REQUIREMENTS TO PASS THE UNIT

To pass this unit, you must have:

• An overall mark of 50% or higher in the unit.

MAJOR ASSIGNMENT

Programming assignment that requires students to solve a real-life problem based on the contents covered during the semester. This will be due in W12 on Sunday at 11:55pm.

SKILLS LAB

Students will be assessed on the practical skills in coding covered in the first half of the semester. You will have two chances to attempt this assessment. Once during week 8 in your registered SGTA, and once during a self enrolled session in week 2 of the mid semester break. Your second attempt at this assessment will be capped at 84%

MODULE QUIZ

In-class quiz/test as the summative invigilated assessment assessing contents covered during the entire session. You will have two chances to attempt this assessment. Once during week 13 in your registered SGTA, and once during a self enrolled session in week 15. Your second attempt at this assessment will be capped at 84%

LATE ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION PENALTY

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark of the task) will be applied for each day a written report or presentation assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. The submission time for all uploaded assessments is 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period will be provided to students who experience a technical concern. For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, please apply for Special Consideration. For example, if the assignment is worth 8 marks (of the entire unit) and your submission is late by 19 hours (or 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds), 0.4 marks (5% of 8 marks) will be deducted. If your submission is late by 24 hours (or 47 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds), 0.8 marks (10% of 8 marks) will be deducted, and so on.

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted:

• Skills Lab - NO
• Major Assignemnt - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
• Module Quiz - NO

RELEASE

• Major Assignment - Specifications to be released no later than 19th October 2025.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment. If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through http://connect.mq.edu.au/.

WEEK 1 CLASSES

• Lectures start in week 1.
• SGTA classes start in week 1.

METHODS OF COMMUNICATION

We will communicate with you via your university email and through announcements on iLearn. Queries to convenors can either be placed on the iLearn discussion board or sent to the unit convenor via the contact email on iLearn.

RESOURCES

Lecture notes: Check iLearn and also refer to https://softwaretechnologymq.github.io/

Python (3.13.5 at the time of writing this guide): https://python.org/

Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/

Tentative Unit Schedule (see iLearn for latest)

We value student feedback to be able to continually improve the way we offer our units. As such we encourage students to provide constructive feedback via student surveys, to the teaching staff directly, or via the FSE Student Experience & Feedback link in the iLearn page.

Changes:

• Quizzes have been removed
• Practical Exam 1 has been replaced by the Skills Lab and incorporates parts of the previous quizzes.
• Practical Exam 2 has been replaced by the Module Quiz and incorporates parts of the previous quizzes.
• The two assignments have been combined into one Major Assignment.