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From the tut letter:
Formative assessment: In old terminology – an assignment. In the place of a written assignment, you are graded on the level and depth of your forum collaboration - the mark achieved (known as a year mark) contributing 10% to your final mark.
So the assignment is the formative assessment, the portfolio the summative assessment