If you receive special consideration for the final exam, a supplementary exam will be scheduled in the interval between the regular exam period and the start of the next session.  By making a special consideration application for the final exam you are declaring yourself available for a resit during the supplementary examination period and will not be eligible for a second special consideration approval based on pre-existing commitments.  Please ensure you are familiar with the policy prior to submitting an application. You can check the supplementary exam information page on FSE101 in iLearn (bit.ly/FSESupp) for dates, and approved applicants will receive an individual notification one week prior to the exam with the exact date and time of their supplementary examination.

Late Submission

No extensions will be granted without an approved application for Special Consideration. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late. For example, 25 hours late in submission for an assignment worth 10 marks – 20% penalty or 2 marks deducted from the total. No submission will be accepted after solutions have been posted.

CLASSES

ISYS254 is taught via lectures and workshops.

Lectures:

• Lectures are used to introduce new material, provide motivation and context for your study, guide you in what is important to learn and explain more difficult concepts.
• There are 2 hours of lectures per week.

Workshops:

• Note: Workshops commence in Week-2
• Workshops are small group classes which allow you to interact with your peers and with a tutor who has a sound knowledge of the subject. This also gives you a chance to practice your technology skills.
• You will need to enrol and attend the workshop to obtain marks for your attendance and participation.
• Workshops will be providing you with practical experience of design and development processes. The content of the workshop may overlap or sometimes be ahead of the lecture content.
• If your workshop falls on a public holiday, you are expected to attend & participate in another workshop as a makeup class to obtain your participation marks for that week.
• For details of days, times and rooms consult the timetables webpage.

RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND/OR MATERIALS

Textbook

There are no required textbooks for this unit. However, every week you will be provided with lecture notes and references for further reading

UNIT WEBPAGE AND TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED

Websites

The web page for this unit can be found at: here

iLecture

Digital recordings of lectures are available. Read instructions here.

Discussion Boards

The unit makes use of discussion boards hosted within ilearn. Please post questions of general interest there (for example, about assessment tasks), they are monitored by the unit staff but students may also provide answers. 

FEEDBACK

You have many opportunities to seek and to receive feedback. The feedback that you receive also plays an important role in your learning. Make sure you read the feedback you are given, attend lectures which provide assignment feedback and compare your solution with sample solutions provided. During lectures, you are encouraged to ask the lecturer questions to clarify anything you might not be sure of. You may also arrange to meet with your tutor or the lecturer. Consultation hours will be provided in some of the weeks. Each week, you will be given activities and problems to solve in the workshops. This will at times involve contributing to a group of students and presenting solutions to the class. The solutions provided will help you to understand the material in the unit, prepare you for the work in assignments as well as for the final exam. You must keep up with these problems every week. Assignments have been specially designed to deliver continuous feedback on your work.

Each week you should:

• Attend lectures, take notes, ask questions
• Attend your tutorial/practical and seek feedback from your tutor on your work
• Read assigned reading material (ideally before the lecture), add to your notes and prepare questions for your lecturer or tutor
• Start working on any assignments immediately after they have been released. 

Lecture notes are made available each week but these notes are intended as an outline of the lecture only and are not a substitute for your notes or reading of the other additional material.

Tentative teaching schedule, subject to change: