Aims and objectives
This module will:
- explore different assignment types
- examine resources and tools to help you produce your assignments.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- use effective strategies to produce assignments in different mediums
- evaluate and select different tools to create videos, presentations, websites, online portfolios or a model or prototype.
1. Essential tips
Before you start your assignment, read the instructions and the assignment marking criteria in detail. Check with your course lecturer or tutor if you are unsure about where to find this information.
Academic integrity
Maintain the highest standards of academic integrity in your work:
- Use correct referencing techniques to avoid plagiarism. Get information on different referencing styles (from the Writing, citing and submitting module)
- Don’t breach copyright when using images, audio or any materials that have been created by other people. Our Finding and using media module explains copyright and how to find Creative Commons resources for reuse.
Complete the UQ Academic Integrity Tutorial before you start any assignments.
This tutorial is compulsory and is designed to help you understand what plagiarism is and the steps you can take to avoid it.
Group assignments
Student Services has information to assist you when working in a group, including how to overcome problems associated with group work.
Get strategies and tools for working with a group online (from the Communicate and collaborate online module), including:
- What messaging tool to use
- Collaborating online on a document
- Holding online meetings.
Find information and data
Learn about strategies and resources for finding scholarly information (from the Information essentials module).
Get information about finding or gathering data and strategies and tools to visualise data (in the Working with data module).
Backing up your assignments
It's very important to back up your work as you do your assignments. The Working with files module has tips on how to manage your files and back up your work.
Submitting your assignments
As a UQ student you will be required to submit your assignments through your Learn.UQ (Blackboard) course site. Get tips on using Learn.UQ to submit different assignment types (in the Writing, citing and submitting module).
This module will take about 30 minutes to complete.
