Late Submissions

Please note that the University and the Faculty of Arts have launched a new assessment policy effective as of 1 July 2021. This new policy particularly affects LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENTS.

The Faculty policy in relation to late assessment submissions is as follows:

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – 10 marks out of 100 credit will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests, etc. 

To be very clear: unless you have applied for Special Consideration and had your application approved, for each day your assignment is late, 10 marks will be deducted. For example: 

• If you submit your assignment 7 days late, 70 marks will be deducted, which means you will fail that assignment.
• If your assignment is more than 7 days late (including weekends), you will get 0 for your assignment.

These are serious penalties that will substantially alter your final grade and even determine whether you pass or fail this unit. Please make every effort to submit your assignment by the due date.

Special Consideration

• If you find you cannot submit your assignment on time, please apply for Special Consideration through AskMQ. Make sure you read Macquarie University's policy regarding Special Consideration requests before you apply: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration

Assessment standards

• Rubrics are used for all assessments and will be available on iLearn.
• Assessment standards in this unit align with the University's grade descriptors, available on Schedule 1 at: https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/assessment

Written Assessment Submission and Referencing

• All written assessment submissions must be through Turnitin by the due date and time specified in the Unit Guide and on iLearn.
• For all written work, students are required to use the APA referencing system for all in-text referencing and reference lists. This includes recorded material as appropriate.

iLearn Forums

• Where necessary, students are required to participate in iLearn Forums for all group discussions. Please do not use social media, e.g., do not use Facebook. Due to copyright issues, the posting of lyrics, sheet music and/or videos on iLearn is not permitted. If appropriate, please post only links to resources such as websites/YouTube.

Performance and Recording Assessments​

• Students will be allocated an assessment time for the recording and for the final task. Students are required to provide instrumental backing tracks in a suitable key for these tasks or will provide musicians and instruments to accompany their final performance task (in accordance with NSW Health guidelines). It is the responsibility of students to ensure that backing tracks do not breach copyright legislation, are obtained legally and are not pirated copies. No melody or vocals are to be on backing tracks used for assessment purposes.
• No practical assessment tasks (group or solo) may be recorded (video or audio) by individual students nor uploaded to social media/platforms.

Lectures for this unit will be held in-person and commence in Week 1 of Session 1.

Tutorials will be held in-person and commence in Week 2.

Readings and exercises

• Required readings are available through Leganto. An indicative allocation of 15 hours is an estimate of the time required to complete these readings.
• Recommended readings will be progressively listed on iLearn.
• Set singing exercises are available on iLearn.

Individual Learning

• Due to the practical and interactive components of this unit, students are responsible for attending weekly lectures and tutorials, reading the essential readings prior to attending weekly lectures, conducting individual research and working on vocal development progressively throughout the semester. Students therefore need to devise a progressive rehearsal schedule that enables regular practice of vocal exercises. An indicative allocation of 30 hours is an estimate of the time required to complete additional research and practice.

Vocal Health and Care

• Students should bring bottled room temperature water to all tutorials. Students are requested to advise their tutor of any vocal health issues.

Feedback

• Formal and informal feedback will be available throughout the session.

Technologies used and required

• A computer and Internet access are required. Music playback facility is also required.