Assessment, Results & Transcript

Many people think of plagiarism as copying another’s work, or borrowing someone else’s original ideas. But terms like “copying” and “borrowing” can disguise the seriousness of the offense. Plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else’s work and lying about it afterwards. The following are considered as Plagiarism:

• Turning in someone else’s work as your own;
• Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit;
• Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks;
• Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation;
• Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit; and
• Copying most of the words or ideas from a source that makes up for majority of your work, whether or not the source of information is referenced.

Most cases of plagiarism can be avoided by citing sources. Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source, is usually enough to prevent plagiarism. For further information, please refer to the CHS Academic Integrity policy.

Assessments are designed to maintain academic standards and generate evidence of learning through a focus on the quality of learning outcomes, the use of a combination of two or more assessment tasks which reflect the learning outcomes of the unit, with assessment spread across the teaching period, the importance of the learning outcomes reflected in the relative weightings of assessments; and providing students with the opportunity to demonstrate a range of competencies in learning from minimum learning standards to learning of the highest standard. The assessment methods include: Research essays, reflective journal, synchronous activities including quizzes, case study discussions, discussing a topic through a review of literature, critical appraisal of a published paper, designing a healthcare management plan and designing a performance improvement project plan.

Assessment is an activity to determine your academic progress in achieving the Course and Unit Learning Outcomes. You may be directed to undertake an assessment task either individually or in collaboration with one or more members of your cohort.

The College requires all assignments to be submitted electronically via Turnitin. There may be circumstances that an electronic submission may not be feasible. Where hard copies of assignments are endorsed in the unit outline, a secure collection centre must be stipulated in the unit outline. All hardcopy assignments are required to have a stamped, signed acknowledgement of receipt. Students are to keep a copy of all work submitted until the final course grades are recorded and released.

The time stated as the deadline for the submission of an assessment task or the sitting of a test or examination is Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) or Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) during the months when daylight saving is followed.

Accessing your results

Examination or Assessment results can be accessed through the Meshed Portal. Please check the Academic calendar to keep track of when the official results will be published online.

An academic transcript is an official document issued by the College as a record of all your completed units and results throughout your enrolment at the College of Health Sciences.