requirement of training and how does the
function of training in the business work. Motivation is another major factor which has to be
performed by manager in a business and it will sufficiently help them to make sure that all
the employees are working correctly. I also ensure that various essential resources in the
organisation include human resource. It is required to make sure that human resources
engaged successfully in the work along with providing them proper satisfaction and good
working situation. These are certain ways which are necessary for a manager in order to make
sure that the personal objectives of individual can be successfully aligned with the overall
objective of the organisation. Fulfilling all the requirements of individual will help in
enhancing the productivity of organisation along with its profitability and all the goals of the
organisation can be successfully achieved through it.

Write a diary, on how your academic skills have developed over the course of this module.
This diary should be reflective and detailed.
Hello I am Mr Y. This is related to achieving different personal objectives while
performing a module. There are discussion of different impact of organisational functions and
various ways to help achieving different business objectives. This helps in successfully
achieving all the business objectives which are related to different business functions in order
to make sure that all of these functions can be appropriately performed. It is necessary to
achieve all the objectives and also identify career goals (Lam, 2018). It is a great way to
make sure that better results are achieved and the entire task a performed according to the
need of organisation and the requirement of consumers. The journey for me was helpful in
order to make sure that I am performing all the functions appropriately. It also helps me to
successfully manage all the functions and develop time management skills. With
development of time management skills I worked on my strengths and weaknesses. One of
the major strength was communication skill and time management. On the other hand
weaknesses included performance of different business activities so that business goals can
be achieved. All these approaches were very useful for me as it helps me to develop and
identify different task in my project. It also helped in successfully achieving all the functions
of business in an effective manner. The functions were used as per the needs and
requirements and management of all the functions were conducted identifying their priorities
for the growth. In this way I worked through my module and completed it successfully.
Task 3
The CAARP model consist of a list of questions in order to determine the relevancy
and reliability of information one has. It is necessary that the questions of currency, authority,
accuracy, relevance, purpose are sufficiently met by the students who are using information
from different resources. It is required by the student to correctly learn the information about
the published resources they are using. They need to understand and explain the author,
source, publisher or sponsor of the information (Bhatia, Chakraverty and Kumar, 2020). It is
necessary that the information is correctly supported by the evidence. They also need to work
upon various spelling, typographical or grammatical errors in the information they are using.
It is necessary that the information which is used is correctly related to the topic and should
answer all the question of audience. Along with this the purpose of information and its

intention is to be made clear. Below mentioned is description of three sources for information
on the topic of the issues of climate change:
Sources of
information
The key arguments presented in form note-
taking technique
Credibility
Owusu, P.A. and
Asumadu-Sarkodie,
S., 2016. Review of
various renewable
energy sources,
sustainability issues
and the climate
change
mitigation. Cogent
Engineering, 3(1),
p.1167990.
It is successfully identified that there are a
number of different functions that are related to
the issues that lead to changing of climate. The
direct impact of various issues has been
discussed in the following report and various
ways to use renewable energy that will also help
to generate sustainable development are also
mentioned. Various systems that can be used by
organisations in order to successfully minimize
their effect on the environment are also discussed
clearly by the author. Various ways to correctly
analyse the current situation and take various
steps regarding it are also discussed.
It is acting as
credible resources
of different
information that
can be successfully
used in a number
of different
situations. The
author which is
involved in the
research is genuine
and appropriate
information is used
in the following
research.
Butler, C. ed.,
2016. Climate
change and global
health. CABI.
With the help of the current source it can be
successfully identified that there are a number of
different sources and functions that are
effectively helping in identifying the changes
that are taking place in climate these days. It is
also changing the outlook towards the global
health of the environment. The article also talks
about a number of different functions that help to
identify the effects that organisations are having
on the environment which are required to be
dealt with successfully. It is necessary that the
organisations are using climate protection more
in order to decrease the negative impact that they
have on the environment due to which climate
change takes place.
It is also a credible
enough source and
the author present
in the following
article is using a
number of different
tools to efficiently
present the
information.
Miller, S.R.,
2016. The Local
Official and
Climate Change, in
Contemporary
Issues in Climate
Change Law and
Policy: Essays
Inspired by the
IPCC.
Environmental Law
Institute.
The following resources that are present help in
correctly identifying the issues that re affecting
the climate and are a reason for climate change
in today’s world. There are a number of different
laws and policies designed that are to be used by
organisations to make sure that they are not
contributing to these factors that are resulting in
the change of climate for the individuals. This
will effectively help them to successfully save
the climate and act in the profit of climate
protection systems. It is also a great way through
which organisations can successfully perform all
their functions appropriately.
This is a credible
source and the
author within this
source is
discussing various
issues that are
related to different
environmental
issues and laws
related to them.

