ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION

All written assessment tasks must be submitted through the iLearn website. Please upload your assignment to the drop-box. Save your assignment as a pdf or a doc file (a pdf is best; please do not use docx). All assignments must include the following at the start: Student name; Student Number; Assessment Task Title or Question.

Any assignment submitted without these will not be marked.

Assignments will be returned via the ‘Assignments’ or 'Turnitin' tool on iLearn Unit site, and will contain feedback from the marker within them.

MARKING RUBRICS 

To interpret and grade students' work against set criteria and standards, marking rubrics will be used in the unit via Turnitin. These will be supplied on the iLearn site in week 1.

RELEASE OF RESULTS

The convener will aim to return your assignments within 3 weeks. Results can be viewed via iLearn using the Gradebook tool.

EXAMINATIONS

There is no formal examination for this unit.

FINAL MARKS

Please note with respect to the marks you receive for work during the session: that the marks given are indicative only; final marks will be determined after moderation. See further the note on Results in the Policies and Procedures section below.

EXTENSIONS AND DISRUPTION TO STUDIES

• Extensions can only be granted in exceptional cases and may only be sought in consultation with the unit convenor and with support of documentary evidence. If you anticipate any difficulty in meeting assigned due dates then it is important that you contact the unit convenor and/or tutor as early as possible via the dialogue tool.
• Please avoid asking for extensions as missing deadlines complicates the work of markers and puts you behind. If you have to ask for an extension, request it BEFORE the deadline and not on the due date. Excuses such as ‘Getting behind with your work’ or 'I had other deadlines' do not count.

IMPORTANT PENALTIES TO BE APPLIED:

• Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved:

  • (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date; 

  • (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. A zero grade will be applied for that task. 

  • (c) no late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests

• Written assessment tasks submitted that are under or over the word length by more than 15% will be penalised with a 10% deduction. The marker will only read to the listed word limit, i.e. if the word limit is 1000 words they will stop reading at 1000 words (plus or minus up to 150 words).

• Written assessment tasks submitted without proper referencing, i.e. few or no page numbers or no bibliography, will be marked according to the Macquarie University Plagiarism Policy and the schedule of penalties, including one of the following: reduced mark for the assessment task; required resubmission with reduced maximum mark; issuance of a caution or an automatic fail.

EXTENSION REQUEST PROCEDURE

The granting of extensions is subject to the University's Special Consideration Policy: https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration

Disruption to Studies

If you require an extension, you will be required to submit a 'Disruption to Studies' Notification. Please follow the procedure below:

1. Visit https://ask.mq.edu.au and use your OneID to log in.

2. Select your unit code from the drop down list and fill in your relevant details. Note: A notification needs to be submitted for each unit you believe is affected by the disruption.

3. Click "Submit form".

4. Attach supporting documents by clicking 'Add a note/attachment', click 'browse' and navigating to the files you want to attach, then click 'submit note' to send your notification and supporting documents

5. Please keep copies of your original documents, as they may be requested in the future as part of the assessment process.

Please ensure that supporting documentation is included with your request. Notify your lecturer via your iLearn dialogue box if you are submitting a 'Disruption to Studies' Notification. Your request will be considered once all the documentation has been received. If you have issues, please contact your convenor via the dialogue tool immediately.

UNIT REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS

This unit is comprised of 2 key elements:

1. 3 hours of instruction (1-2 hour of lectures [face-to-face or recorded] and 1 hour of student led discussion in tutorials [face-to-face or online via zoom]);
2. and individual study and preparation.

• Students are expected to attend all classes (face-to-face or online via Zoom), unless there are extenuating circumstances such as illness etc. A log will be taken to record attendance. 
• For lecture times and classrooms please consult the MQ Timetable website: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au. This website will display up-to-date information on your classes and classroom locations.

iLearn will play a pivotal role throughout the session and it will be your central hub for information and instructions. Each week will be structured as follows:

BEFORE CLASS | 

• Step 1 | Preparation - complete the required readings that will be available to download;
• Step 2 | Assessment - complete an online quiz based on the required readings and prepare for the tutorial discussion (in class or via Zoom);

DURING CLASS | 

• Step 3 | Lecture content - Attend class (internals) or listen to the lecture content via Echo360 (online); 
• Step 4 | Engage with your peers - Lead/participate in group discussion in your assigned teams and participate in the weekly tutorial discussion/activities. Internal students will meet in the 3rd (face-to-face) tutorial hour on campus and online students will meet via Zoom - Macquarie’s web conferencing tool which provides video and voice communication, text chat, interactive whiteboard, screen sharing and annotation. Zoom is very simple to use and offers a wide variety of opportunities for learning and teaching such as real-time online tutorials, virtual consultations with students or including an external guest speaker in a lecture etc..

