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    Course communication: 

    We encourage students to contact their tutor if they have questions. Our advice is to ask questions during the weekly tutorials/online zooms. For any questions in between classes, we encourage students to post a question to the Q&A forum on the course learnonline site so that all other students benefit from the conversation. 

    For more personal matters, we encourage students to send an email to their tutor and/or Course Coordinator. We generally reply within 48 hours (not including weekends or public holidays). 

    Study Support:

    If students could you use a little help with their study or assignments they can access Studiosity via the tiles in the square, at the top of each Learnonline course site.  They can also seek help from a learning advisor at the Student Engagement Unit (SEU). 

    Helpful Assignment Resources

    • UniSA Study Help Page - This page has a large number of resources on how to write assignments such as essays, literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, and many more
    •  APA referencing
    • Studiosity - Is a 24/7 online learning support service (each student can have up to 10 free interactions per 6 month period)
    • Grammarly - Is a writing assistant that corrects your writing picking up spelling and grammatical errors to improve your writing

    Content Help

    Moderation Processes

    The approved processes for Grade Moderation as well as the updated processes for out of session grade ratification can be found in the T&L SharePoint site.

    https://mymailunisaedu.sharepoint.com/teams/ED/SitePages/Grade%20Moderation.aspx


    IT Resources and Support:

    Students who are activity enrolled in a current course can access Office 360 for free. Licenses are provisioned min. 48 hours after students obtain their login details. Office 350 includes OneDrive, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access (PC only), Publisher (PC only), Outlook, Sharepoint, Teams, OneNote. You can also access these applications as a tutor or Course Coordinator. For further information and to download Office 360, accessing the Office 360 help page. 

    The UniSA IT team can help you with any IT-related challenges. They are able to help you remotely too, i.e. when you are off campus. You can ring (08) 8302 5000.   For Learnonline support you can phone 8302 9000. 

    Both internal and external students need to navigate the online learning environment. Refer to the UniSA Getting Online page for a list of resources. 

    Academic Integrity:

    “Academic integrity means a commitment to act with honesty, trustworthiness, fairness, respect and responsibility in all academic work. Academic integrity is the foundation of university life and is fundamental to the reputation of UniSA and its staff and students” (UniSA Assessment Policy & Procedures Manual, Section 9). 

    • Academic literacy module - These are a series of 8 self-paced modules of approximately 90 minutes, each focused on specific academic skills. You may choose to complete only those modules that focus on the topics you feel least confident about or you might set yourself the goal of completing the suite of eight.
    All written assignments submitted through LearnOnline will automatically be assessed by Turnitin. To learn more about Turnitin it and how to interpret your similarity report, please read through the Using Turnitin page. 

    Extension Requests:

    During students' time at UniSA, we are here to support their study success. We recognise that sometimes things happen that are out of our control which may impact on study. This is where extensions may be helpful to assist students to manage extenuating or unexpected circumstances.

    However before applying for an extension students need to check the following considerations so that they are being consistent with the extension policy.

    - Are you making this extension request 2 working days prior to the due date and time? 
    - Will the extension request place more pressure on the due dates for your other courses?
    - Do you have supporting documentation ready? Examples may include the following;

        • Medical certificates
        • Notice of death
        • Court summons
        • Access plan
    If students do not meet the criteria above, this means they will be applying for an extension on  compassionate grounds and you should consider the following:                  
    - Do they have a genuine reason for applying for an extension that would not be seen to be unfair to another student?

    You  may ask to see any progress the student has made on the assessment to date. This allows the you to make a decision on the duration of any extension awarded.


    Failure to meet the criteria above may result in the extension request being denied.

    Note that this extension policy is consistently applied across all Education courses and in line with the provisions outlined in the UniSA Assessment Policies and Procedures Manual. A copy of this PDF can be found here 

    All extension requests must be lodged via Learnonline.

    Late Penalty in Education:

    Assignments can be submitted up to three exact days after the due date and time but will be marked at a 50% maximum grade. After 3 days the assignment will receive a zero grade. We encourage you to submit your assessment even if it is late. All grades contribute to your overall course grade.


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