PLEASE NOTE: All CMIT modules have now been withdrawn,
and are unavailable for the 2010/11 academic year
These web pages and lecture notes are left as reference for those students
requiring CMIT modules to complete their programme only, and are not an
indication of modules currently offered.
Student Handbook
for
Creative Media & Information Technology (CMIT)
module details
- The module tutor will give details of the module at the beginning of the module, and they are displayed on each module's web pages. These details will outline the nature of the module, when assessed work is to be submitted and the form of this work.
- The timetable for the modules is displayed on CMIT noticeboards and is usually available on the module's web pages.
- You are expected to attend all lectures and seminars throughout the year; for some modules, attendance of practical sessions is optional. Attendance is very important as learning computing is a progressive process and missing a class will result in subsequent classes being difficult to understand.
- If you are having difficulties with any part of a CMIT module, contact the module tutor as soon as you can. One of the easiest ways to do this, besides at the end of a lecture, is by e-mail. Written messages for CMIT staff can always be left in the box outside the relevant member of CMIT staff's office. Messages can be left with the CMIT receptionist in the CMIT main office (room 151, Queen's Building). Staff can be phoned using university internal phones or directly from phones outside the university. The room, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of CMIT staff are:
room |
internal phone |
external phone |
email address |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Carole Lewis |
151 |
4305 |
264305 |
C.E.Lewis@exeter.ac.uk |
Daryl Smith |
BG25 |
4274 |
264274 |
D.Smith@exeter.ac.uk |
Gary Stringer |
152 |
4279 |
264279 |
G.B.Stringer@exeter.ac.uk |
module assessment
- CMIT modules are assessed through coursework. There are no end-of-session examinations for any CMIT modules.
- An explanation of what work is to be handed in and when, and what work is to be re-submitted or submitted only once is given on each module's web pages.
- The module tutor will inform you of any rules governing the physical form and contents of the assessed work. This information will also be given on each module's web pages.
- The proportion of the final module mark that each piece of assessment comprises will be told to you by the module tutor and is stated on the web version of the module description.
- For some modules, all or part of the assessed work is handed back to you during the module, with feedback from the module tutor. The tutor will give no indication of a mark or class for the returned work since doing so at this stage might be misleading. This is because work can be revised before final submission and the mark for the piece of work is only reached after the module tutor, a second marker and the external examiner have assessed it.
- The deadline for handing in of assessed work is absolute.
NO extensions of time will be given.
If all or part of the work for a module is submitted after the deadline, the following University-based penalty rules for late submission will be used:- From immediately after the deadline until up to two weeks after it, or up to one week before the meeting of the Board of Examiners, whichever is the earlier date, the maximum mark for the whole module is 40%.
- More than two weeks beyond a submission date or later than one week before the meeting of the Board of Examiners, whichever is the earlier date, the mark for the whole module is zero.
- No allowance or extension of time will be granted due to technical problems with computers or software, unless the problems are caused by Exeter University-administered computers and software. If a problem is caused by Exeter University-administered computers or software, the module tutor or the Board of Examiners will decide on the appropriate action or the granting of extensions etc.
- You are expected to maintain up-to-date backups of your work on appropriate media, especially if you are working on computers not administered by Exeter University (e.g. if you are using your own computer or that of a friend or relative etc).
So, for example, if the non-university administered computer you are using suffers a hard disc failure or other serious hardware fault close to or on the day of submission of work, you will be expected to be able to submit the version of the work from the backup copy.
No extension of time will be granted for hardware or software failure on non-Exeter University computers, or for 'unusable' backup files.
- If a module is missing any assessed components, the mark for each
missing component will be 0.
- If an assessed component is missing a required element,
10 marks will be deducted from that component. If the
nature of the missing element is regarded by the Board of Examiners
as significant, the whole component may be given a fail mark.