AFTER CLASS | 

• Step 5 | Journal of Learning - write a short reflection on the weekly readings, lecture content or tutorial discussion in your learning journal on iLearn (time will be allocated at the end of class).

Students must achieve an overall mark of 50% or above to complete this unit satisfactorily.

REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND/OR MATERIALS

A list of the Required Readings will be provided on the unit's iLearn site each week. Some of the Required Readings will be from the textbook, while most will be available to download directly from the unit's iLearn site (additionally, some papers may also be available under Unit Readings).

Required text

• Robins, G., The Art of Ancient Egypt (London: the British museum press, 2^nd edition, 2008).

Recommended texts - those marked with an * are strongly recommended.

• Baines, J.,Visual and written culture in ancient Egypt (Oxford, 2007).
• Baines J. and Malek, J., Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt (New York, 2000, rev. edition).
• Davies, W.V. (ed.) Colour and painting in ancient Egypt London, 2001).
• Frood, E., and McDonald, A., (eds.) Decorum and Experience: Essays in ancient culture for John Baines (Oxford, 2013).
• * Hartwig, M.K. (ed)., A companion to ancient Egyptian art Cambridge, 2015).Full text available from Blackwell Reference Online (access through MQ library catalogue)
• Kemp, B.J., Ancient Egypt. Anatomy of a Civilisation (London, New York, 3rd ed. 2018).
• Lloyd, A. B. (ed.) A Companion to Ancient Egypt. 2 volumes (Chichester,  2010). Full text available from Blackwell Reference Online (access through MQ library catalogue)
• * Riggs, C., Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2014).
• Schäfer, H., 1974. Principles of Egyptian Art. Oxford University Press.
• Shaw, I. (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford, 2003).
• Smith, W.S., The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt (revised edition, New Haven, 1998).
• Trigger, B. G. and Lloyd, A., Kemp, B., O‘Connor, D., Ancient Egypt: A social history (Cambridge, 1983).
• Wendrich, W., (ed.) Egyptian Archaeology (Chichester, Malden, 2010).
• Wengrow, D. The Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformation in North-East Africa, 10,000 to 2650 BC (Cambridge, 2006).

These texts are available for purchase at the Co-Op bookstore. To arrange for texts to be sent to you please contact the Co-Op online at the following address: http://www.coop-bookshop.com.au.

UNIT WEBPAGE AND TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED

This unit will use iLearn: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/

IMPORTANT: All students are required to bring a device to class (mobile phones are not sufficient). If you do not have access to a device, please contact the convenor. 

PC and Internet access are required. Basic computer skills (e.g., internet browsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement. Please consult teaching staff for any further, more specific requirements.

ONLINE STUDENT LED DISCUSSIONS - ZOOM MEETINGS

Online students enrolled in the unit will be required to meet each week with your online tutor to discuss the set readings for the week. The tutorial discussions will be conducted through Zoom, which is Macquarie’s web conferencing tool which provides video and voice communication, text chat, interactive whiteboard, screen sharing and annotation. Zoom is very simple to use and offers a wide variety of opportunities for learning and teaching such as real-time online tutorials, virtual consultations with students or including an external guest speaker in a lecture etc. Click here for a summary of the basics of Zoom from the MQ L&T Blog.

It is your responsibility to make sure you pre-configure your computer to use this software prior to the first meeting in Week 2 - Tuesday 6-7pm. Unless otherwise agreed, Tuesday 6-7pm will be the regular time to meet for the unit.

Pre-Configuration: 

• To access Zoom and set up and meeting, go to https://macquarie.zoom.us/ and enter your OneID and password.
• Please make sure your Mac or PC is equipped with a microphone and speakers, so that you can use the audio functionality built into the web conferencing software.
• Please note that it is extremely important that you get your system set up prior to the start of the event. Information on installing the necessary software and configuring your PC or Mac is available at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697-Getting-Started 

Please note that this link is only for Set up. Once you have completed the setup, close down the link and use the link provided on iLearn to access the room for the first meeting, which will be an informal get to know everyone session and we will also assign the tutorial discussion topics to each of you for the session.

AHIS281 - Ancient Egyptian Art Weekly schedule

For a unit overview watch the unit welcome by the convenor, Dr Alex Woods. https://www.youtube.com/embed/s0tNIyoZErs