Electronic submission of assignments

All assignment submission items requested by the lecturer must be uploaded to Canvas, unless specified on the assignment brief. No email submission will be accepted.

Multiple submissions are possible. Students can submit multiple versions of the assignment and all the submitted versions are kept. Marking is based on the latest version submitted before the deadline. 

Late submission

Any work submitted after the due date and without an approved extension form will be treated as overdue and will incur an automatic reduction of 10% per day. After ten days, the assignment will receive a DNC (Did Not Complete) allocation. In unforeseen circumstances, the student can apply for an extension. Please see details on how to apply for an extension below.

Extension

Where a student faces unavoidable personal circumstances (e.g., illness or a death in the family) that mean the student is unable to submit a component of coursework, he/she/they may apply for an extension. 

Applications for extensions require that students complete the Design Programme Extension of Time Application Form.

The request is assessed by the Group Services Administrator and Course coordinator and must be supported by written evidence from a doctor or counsellor. The student must apply no later than five days before the due date of the assignment. In case of extreme difficulty closer to the assignment deadline contact your course coordinator directly.  

No extensions will be granted for problems such as accidentally erased computer files, which should always be prevented by keeping backup copies. When an extension is granted, students are expected to submit evidence of work in progress on the original assignment due date to demonstrate what has been completed up to that date. 

Contact

Students must use their official university email to submit extension applications and for any other communication with lecturers/tutors/course-coordinators/HoS. Emails from personal accounts are filtered out and will not be responded to. 

Academic misconduct

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework or tests as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting his or her learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the world-wide-web. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms.  Upon a reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.

All new students are required to complete the online Academic Integrity Course

The use of generative AI tools in coursework is permitted only with prior permission. This means:
Students can use generative artificial intelligence text and art generation software, such as ChatGPT and DALL.E 2, on their assessments in this course, but only with prior permission from the instructor. Without permission, you are expected to complete assessments without substantial assistance, including from automated tools. If you are given permission to use such tools, you must acknowledge this. Please include a paragraph at the end of any assessment that uses AI explaining what you used the tool for and what prompts you used to get the results.