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DISTINGUISHED
COMMUNICATOR AWARD
Hello & welcome
Welcome to the HKU Distinguished Communicator Award (DCA)!
This award is for students who love to communicate, create, and make an impact—whether that’s through presentations, podcasts, campaigns, debates, design work, or research sharing. If you’ve been building your skills in spoken, written, visual, and digital communication through CiC courses and real-life experiences, the DCA is your chance to pull it all together and get recognised for it.
Why should you apply?
This award is for students who are already communicating, creating, leading, and collaborating—and want that work to count for more. By pulling together what you have done in CiC courses and real-world experiences into a short multimedia portfolio and video resume, you can be recognised with a university-level honour that is noted on your transcript, celebrated with a medal at graduation, and signals to future employers and programmes that you communicate with confidence and impac
Getting Started
This section helps you understand the roadmap from “interested” to “ready to apply.” Eligibility tells you whether you meet the baseline criteria for the award. Requirements details what content and standards your DCA portfolio and video résumé need to satisfy, and Application covers the practical steps—declaring interest, joining the orientation and skills workshops, and submitting your completed portfolio by the deadline.
Eligibility
Check whether you meet the starting conditions for DCA, including your CiC course record, Communication‑intensive Experiences, and academic/disciplinary standing.
Requirements
Outlines the key elements your DCA submission must contain, including portfolio sections, media limits, and the video résumé.
Application
See the steps in the application process, from signing up and attending orientation/workshops to submitting your portfolio by the stated deadline.
Useful Resources
This section gives you the tools to plan, build, and polish a strong DCA submission. The Portfolio Evaluation Rubric and Portfolio Scoring Rubrics show exactly how reviewers will assess your multimedia portfolio and video résumé, so you can design your work with the criteria in mind. The Multimedia Portfolio and Video Resume Samples offer concrete examples and mock‑ups to help you visualise what a successful submission looks like in practice. The Communication‑intensive Experience Explainer clarifies what counts as a CI‑Exp and how to justify and present your experiences in the portfolio.
Portfolio Evaluation &
Scoring Rubrics
See the overall criteria, weightings, and scoring bands used to assess your multimedia portfolio and video résumé, so you can design your submission to meet the DCA standards.
Multimedia Portfolio and Video Resume Samples
Explore sample sites and videos to get ideas on layout, content, and tone for your own DCA portfolio and video résumé.
Communication‑intensive Experience Explainer
Learn what qualifies as a Communication‑intensive Experience, see examples, and understand how to justify and present your CI‑Exps in the portfolio.
Submission and Review
The Submission section helps you move from “almost ready” to “officially submitted” for the DCA. It combines a Checklist for students to confirm your portfolio, video résumé, and technical details, and a Timeline showing key dates for workshops, submission, interviews, and the award ceremony, so you can work backwards from deadlines and avoid missing anything.