Task 4
It is necessary for a student to correctly identify all the requirements of academic
integrity and learn various ways to avoid plagiarism in order to use appropriate references
under Harvard referencing system. And to meet various requirements the following poster
consist of discussions of different functions which can be performed by students in order to
uphold academic integrity and avoid plagiarism along with using proper references while
working.
Upholding academic integrity
In order to meet the requirement of academic integrity every student required to follow
different stages which are related to development of an appropriate system for academic
integrity (Ahmed and Ward, 2016). It helps the students to work in appropriate manner and
also gain maximum knowledge from the particular module. Below mentioned are different
stages to be followed:
 The first step is to uphold academic integrity and identify a system which can help in
integrating the function. It is the process of making sure that students do not cheat and
improve their functioning and work according to the fair working system.
 Next is identification and helping the students to understand different offences that
can be committed by them and should be avoided. It is necessary that they are
following fair practises and working in an appropriate manner successfully.
 It is necessary that students are functioning according to the requirements and gaining
knowledge on different topics so that they can positively establish the academic
integrity.
 Management of communication through the mentor is required where are the mentors
are using different academic tools to provide assistance to the students. This is a great
way to uphold systems and maintain academic integrity.
How to avoid plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined as a method in which individuals are representing the ideas of others
submitting their own names. It is necessary that students while working or not stealing work
of some other authors and making sure that they provide references of the author wherever
the work already conducted by them is used (Wilson, 2018). Plagiarism conducts under

different academic papers where students are building reports for their assignments. It is
necessary that students are avoiding plagiarism so that they can successfully perform their
work without using information provided by other authors. Below mention our various
objectives of avoiding plagiarism:
 Students should keep a track of various sources through which the report and research
and consulting.
 It is necessary that students paraphrase the idea is present in resources into their own
language.
 Students should also credit the original author in different text citations or the
referencing list.
 Students should use different tools in order to appropriately progress while
conducting the work.
Correct use of A U Harvard referencing
It can also be identified that there are a number of different functions which are
performed so that all the requirements of a project can be met. Referencing a report is
necessary for every student. Some of its importance is mentioned below:
 It is a defined system which can be used by researcher in order to provide authenticity
of the work they are performing and different sources that they are collecting the
information from.
 In order to make sure that authenticity is improving Harvard referencing system can
be appropriately used along with various stages which are to be followed by
individuals while using it.
 Students can appropriately take use of Google scholar which is a global platform that
provides information about various authors and the researches which is conducted by
them regarding the topic on which an individual is working while completing their
module.
 Under the following system individual can effectively identify various methods and
tools which can be adopted in order to properly meet the requirement and perform all
the functions related to their system in an appropriate manner.

 It also helps in providing various guidelines to the organisation where Harvard
referencing system is used for performing various tasks and functions appropriately.

Conclusion
With the help of the above report it can be concluded that the information that are
necessary for organisation and development of certain modules by individuals. It is
necessary that individuals are successfully evaluating all the functions in order to make sure
that they can successfully achieve the appropriate objectives through their work. It is a great
way for students in order to make sure that they are successfully developing academic skills
and also performing excellent in which ever university course they are applying for to obtain
the best results.

References
Books and Journals
Hui, Y.K., 2017, June. The role of e-portfolio for smart life long learning. In International
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Springer, Cham.
Yan, L., 2020. Final Paper as Portfolio: An Academic Writing Assessment for Incipient
College Student Writers from Large Classes. In Asian Research on English
for Specific Purposes (pp. 251-267). Springer, Singapore.
Cronenberg, S., 2020. Is the edTPA a portfolio assessment?: Applying academic language in
teacher education. Arts Education Policy Review, pp.1-14.
Nicholson, D.T., 2018. Frequent rapid feedback, feed-forward, and peer learning, for
enhancing student engagement in online portfolio assessment (Webinar).
Lam, R., 2018. Promoting self-reflection in writing: A showcase portfolio approach.
In International perspectives on teaching the four skills in ELT (pp. 219-231).
Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Bhatia, K., Chakraverty, S. and Kumar, A., 2020. Project Portfolio Management (PPM) in
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Ahmed, E. and Ward, R., 2016. A comparison of competing technology acceptance models to
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Appendix
Date: Nov 2
Tasks completed: I managed to make a time table for the modeule that is to be
completed
Reflection: This was a great task that has helped me to manage all my
activities successfully managing my personal, academic and
professional life.
Date: Dec 10
Tasks completed: I worked upon my team management skills
Reflection: I have gained various skills to work in team. It will definitely help
me in my professional career.
Date: Nov 18
Tasks completed: I worked upon my communication skills
Reflection: Working and generating my communication skill has helped me
work successfully and complete my task communicating
necessary information with others.

Date: Nov 24
Tasks completed: I managed to attain academic integrity successfully
Reflection: I can successfully make use of academic integrity in future when I
am employed and understand the importance of integrity.
Date: Dec 1
Tasks completed: I learned various ways to avoid plagiarism
Reflection: Avoiding plagiarism was necessary for me to learn which will
successfully help me in my professional life as well.
Date: Dec 9
Tasks completed: I have learned the ways to use references specially Harvard
referencing system
Reflection: Referencing in the reports should be proper. It will also
successfully help me to avoid plagiarism.
End of module evaluation

The achievement
of which I am
proudest is:
Time management skill that I have developed is something I am
proud of.
The thing I found
most surprising
was:
The skill that I developed of presentation is most surprising for me
The area I found
most challenging
was:
Working on time management was most challenging for me
The area I would
like to improve
is:
I would like to improve my communications skills further
An example of
when I worked in
a team was:
I worked along with team in the training sessions successfully.
An example of
when I used my
knowledge was:
I used my knowledge to learn various ways to avoid plagiarism
An example of
when I solved a
problem was:
I solved my problem of managing office, academic and family
time
An example of
when I used my
own initiative
was:
I used my initiative in training sessions in order to develop
integrity
An example of
when I was given
responsibility
was:
I was given responsibility of managing my time effectively that
was a huge responsibility

Other comments: I have successfully worked on my communication skill which was
one of my weaknesses.