Department of Educational Studies (EC) Assessment Presentation & Submission Guidelines 

Please follow these guidelines when you submit each assignment: 

* Allow a left and right-hand margin of at least 2cm in all assignments. 

* Please type all assignments using 12-point font and 1.5 spacing. 

* All assessments must be submitted through Turnitin in .doc or .pdf format for submission. 

* It is the onus of the student to ensure that all assessments are successfully submitted through Turnitin. 

* Faculty assignment cover sheets are NOT required for this unit. 

Draft Submissions & Turnitin Originality Reports 

* Students may use Turnitin’s Originality Report as a learning tool to improve their academic writing if this option is made available in the unit. 

* Students are strongly encouraged to upload a draft copy of each assessment to Turnitin at least one week prior to the due date to obtain an Originality Report. 

* The Originality Report provides students with a similarity index that may indicate if plagiarism has occurred. Students will be able to make amendments to their drafts prior to their final submission on the due date. 

* Generally, one Originality Report is generated every 24 hours up to the due date. 

When preparing your assignments, it is essential that: 

* Students must retain a copy of all assignments before submission, and retain the copy until your final grade for the subject has been received; 

* Marks will be deducted if you submit your assessment late (refer to the ‘late assessments’ section below for more details); 

* Unless there are exceptional circumstances, no assessment will be accepted after the date that the assessment has been returned to other students. 

* If an assessment is considered to be below passing standard, another staff member on the unit will provide a second opinion. No failed assessment may be re-submitted. 

Final Submissions 

* Students are responsible for checking that their submission has been successful and has been submitted by the due date and time. 

* Late submissions due to last minute technical difficulties will incur a lateness penalty.* 

Assignment extensions and late penalties

Applications for extensions must be made via AskMQ at https://ask.mq.edu.au as a "Special Consideration" request before the submission date. Students who experience a disruption to their studies through ill-health or misadventure are able to apply for this request. Extensions can only be granted if they meet the Special Considerations policy and are submitted via ask.mq.edu.au. This will ensure consistency in the consideration of such requests is maintained. In general, there should be no need for extensions except through illness or misadventure that would be categorised as unavoidable disruption according to the University definition of same, and currently available at: https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration 

The Special Consideration provision is to support students who have been impacted by circumstances that are unexpected, unavoidable, significantly disruptive and beyond the student’s control, and which may affect their performance in assessment. The University classifies a circumstance as serious and unavoidable if it:

• could not have reasonably been anticipated, avoided or guarded against by the student; and
• was beyond the student's control; and
• caused substantial disruption to the student's capacity for effective study and/or completion of required work; and
• occurred during an event critical study period and was at least three (3) consecutive days duration, and/or
• prevented completion of an assessment task scheduled for a specific date (e.g. final examination, in class test/quiz, in class presentation). The following link takes you to the Special Considerations policy, which makes clear the ways in which you can apply for special consideration in times of difficulty.

Late submissions without extension will receive a penalty of 5% reduction of the total possible mark for each day late (including weekends and public holidays). You are reminded that submitting even just 1 day late could be the difference between passing and failing a unit. Late penalties are applied by unit convenors or their delegates after tasks are assessed. 

No assessable work will be accepted after the return/release of marked work on the same topic. If a student is still permitted to submit on the basis of unavoidable disruption, an alternative topic may be set. 

Students should keep an electronic file of all assessments. Claims regarding "lost" assessments cannot be made if the file cannot be produced. It is also advisable to keep an electronic file of all drafts and the final submission on a USB untouched/unopened after submission. This can be used to demonstrate easily that the assessment has not been amended after the submission date. 

* Please notify the unit coordinator of your intention to request an extension (via Dialogue in iLearn), however, an extension will only be granted on receipt of the completed form submitted through ask.mq.edu.au, plus documentation. 

* Emails are not appropriate means of extension requests. 

* It is essential that you plan ahead and organise your study time effectively. Poor time management is not grounds for an extension 

Department of Educational Studies (EC) Academic Honesty Guidelines: 

All assignments should cite and provide full bibliographical details of all material that you have used to inform or support your ideas.  Early Childhood students are required to use the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing procedures. Full details about how to cite and reference correctly can be found in Perrin (2015) and in the Academic Honesty Handbook available on iLearn. 

The following guide can be purchased from the Co-op Bookshop. This is a required text: * 

Perrin, R. (2015). Pocket guide to APA style (5th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

CLASSES

Timetable for ECH 435

Lecture:         Lectures will be pre-recorded and available each week in via ECHO on iLearn

Tutorials:       Monday  10 -12   4 Western Road Room 211  (Tutor: Susan Reade)

                       Monday  12 - 2   8 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Avenue Room 213 (Tutor: Susan Reade) 

                       Wednesday   9-11   4 Western Road Room 211  (Tutor: Luke Touhill) 

NB: There are no lectures (or tutorials) in Weeks 9, 10 and 11 due to ECHP 425 prac                     

Internal students are required to attend weekly tutorials, commencing week 1. These tutorials will be used to explore the readings and lecture content in more detail. There are no tutorials in weeks 9, 10 & 11  to allow for ECHP425 Professional Experience. To be eligible for an overall passing grade internal students must attend at least 80% of scheduled tutorials.

All students are expected to have listened to the weekly lecture and completed all assigned readings BEFORE tutorials or on-campus sessions. 

External students must attend the compulsory on-campus days on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th April. Time and room details will be posted on Unit iLean page closer to the on-campus dates. Sessions run at the on-campus day will provide external students with the opportunity to clarify unit content and undertake activities similar to those covered in the tutorials for internal students.

External students are expected to have listened to the weekly lectures and completed all assigned readings up to the date of the on-campus.  

UNIT iLEARN PAGE

The unit ilearn page contains links to all of the lectures and readings required for this unit. In addition a discussion forum is provided. Internal and external students are expected to access the discussion forum for peer interaction, support and general questions directed to the unit coordinator. The unit coordinator will monitor the website regularly but the discussion board is essentially provided for students to talk with each other.  The logon for the web site can be found at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/

Ilearn is used to communicate general announcements and provide a forum for discussion about unit content.  All students are expected to visit this site regularly (at least once each week) to keep up to date with announcements and postings, and to communicate with peers enrolled in this unit. It is expected that all postings made on iLearn will relate to the Unit and will be done respectfully and constructively. 

Unit content is similar to previous offerings of this unit however assessment tasks have been revised for this year.