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Associate Professor Catherine Lang
Associate Dean (Student Engagement)
9214 5884
Faculty of ICT Orientation Post-graduate students
Swinburne Tonight’s Program
> Welcome to the Faculty
> Administration Overview
> Electronic Resources Demonstration
– My.Swinburne, Blackboard, Student email, Allocate + Timetable system) Understanding the University environment
> The Library – More than just books
> Ethical computing for IT students – Quick Start Guide
> Split into Academic Groups with your Program Coordinator
> Refreshments
Swinburne Welcome to Faculty of I.C.T.
Professor Leon Sterling, Dean
Professor Chris Pilgrim, Deputy Dean
Faculty Webpage: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/
Current Students link has EVERYTHING you need to know
Swinburne Program Coordinators
MIT(PM); MISM/MBA; MISM
Grad Cert & Grad Dip: Dr Nick Grainger
MIT; MTech (IT)
Grad Cert & Grad Dip: Dr Rob Allen
MSci (NS); MEngSci (NST)
Grad Cert & Grad Dip: Mr Glyn Jones
MIT (BA) Grad Cert & Grad Dip: Dr Mark Dale
http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/ictstaff/program_coordinators p5 of Quick Start Guide
Swinburne Administration Overview
Coordinator Students and Programs (Postgraduate)
Courtney Irvine
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 9214 5054
Fax: 9214 5320
Office: EN106
Ref p6 of Quick Start Guide
Swinburne Administration Overview
- Administrative Program Coordinator
- Courtney Irvine
(Administrators: Helen Naughton and Savitri Devi)
- Any enrolment queries or other administrative issues
- Academic Program Coordinator
- Dr Nick Grainger, Dr Rob Allen, Mr Glyn Jones, Dr Therese Keane,
Dr. Mark Dale
- Academic advice – course planning, exemption approval
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Administration Overview
- Exemptions - Credit for previous study or extensive & relevant work experience
- Must be supported by relevant documentation and an application form signed
by your academic program coordinator
- Exemptions are not automatically granted and the application needs to go
through official approval process
- Winter and Summer Term - Can potentially ‘fast track’ your studies
- Special Consideration - You may apply for Special Consideration if you have been adversely affected
by acute illness or other extraordinary cause or circumstance beyond your
control
Useful Information
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Administration Overview
- Full Up Front Payment
- Due date for Semester 2: 10th August
- FEE-HELP
- An Australian Government Loan Scheme available for Australian Citizens
- Student Amenities Fee
- Full time students: $263 / Part time students: $197
- Can be paid up front or deferred to SA-HELP
- Late Re-enrolment and payment fee
- Students will be charged a $200 late fee for late re-enrolments or late fee
payments
Fees
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Administration Overview
- Each Semester has a Census Date
- Semester 1: 31 March
- Semester 2: 31 August
- Any amendments to your enrolment must be completed
before this date or you will be liable for the fees. This
includes:
- Withdrawal (from your program or a unit)
- Taking a Leave of Absence
- Changing your payment option (from FEE-HELP to Full Fee Paying or vice versa)
Census Date
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Administration Overview
- All forms are available on the website or from the Faculty
Office including: Amendment to Enrolment, Leave of
Absence, Withdrawal, Special Consideration etc
- Note: You cannot add a unit after the first Friday of
Semester (10th August)
Amendments to Enrolment
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Administration Overview
- Semester 2 commences Monday 6 August. If you still haven’t
accepted your offer or enrolled online please do so ASAP
- ePack and Quick Start Guide: Keep both of these documents as a
handy reference guide. There is plenty of information in both!
- Faculty Contact Details:
Engineering (EN) Building
EN153
9214 5505
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/
Swinburne My.Swinburne Portal demonstration
- WebMail
- Blackboard iLearn
- Allocate+
- Ask George
- Online demonstration at:
https://sso.swinburne.edu.au/sso/pages/swin_login.jsp
Refer to pages 12 & 13 Quick Start Guide
Swinburne Quick Start Guide to Success
> What you should expect to have provided for you in the unit.
– Unit outline – provided on Blackboard site
– Includes objectives, topic outline, assessment requirements, lecturer contact details
– Lecture notes – may be provided in various forms
– Additional materials – depends on the unit > How many hours of your own time (not lectures or
tutorials) to expect to set aside for each unit.
– On average expect to put in a minimum of twice the number of contact hours for the unit.
