faculty of ict orientation - swinburne university · en205 - mtech, mit(pc), grad dip & grad...

Assoc Professor Catherine Lang

Associate Dean (Student Engagement)

clang@swin.edu.au

9214 5884

Faculty of ICT Orientation

Swinburne Today’s Program

• Welcome to Faculty

• Administration Overview

• Electronic Resources demonstrations.

– My.Swinburne, Blackboard, Student email, Allocate + Timetable system)

• Understanding the university environment

• The Library

• Ethical computing for IT students and Quick Start Guide

• SSAA student representative presentation

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

MTech (IT). MIT (PC)

Grad Dip & Grad Cert : Dr Rob Allen

MSci(NS). MEngSci(NST)

Grad Dip & Grad Cert: Glyn Jones

MIT(PM); MISM, MISM/MBA

Grad Dip & Grad Cert: Dr Nick Grainger

Ref: p5 of Quick Start Guide

Swinburne Administration Overview

Coordinator Students and Programs (Postgraduate)

Courtney Irvine

Email: cirvine@swin.edu.au

Phone: +61 3 9214 5054

Fax: +61 3 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

- 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

- Student Card

- Once you have received your Confirmation of Enrolment / Tax Invoice you

can take it to the Student Information Centre to collect your Student Card

- Full Up Front Payment

- Due date for Semester 2: 10th August

- Late Re-enrolment and payment fee

- Students will be charged a $200 late fee for late re-enrolments or late fee

payments

More Useful Information

Fees

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Administration Overview

- Each Semester has a Census Date

- 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 (can only be granted in extreme

circumstances)

Census Date

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Administration Overview

- All forms are available on the website 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 6th 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

fict-info@swin.edu.au

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 Swinburne Library

Faculty of ICT Librarian: Kim Hodgeman

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/iLearn 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: 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

- 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 Questions?

Your success is our success

Swinburne What next?

Refreshments (Level 3 Foyer) 1.30 – 2pm

2 – 5pm Exemptions Sessions

EN205 - MTech, MIT(PC), Grad Dip & Grad Cert – Rob Allen

EN204- Msci(NS), MEngSci(NST), Grad Dip & Grad Cert – Glyn Jones

EN201 – MIT(PM), MISM, MISM/MBA , Gr Dip & Gr Cert – Nick Grainger.