Programming for Design (11055.1)

Required texts

Recommended readings and other materials will be available on Canvas.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Please note that this unit does not apply the 5% penalty per day; please see the special assessment requirements below for details.

Special assessment requirements

Time management, extensions and late assignments

We recognise that you have other units and many others factors impacting your time.  Meeting deadlines is an important skill, but being able to negotiate new deadlines and manage workload in a healthy way is a much more important skill.

In this unit, we encourage you to be proactive about your work, to recognise early if you are not going to be able to meet a deadline and to negotiate an extension if necessary. At the discretion of the lecturer, extensions will be granted to anyone who applies at least three days before the due date.  You do not need to supply medical or other documentation (simply write "managing workload" as the reason for extension), but you must nominate an alternate reasonable due date. Generally, an extension of up to one week is considered reasonable.

This is a more authentic, industry-standard approach to dealing with deadlines and is intended to give you some flexibility and control of your workload.  You should not feel overwhelmed or stressed about the assessment in this unit.  If you do, talk to your tutor or lecturer: they are there to help.

Late penalties

Late assignments are assignments that are handed in after the due date and time or after an agreed extension date. Assignments submitted less than seven days late will be marked on a pass/fail basis (maximum grade of pass, 50%) and will not be provided with any written feedback. This provides a strong incentive to get it in on time or negotiate an extension. Assignments that are more than one week late will be deemed to have not been submitted and will receive a non-complete (NC) grade.

This policy is designed to encourage students to take ownership of their work and time commitments, while also allowing for some flexibility. We feel it is far better (and more typical of real work conditions) to seek an extension well before the due date than to hand in a late assignment. We appreciate that there needs to be some flexibility, but we expect all students to manage their time and to keep their tutors informed of any issues with their progress.

Resubmission

This unit has substantial opportunities for feedback and self-assessment, so students who have fully participated in the unit activities are unlikely to fail. In some cases, resubmission of a failed assignment will be possible if the assessment item can feasibly be brought up to a pass level. A typical example might be an assignment that fails due to a missing component that can readily be supplied in a resubmission. The maximum grade for a resubmitted assessment item is 50%. Resubmissions are given at the discretion of the unit convenor and must be applied for in writing (via email) within one week of the assessment grade being released.

Academic integrity

Students have a responsibility to uphold University standards on ethical scholarship. Good scholarship involves building on the work of others and use of others' work must be acknowledged with proper attribution made. Cheating, plagiarism, and falsification of data are dishonest practices that contravene academic values. Refer to the University's Student Charter for more information.

To enhance understanding of academic integrity, all students are expected to complete the Academic Integrity Module (AIM) at least once during their course of study. You can access this module within UCLearn (Canvas) through the 'Academic Integrity and Avoiding Plagiarism' link in the Study Help site.

Use of Text-Matching Software

The University of Canberra uses text-matching software to help students and staff reduce plagiarism and improve understanding of academic integrity. The software matches submitted text in student assignments against material from various sources: the internet, published books and journals, and previously submitted student texts.

Please take careful note of academic integrity requirements.  Copying of code and presenting others code as your own is every bit as serious as copying an essay or asking someone else to do an assignment for you.

Learner engagement

Regular engagement with unit resources and workshops is required to succeed in this unit.

Participation requirements

Regular workshop participation is extremely important to succeed in this unit. Assessment items are linked to in-class activities.

Required IT skills

Students are expected to possess a sound computer literacy. A fundamental familiarity with design software (eg: Adobe Photoshop) is beneficial.

Whilst there is no assumed knowledge, this is a practical unit and students will be required to write their own code.  Some familarity with HTML/CSS is recommended but not required.

Lectures for this unit will be conducted online and will be available to review after the scheduled lecture time.

In-unit costs

None.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None.

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