Assessment

Assessment scheme#

Course assessment is made up of the following individual components for both COMP1730 and COMP6730.
(All release and due dates here are tentative, for actual dates refer to Ed/Canvas or announcement posts.)

• There is also an oral assessment (viva) associated with the project assignment. It will be held in-lab in weeks 11 and 12 and must be completed for any marks to be received for the project assignment.

• Mid-term test marks will be returned before the census date.

Variation for COMP6730 (master) students#

Students in the masters level course, COMP6730, may have different and/or extra questions in the mid-term test, project assignment, and the final exam. These different/extra questions will require deeper conceptual and theoretical understanding to be demonstrated.

The assessment scheme is otherwise the same for both COMP1730 and COMP6730. Where the max raw mark differs, the raw mark will be rescaled accordingly to maintain the correct assessment component weight.

Late submissions and extensions#

The homework and project assignments have a hard deadline. Submissions made after this deadline without an approved extension will receive zero marks.

Short extensions (1-2 days) are possible without needing to provide a reason by contacting the course team BEFORE the due date.
Due dates are frequently at 11:55pm on Sunday nights, hence an extension request needs to be made prior to midday on the preceding Friday.

Other than the above, extensions can only be granted in unforeseeable circumstances beyond your control, and will require supporting documentation (e.g. serious illness supported by a medical certificate or an education access plan - EAP). Technical issues with computers, work or other extra-curricular commitments are not accepted. Short blackouts and internet outages are not viewed as adverse circumstance and won’t be accepted.

If you want to apply for an non-short extension, you must use email your request to the course email comp1730(at)anu.edu.au (with supporting evidence) before the deadline.

We cannot give an extension beyond a few days. If you believe you have grounds for a longer extension than that, you should fill an extenuating circumstances application instead.

Extenuating circumstances application#

If you are unable to attend a scheduled assessment (such as an exam) because of serious illness or other misfortune, you can fill an extenuating circumstances application.

Also, if you have attended an assessment, but you think that due to some unforeseeable and unavoidable circumstances (such as serious illness or other misfortune) you were unable to do as well as you would have done under normal circumstances, then you can also fill such kind of application.

The application form, along with detailed instructions (which you should read and understand before filling the form) are available at: https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/assessments-exams/extenuating-circumstances-application.

Education Access Plan#

If you have an education access plan (EAP), you may be granted extensions to homework/project assignments provided that this is stated in your EAP but you must notify the convener before the deadline.

If your EAP contains provisions for special exam arrangements (SEAs), we will adjust your exam submission deadline in the examination setup accordingly if applicable (other physical accomodations handled by the examinations office). It is your responsibility however to check the correctness of your EAP/SEAs before the exam date and to notify the conveners in case of any corrections.

For more information, see https://www.anu.edu.au/students/accessibility