Guidelines for preparing the assessment tasks as well as assessment criteria are available on iLearn. The assessment tasks are compulsory in this unit. Each assessment task has a due date and students are expected to submit their work on time.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty  

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-timed 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 via a Special Consideration application (https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration). The Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.

Please note that grading decisions for each assessment task will be moderated against the set criteria and standards before task results are released.

The grade a student receives will signify their overall performance in meeting the learning outcomes of a unit of study. Grades will not be awarded by reference to the achievement of other students nor allocated to fit a predetermined distribution. In determining a grade, due weight will be given to the learning outcomes and level of a unit (ie 100, 200, 300, 800 etc). Graded units will use the following grades: HD High Distinction 85-100 D Distinction 75-84 Cr Credit 65-74 P Pass 50-64 F Fail 0-49.

The unit is taught as a "lectorial", which means lecture and tutorial are integrated as a 3-hour block. Each of these sessions will take place in person and will also be recorded and made available the same day on the iLearn site over the Echo360 portal. Some classrooms also offer livestreaming -- if this is available in the allocated classroom, livestreaming will also be available.

All relevant study materials, exercises and practice opportunities are offered through iLearn: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/.

Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn at the beginning of Week 1 at the very latest and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. • For central technical support go to: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/technology/service-desk • For student quick guides on the use of iLearn go to: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/technology/systems/ilearn

Active engagement with the iLearn website is essential to successfully complete the unit. Discussion of items not covered in class can be conducted online via the Announcements and Discussion Forum on the unit's iLearn site. Students are expected to complete the homework exercises set in preparation for each class. This will enable them to participate actively in class, get feedback on what they have prepared, ask pertinent questions, and integrate the new topics into a progressively more solid foundation.

All tests (five Vocabulary Tests, two Grammar Quizzes, one Revision Test and one Final Test) will be conducted via the iLearn website.

Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient. External students are required to work through the recordings and the accompanying exercises and practice material as directed. For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities set for the unit.

The textbook is B. G. Ockinga, Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian, 3rd edition (Mainz, 2012). This textbook will be made available in digital form free of charge to all students. Please print it out, bind it and bring it to class every week so that you can make notes in it.

The various sections of the textbook contain all the materials you will need to successfully study Hieroglyphic Egyptian in AHIS1150 (Grammar, Vocabulary, Exercises, Reading Exercises, Sign List, Indices). It is also the essential reference work for the other language units taught: AHIS2150 and AHIS3150 (Hieroglyphic Egyptian B and C), and beyond.

Students who wish to continue with Egyptian studies can also consult other works, available in digital format on iLearn. These, however, are not necessary for Hieroglyphic Egyptian A:

A. H. Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar 3rd ed. (Oxford, 1957 & reprints)

R.O. Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian (Oxford, 1962 & reprints).

A transliteration keyboard that can be used in iLearn and other platforms, which was developed by David Chapman, a Macquarie student, is available on iLearn to download with instructions on how to install it. The keyboard font can be used when doing assignments and translation tests, but it should not be used for vocabulary tests (for this, Codage should be used, which will be explained in class).