- If you are ill on the day of the submission deadline, the assessed work must still be submitted on time unless the nature of the medical condition prevents you getting the work to the University by the submission deadline. If the medical condition does prevent you getting to the University on the day of submission, contact the CMIT office as soon as possible to explain the situation. Due allowance will be considered by the examiners for incompleted work where an appropriate medical certificate is presented with the work.
- If you suffer from a long-term medical condition, the University expects you to contact the Disability Resource Centre at the commencement of your study, or as soon as possible after the onset of the condition, to create a viable way of working. Such conditions cannot automatically be used to seek extensions to submission deadlines or be taken into account when work is assessed.
- Mitigation Form
If there are medical matters or exceptional personal circumstances beyond your control which you feel are relevant to your performance in the creation of assessed work, a mitigation form must be submitted to the CMIT office by the date specified on the form. The Board of Examiners reserve the right to consider such mitigation.
assessed work for modules being taken as 20 credits
- If you take a 15 credit module as 20 credits, you will submit extra work compared to the 15-credit form of the module. The nature of the extra work will be told you by the module tutor and is stated on the module's Web pages.
- The deadline for the submission of the extra work will be provided by the module tutor and will be on the module's web pages.
- Penalties, mitigating circumstances etc., for the 20-credit assessed work are the same as apply to all assessed work for CMIT modules (see previous section of this Handbook).
submission of assessed work
- All work must be handed to a member of CMIT staff in the CMIT office and signed in by you. On no account leave it outside any CMIT office.
- The work is only deemed 'submitted' when the work has been signed in.
- On all assessed work, do not write your name, but only your University student identity number. This is so that all work is marked anonymously.
plagiarism
- All material in a piece of work which is not your own must be clearly acknowledged (this includes ideas, text and visual material). This applies to all submitted work, in any media (e.g. paper or screen-based), and to any seminar presentation for a module, whether it counts towards assessment of the module or not, i.e. whether it is formative or summative work.
- For guidance:
Paper- or screen-based work
(e.g. essays, critiques, computer programs, whether submitted on paper or as Web pages)Textual material from a printed source The author's name, date and title of the publication must be stated in some form by the relevant section of your work, e.g. as a footnote or as a Harvard reference. Material, whether text or image, from an electronic source (e.g. from the Web) The electronic source must be stated, e.g. if it is from the Web, state the URL, date accessed, and the author if known. Clipart graphics The source of the graphics must be clearly acknowledged. Visual material, e.g. scanned pictures The source of the picture must be clearly acknowledged. Seminar presentations The audience must be made aware of the source of any material being presented to them which is not your own. The way of doing this will depend on the nature of the presentation. - Further guidance for referencing methods is given in the Essay Writing Conventions.
- If you are in any doubt about referencing, check with the module tutor before submitting the work or giving the seminar.
- Failure to acknowledge such used textural or graphical material will be severely penalised - this includes failing the whole module.
return of assessed work to students/notification of overall marks
- Work can be returned, and is available for collection only once your department has released your overall result for that year.
- The overall mark for a module can be obtained from your School/Department once the CMIT Examination Board has agreed a mark and released it to your School (usually early in June). This includes results for semester one modules - i.e. they will not be available until the summer.
- Module marks will be shown on your degree transcript, which is sent to you by the university after you graduate.
illness
- If you are ill during the module and a medical certificate is issued, please ask for a copy of this to be sent to the CMIT Office, Queen's Building, Room 151.
disabilities
- If you suffer from a long-term medical condition or disability, the University expects you to contact the Disability Resource Centre at the commencement of your study, or as soon as possible after the onset of the condition, to create a viable way of working.
- Please let the module tutor know about any relevant medical condition or disabilty as early as possible, so that arrangements for learning provision can be looked at (e.g. ensuring wheelchair access to a classroom).
grievance procedures
- In the first instance see the module tutor(s). Unresolved matters can be taken to the Director of Studies for Creative Media & Information Technology (CMIT) and if still unsatisfactory, see the Chair of the Board of Studies for CMIT. Ultimate appeals can be addressed to the Dean of the Undergraduate Faculty.