05.12.1 Presentation

One PDF file of all assessment items submitted electronically on or before the due date. The submission time for assessment items submitted electronically is determined by the server time displayed digitally on the MOD.

The essay or assignment should be presented in A4 format in black ink and must be double spaced with a 3 cm margin. Page numbering should be inserted and should be consecutive throughout the document.

All Final Essays and all Reflections must commence with an Assignment Title Page as a separate page. The template is available on the MOD, in the Assessment tab. This must be used.

In some units a brief (100 – 200 word) learning exercise, synopsis, reflection or other piece of preliminary writing should preface the essay on a separate page following the title page. Where this may be required it will be stated on the MOD.

The essay must be written in prose and should reveal clear thinking and careful organisation, with an introduction and conclusion. The introduction should identify the issues to be discussed in the essay together with the method of approach, while the conclusion should summarise the argument of the essay and draw any necessary conclusions. While the essay will be marked mainly on content, the format is important and careful attention should be given to spelling, grammar and punctuation.

The maximum number of words for the assignment must be carefully adhered to. See 5.12.2 for more information.

Diagrams, charts, literary structures, etc. are considered as illustrative material and should be included in an appendix. Such illustrative material should not replace argument, or be a substitute for argument, in an assessment item, that is, the marker will mark the written argument of the assignment or essay. These kinds of illustrative material are therefore not included in word count but any commentary or notes accompanying them is counted.