Students
EDIT6000 – Communication, Publishing and Editing
2020 – Session 2, Fully online/virtual
Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Margaret Wood
Convenor
Adam Smith
Contact via email
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to GradCertEditElecPub or MAccComm
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This online unit aims to familiarise students with the myriad forms of communication, on- and off-line, so that they become critical receivers and effective producers, for any media they are working in. It cultivates awareness of the language of public, social and private communication, and raises questions about the thresholds of publishing in the twenty-first century. It examines the interplay between verbal communication and other visual, graphic and physical elements in specific contexts, such as exhibitions and in subtitling. Some assignments are collaborative. All are designed to develop individual skills in communication, to prepare for further training in professional editing in the Graduate Certificate in Editing and Electronic Publishing, and to substitute for the one-year's previous experience of editing which has hitherto been required.
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Important Academic Dates
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Demonstrate knowledge of the spectrum of communication media: spoken, written, electronic, contextual etc.
- ULO2: Critically analyse more and less effective communication through the various media available
- ULO3: Apply skills in communicating through alternative media, and integrating communication through multiple media in specific contexts
- ULO4: Evaluate changes in the way that we publish things and the effect they have on their audience
- ULO5: Develop effective communication projects in collaboration with others.
- ULO6: Apply communication expertise in editing students' own work and that of their peers
General Assessment Information
Late assignments The policy regarding late assignments has now been standardised across postgraduate Linguistics units.
- Late submissions without an extension will receive a penalty of 5% of the total mark available for the assignment per day
- Late submission of an assignment without an extension will not be permitted after marks have been released to the rest of the class.
- Extensions will only be given in special circumstances, and can be requested by completing the Special Consideration request at ask.mq.edu.au and providing the requisite supporting documentation.
- For more information on Special Consideration, see the university website https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration
- Assignments submitted after the deadline, regardless of the reason, will be marked and returned at a date determined by the unit convenor.
Extensions cannot continue beyond the start of the following semester, and students should be aware that long extensions may impact graduation dates.
Academic Honesty
As a good student, you are responsible for ensuring academic integrity practices are followed at all times. Your first step is to read the University's Academic Honesty Policy, and make sure you know what constitutes good practice. Then make sure you know how to reference and cite correctly. There are other practices we need to consider, and one of these is the potential for collusion.
Informal study groups are encouraged as a good way to assist your learning, but please remember that all your independently assessed assignments must be totally independently completed. Unless you are doing a group project where each member contributes to producing one piece of work, for which you get the one mark, using part or all of someone else's work constitutes collusion and breaches the University's Academic Honesty policy.
Do not collude with any other student by selling, giving, lending, explaining or showing all or parts of your independently assessed work/answers/past or current assignments, and do not ask to buy, borrow, see and use all or parts of the work of another student.
Do not reuse any work you have presented for assessment in this or another unit. This will activate a turnitin alert.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| Language and Medium Quiz | 10% | No | Week 2 |
| Sociology of the digital medium, online discussion | 30% | No | Week 6 |
| Event planning project | 20% | No | Week 9 |
| Essay on multimedia communication | 40% | No | Week 13 |
Language and Medium Quiz
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 5 hours
Due: Week 2
Weighting: 10%
Identification of features within different texts that mark them as formal/informal; print/online etc.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the spectrum of communication media: spoken, written, electronic, contextual etc.
- Evaluate changes in the way that we publish things and the effect they have on their audience
Sociology of the digital medium, online discussion
Assessment Type 1: Debate
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Week 6
Weighting: 30%
Students present arguments, based on provided stimulus articles, on the social effects of digital communication.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the spectrum of communication media: spoken, written, electronic, contextual etc.
- Critically analyse more and less effective communication through the various media available
- Apply skills in communicating through alternative media, and integrating communication through multiple media in specific contexts
- Apply communication expertise in editing students' own work and that of their peers
Event planning project
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 20%
Students assess the range and content of documentation needed for a particular event, as part of a project group.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the spectrum of communication media: spoken, written, electronic, contextual etc.
- Critically analyse more and less effective communication through the various media available
- Apply skills in communicating through alternative media, and integrating communication through multiple media in specific contexts
- Develop effective communication projects in collaboration with others.
- Apply communication expertise in editing students' own work and that of their peers
Essay on multimedia communication
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 40%
Students assess the content and functions of existing publications in different modes, and outline plans for another publication based on the same content, but using multimedia for a specific purpose.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the spectrum of communication media: spoken, written, electronic, contextual etc.
- Critically analyse more and less effective communication through the various media available
- Apply skills in communicating through alternative media, and integrating communication through multiple media in specific contexts
- Evaluate changes in the way that we publish things and the effect they have on their audience
- Apply communication expertise in editing students' own work and that of their peers
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
- the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
- the Writing Centre for academic skills support.
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Delivery and Resources
All lectures and tutorials will be available online.
Unit Schedule
Week 1: From conversation to mass communication
Week 2: Language and communicative style
Week 3: Publishing text in a single medium
Week 4: Individual, group and sequential authorship
Week 5: Individual, mass and specialised audiences
Week 6: Signage and interpretation of exhibitions
Week 7: Printed ephemera
Week 8: The multimedia website
Week 9: Captions, captioning and subtitling
Week 10: Access to multimedia for the sight- and hearing-impaired
Week 11: Editing apps, ebooks and emags
Week 12: Editors and multimedia communication
Policies and Procedures
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
- Academic Appeals Policy
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Academic Progression Policy
- Assessment Policy
- Fitness to Practice Procedure
- Grade Appeal Policy
- Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public
- Special Consideration Policy (Note: The Special Consideration Policy is effective from 4 December 2017 and replaces the Disruption to Studies Policy.)
Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Student Code of Conduct
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
Results
Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au
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Student Services and Support
Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.
Student Enquiries
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IT Help
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