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 in the second week of the mid semester break in a self-enrolled session. Your second attempt at this assessment will be capped at 84%. This is a cap on the total exam mark. If you score 65 / 100 on the second attempt of the exam, your mark would be 65 for that exam. If you scored 95 / 100 on the second attempt of the exam, your mark would be 84 for that exam.

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 the final exam period. Your second attempt at this assessment will be capped at 84%. This is a cap on the total exam mark. If you score 65 / 100 on the second attempt of the exam, your mark would be 65 for that exam. If you scored 95 / 100 on the second attempt of the exam, your mark would be 84 for that exam.

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 7^th day (including weekends). After the 7^th 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 technical concerns. 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
• Module Quiz - NO
• Major Assignemnt - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies

RELEASE

• Major Assignment - Specifications to be released no later than 18th October 2026.

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/.

AI APPROACH

• Open These assessments do not restrict the application of AI tools. However, it is expected that the use of AI is acknowledged in an appropriate manner, similar to the expectation to provide references for other resources or tools that are used in producing your work. Any use of AI should comply with the University’s Responsible and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy.
• Observed These tasks are either fully or partly observed or invigilated. AI use will either not be permitted or will be restricted during the assessment.

For more information, please see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/assessments/ai-and-assessment

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.

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.

Student feedback from the previous offering of this unit was very positive overall, with students pleased with the clarity around assessment requirements and the level of support from teaching staff. As such, no change to the delivery of the unit is planned, however we will continue to strive to improve the level of support and the level of student engagement.