Late Assessment Submission 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 written reports and recordings only. Late submission of time sensitive tasks(such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs will be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application.

Start of classes 

• Classes begin Week 2

Delivery of unit

This unit will be delivered as two-hour interactive seminar. It will combine lecture-style material with guided inquiry, production tasks, writing workshops, small group activities and discussions.

For current updates, classrooms and times please consult the MQU Timetables website: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au

Lecture portions and interactive portions of the class will be recorded for review purposes only. See Echo block on iLearn for filmed weekly lectures. Discussions and activities will be available via archived Zoom recording link.

Attendance Policy

Students are expected to attend all seminars this semester. They may opt for either in-person attendance where feasible, or remote delivery via Zoom. No part of this class is optional: all lectures, workshops, and peer-review sessions deliver content and are a central component of meeting the learning outcomes in this unit. Although attendance is not formally graded, students who elect to not attend class will miss out on unit content and learning activities, and do so at their own risk.

Readings and Other Media

Please consult the iLearn site for weekly readings and media

Laptop Policy

Please DO bring your own devices for use in class (laptops or tablets + mobile phones). The library has laptops and iPads available for lending if you don't have your own. http://www.mq.edu.au/about/campus-services-and-facilities/library/facilities/computer- facilities and there are other computer labs on campus. Please also bring a pen or pencil and paper to class.

Other Technology Matters

Students are expected to make use of everyday information technologies to complete their assignments (i.e. Personal Computers, mobile Phones, freely available editing software and online publishing platforms). As this is not a production unit, students should not contact the department's technical staff for equipment or support. Feel free to challenge yourself but work within your technical abilities.

Feedback

Feedback in this unit is available in multiple forms:

• For points of relevance to the whole class, informal feedback will be given through the ‘announcement’ function in iLearn.

• For individual student questions related to unit activities, in-class and electronic communication will be used.

• Students wishing to discuss unit content or assesments outside of class time are invited to join us for our weekly group office hour sessions via Zoom (day and time will be posted on iLearn.)

• Students needing to discuss deeply personal matters (e.g., illness, harships, disability accomodations etc.), are warmly invited to contact Terri at any time via email to set up time for a private discussion about how I can help support you.

• For assessment feedback: We make a special effort to devote blocks of time each week to workshopping in-process assessment materials, such as brainstorm documents, rough proposals, working drafts, etc. Historically, students who have garnered the highest marks in this unit are those who make use of this time in class to get feedback from Terri, and their peers. Conversely, students who receive lower marks in this unit tend to be those who cannot or will not share their in-process work for feedback, either due to time management issues (i.e., they haven't prepared anything to show), or for emotional reasons (e.g., they struggle with shyness, anxiety, perfectionism, etc.) If you are in this second group, fear not! We are your friends and we want you to succeed here. We have developed several ways to help students feel less anxious about connecting to classmates for feedback in this unit, and I look forward to sharing some of those with you.

• For assessment marks, students will receive numerical scores corresponding to a detailed rubric, attached to assignments marked in Turnitin.

Please see unit schedule at this link: https://z9bcp7k.sharing.bublup.com/ui/landing_page?item_id=001-i-38bf7f1c-8603-4695-bfcc-69eb537961c3