Most students will have to complete a midpoint assessment to:
- Check that the student is on target to complete (done some work!)
- Check that the first marker and student have not missed anything (fresh eyes)
- Provide additional guidance
- For the second marker to gain an insight into the project before they mark it
Every course and university will require different components to the midpoint
However, they are either a formal presentation or a informal chat

Your Midpoint

Have a chat with your first marker and ask them for advice
Look at the assessment criteria and make sure you understand what they mean
- Make a list of requirements (things to cover) for each assessment point
- Discussion them with your first marker
Be clear about the etiquette (rules) and expectations of the midpoint
- Who contacts who?
  - Does the student request a meeting or does the second marker issue one
- What information (evidence/ work) does the second marker require?
  - Sometimes this is explicitly written other times you may want to ask
- Who is in-charge (controls) the midpoint?
  - Often it is assumed that the student will direct the midpoint as it is your presentation
- When does the second marker ask questions/ provide feedback
  - Some students and markers prefer addressing questions as they go other students find this off putting.
  - However, most second markers will take lead from the student
Think of ways to visualise your project to make it quick and easy for the second marker to understand your project (here and here), this significantly increases your grade potential.
- It demonstrates to the marker that you understand your project and it requirements
- It also provides as a talking frame
- It also provides a very quick summary of your project which you can share with stakeholders

Typical Midpoint Requirements

The reason the project was chosen including a background to the problem
- This was covered in your project proposal
- What are the key factors which influence the current situation
- What are the key factors in the current situation which creates your problem
- State your problem in one sentence
Identify your artefact
- This was covered in your project proposal
- State what your artefact is in one sentence
- Explain how this artefact will overcome the stated problem
Explore the ethical issues of your project
- This was covered in your project proposal
- What are the ethical concern for your project
Identify your research strategy (approach)
- Discuss your population and sample
- Discuss your data (qualitative and quantitative)
- Discuss your experiment design
- Discuss how you will achieve triangulation
- Harvard referencing to ensure academic robustness
Identify what you will cover in your secondary research (Literature Review)
- What information will you need to read about
- How will this information link to your artefact
- Harvard referencing to ensure academic robustness
Identify what primary data collection tool(s) you will use
- What data collection tool(s) will you use?
- Why will you use this tool(s), link to triangulation?
- How will the data be used to inform your artefact?
- Harvard referencing to ensure academic robustness
Identify what analysis tools (software/ hardware) and techniques you will used
- Spreadsheet to generate central tendencies
- Harvard referencing to ensure academic robustness
Identify your artefact requirements
- What are your artefact success criteria?
- How do the success criteria link to your secondary research (triangulation)?
- How do the success criteria link to your primary research (triangulation)?
Justification of your chosen Development Methodology (SDLC) for the artefact
- What project management approach will you use to manage the artefact development
- Why is this the best approach (Linear vs Nonlinear)?
Identify how you will testing and validation your artefact
- How will you test the artefact to make sure it achieves the requirements?
- How will you test the artefact to demonstrate that it overcame the stated problem?
- Create a test plan

Look at this report outline as a way of summarising your project