Assessment submission

Assessments are submitted to Turnitin. Instructions for submitting assessments via Turnitin are available here: http://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/assignments.htm

Late Assessment Submission

All assessments must be submitted before the cut-off times. Assessments submitted after these times are likely to incur a late submission penalty of 5% per day they are late. Please note that assessments submitted after the return of marked materials will not be marked.

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

Access to Marked Assignments

Marked assessments will, in general, be available to students within 2 to 3 weeks of submission. All marked assessments can be accessed via iLearn.

Extensions

Extensions are granted only on grounds of serious and unavoidable disruption, and appropriate supporting documentation must be submitted. 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 more information about Notification of Disruption to Studies, the university Disruption to Studies Policy can be found here: http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/ disruption_studies/policy.html

When submitting a Notification of Disruption to Studies, you must ensure that you provide appropriate documentation. For more information, 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).

Assessments submitted after the deadline, regardless of the reason, will be marked and returned at a date determined by the unit convener. Note also that extensions cannot continue beyond the start of the following semester, and students should be aware that long extensions may impact graduation dates.

Late Submissions Policy

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. Assessments submitted after the return of marked materials will not be marked.

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

University Policy on Grading

Academic Senate has a set of guidelines for the achievement of grades across the range from fail to high distinction. Your final result will include one of these grades plus a standardised numerical grade (SNG).

On occasion your raw mark for a unit (i.e., the total of your marks for each assessment item) may not be the same as the SNG which you receive.

For more information please refer to the Macquarie University Assessment Policy. http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/schedule_1.html

Attendance

Students are expected to attend and participate in all classes. While attendance is not mandated at lectures, you are expected to attend  tutorials. Tutors will keep a record of attendance at tutorials.

Tutorials begin in Week 2.

Readings and Other materials

There is no set textbook for LING248. Instead we will be using unit readings available through the university library home page http://www.mq.edu.au/about/campus-services-and-facilities/library

Referencing for Assessments

Please note that all assessable submissions to LING248 require that version 6 of the APA referencing scheme is used. For more information on the APA v.6 Referencing Scheme, please see http://www.apastyle.org/manual/index.aspx

For answers to common questions about the APA v.6 Referencing Scheme, please see:

http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx

To be advised.

The 2017 assessment schedule sees the 2016 assessments- a quiz, a research report, and a tutorial presentation activity requiring students to create a set of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) texts (tweet, email, blog, and meme) and then present an analysis of this set to the class as an individual presentation- replaced with an Annotated Bibliography, an Information Report, and a Reflective Blog post.