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For marks, dates due, and links see the Assessment Overview page.

Assignment Regulations

Assignments are due at 4pm on the date specified.

Place assignments in the appropriate assignment cupboard outside of B2.28.

Do not hand assignments to your tutor or the lecturer.

Assignments will be returned in tutorials.

Presentation

• All written material should be easily understood, grammatically correct and without spelling errors
• Printed material must be clear and of a good quality
• All assignments must be bound firmly into an A4 cover
• DO NOT submit loose material or sheets in separate plastic pockets. It should be possible to read or write on any page without undoing any fastenings or removing them from pockets
• Always set out the work in the order specified in the assignment
• Consider the job of the person marking the dozens of assignments - don't make it any harder than it needs to be!

All assignments require the following:

• Title Page: this should contain: the student's name, subject name, student number, tutorial group, tutors name, assignment number and the submission date
• Statement of Authorship: this must contain your name, subject, assignment number, signature and the date signed.
• Table of Contents: this should list all the major sections in the assignment and the page numbers they occur on

Marks will be deducted for poor presentation

Late Assignments

Assignments must be handed in by 4pm on the due date or incur the following late penalties.

When calculating the final mark for a late assignment, the late penalty is calculated based on the maximum possible mark for the assignment. For example if a student hands the assignment in at 1pm Tuesday (4 days late) and they achieve a raw mark of 75% on the assignment, then a late penalty of 20% is applied and they get a final mark of 55% (75% - 20%) for the assignment.

Extensions

Extensions will only be given under exceptional circumstances and will only be granted if notification is received in writing

Some reasons for not allowing extensions are:

• Extensions are unfair to those who have worked hard to deliver assignments on time
• The lecturer cannot cover the solution until the last assignment has been handed in
• A late assignment usually leads to late assignments in other subjects, leading to a deterioration in the quality of work submitted
• Rigid deadlines exist in the real working environment.

Note: it is better to receive some marks for a partially completed assignment than none at all.

Plagiarism

• All assessable tutorial and assignment work should be substantially your own.
• Working closely with someone else on a non-group assignment is cheating
• Cheating or plagiarism will result in zero marks for the assignment, and may result in failing the subject or worse.
• Each assignment must have a signed statement declaring any assistance you received with the assignment. Assistance from your lecturer or tutor need not be acknowledged.
• See La Trobe's Policy on Plagiarism for full information.

Written by Tim Whitfort.