Production Work Requirements

All students must undertake their work for this unit using the university facilities in 10HA. All students must pass a basic competency test (carrying no marks) before they are given access to the booking system.

All recordings must be made in department recording facilities and files (including progress and final assignment files) must be stored on the NEXIS file server. Instructions will be given on using NEXIS in class. Production assignment files must be uploaded to the NEXIS file submission drive by the listed due date. Proper file management and delivery via NEXIS form part of the assessment criteria. Evidence of timely bookings to complete production projects within deadlines are also used to assess the quality of planning for each project. All written assignments must be uploaded to the TurnItIn links on the iLearn website.

Academic Integrity and Originality

University policies on academic integrity apply to production work in addition to written work. All production work must be your own. Assessment is individually based and not group based. Students must must certify that all production work is their own and they have not included work from any other individual. Students may use others as performance talent but must not use production materials from others, or involve others in the production process. Original recordings of existing musical works are permitted. Use of commercial sample libraries is permitted as long as samples are credited. Please be aware that sampling released music constitutes a breach of copyright and so students should not include this material in their assignments.  

Late Submissions

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 – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (including weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests

Assignment Grading

All assignments of this unit are aligned to the standards outlined in the Macquarie University Assessment Policy (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-andgovernance/university- policies-and-procedures/policies/assessment). A marking rubric for each of the assignment is available on iLearn. Students are expected to read the rubric before working on the assignment.

Feedback

Feedback will be given to students via the following ways:  

Whole class:

• Comments from the unit convenor in the forum discussions and unit activities
• Through the ‘announcement’ function in iLearn, if there are points of relevance to the whole class
• Consolidated feedback on whole of class assignment performance, summarising key strengths and weaknesses (in class and/or via video feedback for technical concepts requiring revision)

Individual

• The ongoing opportunity discuss assignment progress with the convenor via email or face to face student consultation. This provides a mechanism to provide feedback on progress made, prior to submission.

Formal

• Text based comments attached to assignments marked in Turnitin/GradeMark

Marks are made available through the Gradebook function in iLearn  

Examples of work

Examples of relevant and related assessment tasks will be made available via seminars

Assessment standards - rubrics

Rubrics for each assignment are made available on the iLearn. Students are encouraged to consult these before commencing an assignment.

Attendance

Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes. Classes are not optional. They deliver important content and are a central component of meeting the learning outcomes in this unit. Classes provide students with the essential production skills required to successfully complete assignments. Academic and/or technical staff cannot deliver technical instruction to students that is already covered in the timetabled classes. This is why attendance is essential. Students who elect to not attend classes will miss out on unit content and technical demonstrations risk failing the unit. Students who miss classes due to illness should speak with the convenor as soon as possible to discuss how to catch up on the missed content. Attendance will be recorded.    

Required Equipment

You will need to bring a pair of good quality headphones to lab based tutorials and for all individual lab work sessions. In-ear (iPod-style) headphones are not appropriate. 6.5mm jack outlets are provided in the labs for headphone monitoring (3.5mm mini-jacks are not supported). Consider your headphones an investment. Technical staff will provide advice if necessary. 

Commencement of teaching

Seminars will commence in Week 1. No advance reading or preparation is required.