Required texts

Weekly reading materials for this unit will be supplied via the Reading List in the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøLearn Teaching site.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Some assessment tasks in this unit will be completed using Cadmus, an online environment for written assessment. Full instructions for using Cadmus are available on Canvas.

The Multimedia story will be submitted via WordPress to the The Owl.  Full instructions for submission are provided on The Owl's Canvas site, which is linked to this unit's ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøLearn teaching site.

Expectations

As a student journalist, you must assume that all content you generate in this unit is intended for publication. As such, you should aim to produce professional work to a high standard, observing all relevant laws and ethical standards.

You are to:

• Observe the MEAA Code of Ethics (refer to The Owl Canvas site);
• Refrain from interviewing anyone who presents a conflict of interest, such as family, friends or colleagues, without the express permission of your tutor;
• Disclose all conflicts of interest or other relevant information in your stories;
• Inform sources and interviewees that your stories are for publication via The Owl and/or ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøFM;
• In the first instance, produce your own original video, audio, images and text — if your tutor expressly permits the use of third party material, you must observe copyright law, licensing and ‘fair dealing’ provisions related to news reporting (refer to The Owl Canvas site) and give attribution if required;
• Not plagiarise; and
• Observe defamation, trespass and other relevant laws

Failure to follow these guidelines could result in a fail grade for an assessment task or for the unit.

If you have any questions about these guidelines or a specific assignment task, speak with your unit convener or tutor.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

Students are expected to keep up with weekly lectures and the reading materials, which have been carefully chosen to inform and support student learning. They are also expected to attend classes, and ensure that they set aside the required amount of time for class participation each week.  Students are also expected to actively participate in class, engaging with discussion questions and activities assigned by their tutor as well as critically, productively and respectfully engaging with their peers' work, ideas and perspectives.

Required IT skills

Students will use a WordPress interface to prepare and submit their work, which requires that they develop basic skills in using the interface.

In-unit costs

N/A

Work placement, internships or practicums

N/A

• Semester 2, 2024, On-campus, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø - Canberra, Bruce (221303)