Operation Rhinestone II

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Operation Rhinestone II

• Using Blackboard to Support Work Experience in
  Criminal Investigations

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Tasks (Final year students)

• Find sufficient evidence to attain entry warrant
  from magistrates court
• Exercise warrant on premises
• Conduct a formal tape recorded interview with
  suspect
• Produce a prosecution report for the court

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this assignment is by far the best over the
four year course. I feel that blackboard is a
great tool and will be of immense benefit for
students on the course for years to come.
Student evaluation May 2004
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..We like this form of assessment as it will
let the graduates hit the floor running..
External Examiners comments June 2004
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Using Blackboard

• Employability as the aim

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Prior to Blackboard

• Paper exercise
• Revolved around classroom contact time.
• Production of lots of handouts
• Difficult to monitor outcomes mid term

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Assignment on Investigating offences

• Blackboard to provide evidence
• Resource for materials
• Discussion forum
• Requests for further evidence or information
• Method of assessing whether outcomes were being
  achieved.

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Groups

• Students split into groups and given a
  competitive motivation.
• Secure groups set up on blackboard to allow
  discussions which could be monitored by programme
  team.

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Evidence

• Would suddenly appear on the announcements page
  in the form of advertisements etc.
• Could be supplied via the secure groups when
  asked for.

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Resource material

• Added to the course documents section.
• More material can be accessible this way.

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Feedback

• After the allotted tasks the groups provide an
  easy method to give feedback on the groups
  performance.
• Allowed feedback from the students on their
  experiences.

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Conclusion

• Efficient delivery of information
• Easy management of student groups
• Allows monitoring of learning outcomes
• Provides a mechanism for formal assessment
• Provides employable graduates

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Conclusion (cont.)

• Method of providing feedback (both directions)
• Ensures individuals have access to all
  information
• Provides evidence for external examiners
• Reduces programme team time