1. Essential steps
Before you start your assignment, read the instructions and the assignment marking criteria in detail. Check with your course lecturer or tutor if you are unsure about where to find this information.
Academic integrity
Maintain the highest standards of academic integrity in your work:
- Use correct referencing techniques to avoid plagiarism. Get information on different referencing styles and learn more about referencing in the Write, cite and submit module.
- Don’t breach copyright when using images, audio or any materials that have been created by other people. Our Find and use media module explains copyright and how to find Creative Commons resources for reuse.
Find out about UQ’s Academic Integrity Modules (AIM). The modules:
- Are compulsory for all new to UQ students and new to a program students
- Will help you learn what academic integrity is, why it is so important, and how you can act with integrity in your studies
- Are in two parts and it will take about an hour to complete each of them.
Group assignments
Student Services has information to assist you when working in a group, including how to overcome problems associated with group work.
Get strategies and tools for working with a group online (from the Communicate and collaborate module), including:
- What messaging tool to use
- Collaborating online on a document
- Holding online meetings.
Find information and data
Learn about strategies and resources for finding scholarly information (from the Information essentials module).
Get information about finding or gathering data and strategies and tools to visualise data (in the Work with data and files module).
Backing up your assignments
It’s very important to back up your work as you do your assignments. The Working with files module has tips on how to manage your files and back up your work.
Submitting your assignments
As a UQ student you will be required to submit your assignments through your Learn.UQ (Blackboard) course site. Get tips on using Learn.UQ to submit different assignment types (in the Write, cite and submit module).
