Reporting Diversity (12027.1)

Required texts

Required and recommended reading materials will be provided via the unit's Canvas site.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Artificial intelligence

Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in assessments 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.

Where the assessment instructions do not specifically state that GenAI may be used and how, then its use is not permitted for that assessment. Students must still provide the required GenAI Acknowledgement Statement to indicate whether GenAI has or has not been used in the preparation of the assessment. If unsure, students should seek advice from the Unit Convener.

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

Students are expected to submit the reporting assignment (assignment 3A) via The Owl's publishing site following instructions on The Owl's dedicated Canvas page, and provide the title of those assignments in the Canvas assignment dropbox.  The other  assignments (assignments 1, 2 and 3B), will be submitted via the assignment dropbox on the unit's Canvas site.

Special assessment requirements

As a hurdle requirement for this unit, students must explicitly address reporting on Indigenous people and issues in at least one of their assignments.

As a student journalist, you must assume that all content you generate in this unit is intended for publication. As such, you should aim to produce professional work to a high standard, observing all relevant laws and ethical standards.

You are to:

- Observe the MEAA Code of Ethics (refer to The Owl Canvas site);

- Refrain from interviewing anyone who presents a conflict of interest, such as family, friends or colleagues, without the express permission of your tutor;

- Disclose all conflicts of interest or other relevant information in your stories;

- Inform sources and interviewees that your stories are for publication via The Owl and/or UCFM;

- In the first instance, produce your own original video, audio, images and text — if your tutor expressly permits the use of third party material, you must observe copyright law, licensing and ‘fair dealing' provisions related to news reporting (refer to The Owl Canvas site) and give attribution if required;

- Not plagiarise; and

- Observe defamation, trespass and other relevant laws

Failure to follow these guidelines could result in a fail grade for an assessment task or for the unit.

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

This unit is built around synchronous experiential learning. Workshops are designed to scaffold students towards production of quality assessment work. As such, attendance at all classes is strongly encouraged and success in this unit will be very difficult without ongoing, in person engagement.

Required IT skills

Students will be required to present stories on The Owl, using basic Wordpress tools for which guidance is provided on The Owl's Canvas site. 

Work placement, internships or practicums

N/A

• Semester 1, 2025, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (225116)
• Semester 1, 2024, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (221302)