Assessment tasks, assignments and associated information about criteria and submission requirements will be provided throughout the semester and are posted on the LING248 iLearn site.

Assignment submission

All assignments will be submitted electronically via the LING248 iLearn page.

The Short Essay, and the CMC Report are to be submitted to Turnitin via the LING248 iLearn page.

A copy of your Tutorial Presentation (either in PPT or PDF format) is to be submitted via the Assignment link on the LING248 iLearn page. Your presentation should be submitted by 5pm on the Friday of the week when you present.

All assignments must be submitted before the cut-off times. Assignments submitted after these times are likely to incur late submission penalties.

Please keep a copy of your assignments in case of misadventure.

All Assignment marks will be available via the LING248 iLearn page on GradeBook.

Extensions

Extensions are granted only on grounds of serious and unavoidable disruption, and appropriate supporting documentation must be submitted. Assignments submitted after the deadline, regardless of the reason, will be marked and returned at a date determined by the unit convener.

Extensions cannot continue beyond the start of the following semester, and students should be aware that long extensions may impact graduation dates.

Requests for an extension can be made by submitting a notification of Disruption to Studies via AskMQ http://ask.mq.edu.au/  Note that your notification should be submitted within five (5) working days of the disruption beginning.

For the university Disruption to Studies Policy, please see http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html

To ensure you provide appropriate documentation, please see the Disruption to Studies Supporting Evidence Schedule http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/schedule_evidence.html

Please note that submitting a notification of Disruption to Studies does not guarantee an extension, and you should consider carefully before making a notification. As a university student, you are expected to plan your time so that all assessments can be submitted in a timely manner. A Notification of Disruption to Studies is for serious and unavoidable disruption, not for poor time management.

Requests for an extension made within one week of the due date, or after the due date will only be granted if warranted by the circumstances and supported by appropriate documentation (see the Disruption to Studies Supporting Evidence Schedule link above).

If required, in cases where notification of disruption to studies is applied for and granted an alternative assessment task will be provided.

Late submissions Penalty

Late submissions will attract a penalty of 5% per day for each day it is late after the due date. This includes Saturdays and Sundays. Assignments submitted after the return of marked materials will not be marked.

In the event of an exceptional circumstance such as a major illness or misadventure, students should submit a notification of Disruption to Studies via AskMQ http://ask.mq.edu.au/  (please see the extensions policy above).

All information on assessment including the marking criteria will be available via iLearn.

1. There is one 2-hour lecture per week for this unit, for which you are required to read one article per week in advance. You are encouraged to participate during the lectures, and to engage with the issues raised. Recordings of lectures on Echo 360 will be available on iLearn.
2. Students attend one 1-hour tutorial per week. Students are expected to participate in tutorial discussions and to share their thoughts and experiences of online communication and practices. In order to participate effectively in tutorials, you will need to demonstrate that you have done the weekly set reading and followed the lectures. There are no tutorials in the first week of classes.
3. Please note that 80% tutorial attendance is required.
4. You will need to access the internet during the unit.
5. Finally, there is no textbook for this unit. However, course content will be supplemented with course readings, references to which will be provided on iLearn. Students are responsible for accessing and reading all assigned reading materials.

1. The 2014 Tutorial Presentation has been adjusted to:
   • remove the 500 word critique,
   • change the presentation to an individual rather than group presentation
   • introduce the concept of a 10% peer assessment/ 10% tutor assessment split.
2. The 2014 major essay will be replaced with a research report worth 35% and 1750 words in length.