Digital Literacy Project (11914.1)

Please note these are the 2026 details for this unit
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Digital Literacy Project
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
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 UC College, Bruce, ACT
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
University Of Canberra College Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
The Digital Literacy unit develops the skills needed to succeed in an academic environment and the world beyond where communication and access to information is increasingly through digital technologies like internet platforms, social media and mobile devices. Digital literacy enables students to clearly express ideas, ask relevant questions, maintain respect and build trust with the receiver. The Digital Literacy unit will enable students to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information requiring both cognitive and technical skills, and to do so safely and responsibly. The Digital Literacy unit enables students to investigate and explore Academic Integrity within digital literacies in an academic environment, and what it looks like to be ethical in a digital world.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Reflect critically on professional self-development;
2. Utilise digital literacy and creative skills to evaluate, navigate and think critically about information environments;
3. Understand digital citizenship and ethical consequences of behaviour in diverse contexts;
4. Review and evaluate metacognition within an academic environment and apply their understanding.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways


Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2026 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2025 UC College, Bruce, ACT Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Ms Carol Drew
2025 UC College, Bruce, ACT Semester 2 28 July 2025 On-campus Ms Carol Drew
2026 UC College, Bruce, ACT Semester 1 16 February 2026 On-campus Ms Carol Drew
2026 UC College, Bruce, ACT Semester 2 10 August 2026 On-campus Ms Carol Drew
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Required texts

All material is available in Canvas or online.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Artificial Intelligence

Students are permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as indicated in the assessment instructions for this unit.

GenAI may only be used in authorised ways when completing assessments at UC. This means that GenAI can only be used for an assessment when:

  1. the Unit Convener has authorised GenAI use for that assessment
  2. the student uses GenAI in the way that the assessment instructions allow
  3. the student fully acknowledges their use of GenAI, with proper citations, references and a GenAI Acknowledgement Statement in line with the assessment instructions.

The GenAI for StudentsLinks to an external site. Library Guide provides further information, including how to reference GenAI.

**PLEASE SEE ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION ON HOW GENAI CAN BE USED FOR EACH ASSESSMENT.

Special assessment requirements

To satisfactorily complete this unit, students must:
• attempt ALL assessment task, and
• achieve 50% overall, and
Upon meeting these requirements students will awarded one of the following grade:
High Distinction HD 85-100
Distinction DI 75-84
Credit CR 65-74
Pass P 50-64
In the event that the student receives a FAIL grade (below 50), one of the following may be used in the final grading:
NX – Fail result based on failure to reach a pass grade in the unit having completed all assessment.
NC - Fail result based on failure to complete one or more of the assessment requirements.
NN - Fail result based on non-participation.
Others include:
WH - Withheld result

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

It is noted that there is an anecdotal link between attendance and engagement in tutorials and success in the unit. Participation, or engagement, is part of the learning process so it is assumed students will attend the majority of classes.

This unit has one face-to-face tutorial only on a Monday. Students are expected to complete the week's learning (indicated by 'Asynchronous' activities within the timetable of activities) in a self-directed manner on the Friday of each week. This is done through online Discussion activities each week.

Required IT skills

Students must have access to a Laptop or a Desktop computer, and the internet. If no access please use the computers made available in the library or other spaces such as some of the computer labs on campus. 

In-unit costs

Other than the SSAF there are no other fees attracted by this unit.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

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