Submission methods: Please submit all written assignment to the relevant TurnItIn submission link on the unit iLearn site, located under “Assessments and Guides”.

Late submissions policy:

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of 0 (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue. 

This late penalty will apply to non-time sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic. 

For more detail on specific assessments, please see the relevant Task Description uploaded to iLearn.

Technology used: You will require access to a computer and a good internet connection in order to participate in the unit effectively. The unit has an iLearn site where activities are set and unit materials distributed. Written tasks will be submitted via the plagiarism detection software turnitin.

Readings: Required readings are available for download from the library via Leganto. As well as the required reading, recommended additional readings for each topic might be listed on iLearn. You do not need to read these each week but they are highly recommended for a better understanding of the topics.

Lectures and tutorials: 

Each lecture will be divided roughly into two parts:

1. A more-or-less didactic overview of the topic. You can ask questions here, but we will leave back-and-forth discussion for Part 2 so that the recording is good quality for distance students

2. A second part where we can discuss issues raised in the lecture more freely (for online students, there will be a second discussion board each week for this purpose; participation in this activity will not be formally assessed)

For face-to-face students, the lecture and tutorial are on the same day (Monday) so: 

1. all readings will need to be read before the lecture and tutorial and
2. you will need to attend the lecture in order to be able to participate meaningfully in the tutorial.

Readings will be accessible at least one week before the relevant lecture and tutorial.

Tutorials will run from Weeks 2-12 inclusive.

For distance students, online discussions will be held each week from Weeks 2-12 inclusive. Discussion questions will be posted by 23:55 on the Sunday night before the relevant Monday lecture.