Reasonable adjustment in assessment methods

Reasonable adjustment in assessment methods

Referencing guides

You must reference all the sources of information you have used in your assessments. Please use the IEEE referencing style when referencing in your assessments in this unit. Refer to the Library’s referencing guides for more information.

• Guide 1. 

• Guide 2.  

Academic misconduct

VIT enforces that the integrity of its students academic studies follow an acceptable level of excellence. VIT will adhere to its VIT Policies, Procedures and Forms where it explains the importance of staff and student honesty in relation to academic work. It outlines the kinds of behaviours that are "academic misconduct", including plagiarism.

Late submissions

In cases where there are no accepted mitigating circumstances as determined through VIT Policies, Procedures and Forms, late submission of assessments will lead automatically to the imposition of a penalty. Penalties will be applied as soon as the deadline is reached.

Short extensions and special consideration

Special Consideration is a request for:

 • Extensions of the due date for an assessment, other than an examination (e.g. assignment extension).

 • Special Consideration (Special Consideration in relation to a Completed assessment, including an end-of-unit Examination).

Students wishing to request Special Consideration in relation to an assessment the due date of which has not yet passed must engage in written emails to the teaching team to Request for Special Consideration as early as possible and prior to start time of the assessment due date, along with any accompanying documents, such as medical certificates. For more information, visit VIT Policies, Procedures and Forms.

Inclusive and equitable assessment

Reasonable adjustment in assessment methods will be made to accommodate students with a documented disability or impairment. Contact the unit teaching team for more information.

Contract Cheating 

Contract cheating usually involves the purchase of an assignment or piece of research from another party. This may be facilitated by a fellow student, friend or purchased on a website. Other forms of contract cheating include paying another person to sit an exam in the student's place.

• By paying someone else to complete your academic work, you don’t learn as much as you could have if you did the work yourself.

 • You are not prepared for the demands of your future employment. • You could be found guilty of academic misconduct. 

• Many of for pay contract cheating companies recycle assignments despite guarantees of “original, plagiarism-free work” so similarity is easily detected by TurnitIn.

 • Penalties for academic misconduct include suspension and exclusion. • Students in some disciplines are required to disclose any findings of guilt for academic misconduct before being accepted into certain professions (e.g. law). 

• You might disclose your personal and financial information in an unsafe way, leaving yourself open to many risks including possible identity theft.

 • You also leave yourself open to blackmail - if you pay someone else to do an assignment for you, they know you have engaged in fraudulent behaviour and can always blackmail you.

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