– This will vary during the teaching period
Refer pages 6 & 7 of QS Guide
Swinburne Learning Environments
Lectures – large, dissemination of new information, guide to key points, explanations of concepts
Tutorials – smaller groups, allows chance for discussion and clarification of concepts, may include set tasks
Laboratories –hands-on practice, set activities, small assessment tasks, assignment preparation or clarification
………..or a mix of the above with digital enhancements
Refer page 8 of QS guide
Swinburne Our expectations of you:
Attend all classes (lectures, tutorials and laboratory / practical sessions) for the unit
Visit the Blackboard site for your unit at least every second day
Get a copy of the lecture slides BEFORE the lecture so you can add your own notes
If you do not understand ASK:
Pre-prepare for tutorials and laboratory sessions
Revise / review / annotate your lecture notes within 24 hours of the lecture (if possible).
Refer page 10 of QS guide
Swinburne Ethical computing for IT students
What is Plagiarism?
> a piece of writing/code that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
> taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
Ref: Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plagiarism)
> For example
– Not contributing fairly to group work
– Using other people’s published work and not acknowledging the source
Swinburne How to avoid plagiarism?
Record the sources you use
Keep careful notes
Compile your reference list as you go
Include in-text referencing with every draft
Paraphrase – but acknowledge the source!
See Quick Start Guide p.10:
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ltas/plagiarism/plagiarism_guide.html
Is this plagiarism?
You get together with a friend of
yours and work on an assignment
together. Both of you contribute
equal amounts of work towards the
assignment. The assignment you
submit is only slightly different to
the one that your friend submits.
The assignment is meant to be done
individually.
A friend of yours offers you their
assignment for the subject from the
previous year. This year’s
assignment is very similar to last
year’s. You decide to use the
assignment as the basis of your
assignment.
While working on a computer in the
student labs you find another student’s
copy of the same work. The copy is
nearly finished and better than your
own. You are pushed for time so you
cut and paste one small module of the
program into your assignment and
submit it as your own work.
While doing research for an essay, you
find a website with material that is
exactly on the topic of the essay. You
copy two or three important paragraphs
from the website and use it in your
essay. You forget to acknowledge
these paragraphs.
Is this plagiarism?
You get together with a friend of
yours and work on an assignment
together. Both of you contribute
equal amounts of work towards the
assignment. The assignment you
submit is only slightly different to
the one that your friend submits.
The assignment is meant to be done
individually.
A friend of yours offers you their
assignment for the subject from the
previous year. This year’s
assignment is very similar to last
year’s. You decide to use the
assignment as the basis of your
assignment.
While working on a computer in the
student labs you find another student’s
copy of the same work. The copy is
nearly finished and better than your
own. You are pushed for time so you
cut and paste one small module of the
program into your assignment and
submit it as your own work.
While doing research for an essay, you
find a website with material that is
exactly on the topic of the essay. You
copy two or three important paragraphs
from the website and use it in your
essay. You forget to acknowledge
these paragraphs.
Swinburne It may be a fluid interpretation:
MAPPING THE EXTENT OF PLAGIARISM
Here are six ways to use sources. Number one is plagiarism; Number six is not. Where do you cross the line?
1.Copying a paragraph verbatim from a source without any acknowledgment.
2.Copying a paragraph and making small changes - e.g. replacing a few verbs, replacing an adjective with a
synonym; acknowledgment in the bibliography.
3.Cutting and pasting a paragraph by using sentences of the original but omitting one or two and putting one or
two in a different order, no quotation marks; with an in-text acknowledgment and a bibliographical
acknowledgment.
4.Composing a paragraph by taking short phrases from a number of sources and putting them together using
words of your own to make a coherent whole with in-text acknowledgments and a bibliographical
acknowledgment.
5.Paraphrasing a paragraph by rewriting with substantial changes in language and organisation; the new
version will also have changes in the amount of detail used and the examples cited; citing source in
bibliography.
6.Quoting a paragraph by placing it in block format with the source cited in text and in bibliography.
(Carroll, 2000, based on an exercise in Swales and Feak, 1994).
Ref: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ltas/plagiarism/plagiarism.html
Swinburne Referencing Principles
Three key principles:
1. You must reference every time you use information from another source (This includes – paraphrasing, summarising and quoting)
2. You must cite in the text AND reference in the reference list
3. Use the Harvard style and be consistent! See:
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/researchhelp/harvard_style.html
Swinburne Support strategies and resources:
- Student Engagement Officer- FICT Office
- http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/students/index.html
- Programming Help Desk
- ATC620 – watch announcements for opening times
- SALNA
- Swinburne Academic Literacy Needs Assessment
See pages 18 and 19 of QS guide
Swinburne Go to Rooms…
MIT(PM); MISM/MBA; MISM
Grad Cert & Grad Dip: Dr Nick Grainger EN209
MIT; MTech (IT); MIT (PC)
Grad Cert & Grad Dip: Dr Rob Allen EN201
MSci (NS); MEngSci (NST)
Grad Cert & Grad Dip: Mr Glyn Jones EN202
MIT (BA) & Grad Cert, Dip Dr Mark Dale EN204
Refreshments in Foyer at 7.30pm