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Other requisites

Students are required to have access to a personal computer, email capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at .

Rationale

Rapid advances in Information Communication Technologies (ICT) have generated significant changes to both study and work environments. Conceived as a liberating process, digital-literacy broadly refers to a student’s ability to successfully interact with the ICT demands of their study and work related environments. Students entering the Tertiary Preparatory Program (TPP) typically have diverse levels of digital-literacy, with some ill-equipped to manage even the online study environment. This course, therefore, aims to provide students who otherwise might not have high levels of this literacy, with the skills and confidence needed to: (a) successfully interact with the USQ online study environment; and, (b) independently develop their own digital-literacy as it applies to intended vocational pursuits.

Synopsis

The course provides an introduction to digital literacy, but caters for students with a diverse range of skills and knowledge, in that learning tasks are primarily open in nature. The main aim of the course is to equip students with the requisite skills, knowledge and confidence to interact successfully with the USQ online environment. An additional aim is to equip students with the skills and confidence needed to enhance their digital literacy as it might apply in later work environments. Accordingly, requisite skills and knowledge are developed as students investigate digital literacy in relation to their own vocational interests. The curriculum design in the course is based on intrinsic motivational theory, in that students are encouraged to consider digital literacy in a vocation that is of personal relevance.

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Reference materials

Student workload expectations

Assessment details

Important assessment information

1. Attendance requirements:
   
   There are no weekly attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students’ responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.
   
   
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   
   To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item.
   
   
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   
   Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)
   
   
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
   
   
5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
   
   The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative items for the course.
   
   
6. Examination information:
   
   Not applicable.
   
   
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   
   There is no examination in this course, there will be no deferred or supplementary examinations.
   
   
8. ¾«¶«´«Ã½app Student Policies:
   
   Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene ¾«¶«´«Ã½app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
   
   

Assessment notes

1. The due date for an assignment is the date by which a student must submit at USQ or despatch the assignment to USQ irrespective of holidays. The onus is on the student to provide proof of the despatch date, if requested by the Course Examiner.
   
   
2. Students will require access to email and have internet access to USQConnect for this course.
   
   
3. Students must retain a copy of each item submitted for assessment. This must be produced within five days if required by the Course Team Leader.
   
   
4. In accordance with ¾«¶«´«Ã½app's Assignment Extension Policy (Regulation 5.6.1), the Course Team Leader of a course may grant an extension of the due date of an assignment in extenuating circumstances.
   
   
5. Students who, for medical, family/personal, or employment-related reasons, are unable to complete an assignment or to sit for an examination at the scheduled time may apply in writing to the Course Team Leader to defer an assessment in a course. Such a request must be accompanied by appropriate supporting documentation. One of the following temporary grades may be awarded IDS (Incomplete - Deferred Examination); IDM (Incomplete Deferred Make-up); IDB (Incomplete Both Deferred Examination and Make-up); or RN (Result not Known).
   
   

Evaluation and benchmarking

In meeting the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app’s aims to establish quality learning and teaching for all programs, this course monitors and ensures quality assurance and improvements in at least two ways. This course:
1. Conforms to the USQ Policy on Evaluation of Teaching, Courses and Programs to ensure ongoing monitoring and systematic improvement; and,
2. Forms part of the Tertiary Preparation Program, benchmarked against internal USQ accreditation/reaccreditation processes which include (i) stringent standards in the independent accreditation of its academic programs, (ii) close integration between business and academic planning, and (iii) regular and rigorous review.