H5031 Professional Issues in IS, Ethics & Practice 1
2018
08
Assessment Type:
Individual Assignment
% of total:
15%
Assessment Date:
Weekly, from Session 2 – Session 11
Learning Outcomes:
1,2,
Summative:
Yes
Duration/Word Length:
One page
Assessment Title:
Assessment 1, Weekly Reading Critique, Class Contribution.
Submission Guidelines:
• All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover
Page.
• The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on
all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.
• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list
using Harvard referencing style.
Assessment Design – Adapted Harvard Referencing:
Holmes will be implementing as a pilot program a revised Harvard approach to referencing. The following
guidelines apply:
1. Reference sources in assignments are limited to sources which provide full text access to the
source’s content for lecturers and markers.
2. The Reference list should be located on a separate page at the end of the essay and titled:
References.
3. It should include the details of all the in-text citations, arranged alphabetically A-Z by author
surname. In addition, it MUST include a hyperlink to the full text of the cited reference source.
For example;
P Hawking, B McCarthy, A Stein (2004), Second Wave ERP Education, Journal of Information Systems
Education, Fall, http://jise.org/Volume15/n3/JISEv15n3p327.pdf
4. All assignments will require additional in-text reference details which will consist of the surname of
the author/authors or name of the authoring body, year of publication, page number of contents,
paragraph where the content can be found.
For example;
“The company decided to implement a enterprise wide data warehouse business intelligence
strategies (Hawking et al, 2004, p3(4)).”
Non-Adherence to Referencing Guidelines
Where students do not follow the above guidelines:
1. Students who submit assignments which do not comply with the guidelines will be asked to
resubmit their assignments.
2. Late penalties will apply, as per the Student Handbook each day, after the student/s have been
notified of the resubmission requirements.
3. Students who comply with guidelines and the citations are “fake” will be reported for academic
misconduct.
Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
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Assignment Description:
A set of readings and/or videos are available to students in Assessment 1 folder for each session. Each
student is required to complete a one-page overview of some aspect of the reading. This could be a
summary or a general discussion of key points. The ‘one-pager’ should be submitted by the end of each
week. Every report has 1.5 mark and the total will be 10 report with the total of 15 marks. Late
submissions penalties will apply for overdue submissions.
REPORT STRUCTURE:
1. Introduction – State an introduction of the case.
2. Discussion – A summary or a general discussion of key points and the reading’s
highlights.
3. Conclusion – Summarise your findings, consolidating and drawing attention to the
main points of the report.
4. References. (cite here the references you have used in your report)
PLEASE NOTE:
• All assignments must be submitted electronically ONLY, uploaded to Blackboard and
Submission of SafeAssign. Submission deadlines are strictly enforced and a late
submission incurs penalties.
• DO NOT SHARE YOUR ASSIGNMENT WITH OTHER STUDENTS under no
circumstances even after the deadline and after you submitted it in the Blackboard
or even after you have marked. If there will be any similarity detected by SafeAssign
or the marker, it is an academic misconduct case and BOTH of the students will get
ZERO and will be reported to the institution for further investigation.
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Marking Rubrics
Grades
Excellent
8-10
Good
6 – 8
Satisfactory
4-6
Unsatisfactory
0 – 4
Presentation
%10
Professional presentation
with excellent writing skills
Professional
presentation with good
writing skills
Professional
presentation and
well written
Poor presentation
Evaluation Quality
%10
Assessed critically in depth
and suggested excellent
strategies logically and
presented in very
convincing manner
Assessed well and
suggested strategies
logically and presented
in well
Assessed and
suggested strategies
Argument is confused
and disjointed.
Grades
Excellent
50- 60
Good
40 – 50
Satisfactory
30 – 40
Unsatisfactory
0 – 30
Discussion
%60
Demonstrated
excellent
ability to think
critically and
sourced
reference
material appropriately
Demonstrate
d ability to
think critically
and sourced
reference
material
appropriately
Demonstrated
ability to think
critically and
did not source
reference
material
appropriately
Did not
demonstrate
ability to think
critically and did
not source
reference material
appropriately
Grades
Excellent
8-10
Good
6 – 8
Satisfactory
4-6
Unsatisfactory
0 – 4
Conclusion
%10
Logic is clear
and easy to
follow with
strong
arguments
Mostly
consistent
logical and
convincing
Adequate
cohesion and
conviction
Argument is
confused and
disjointed
Harvard or IEEE
Reference style
%10
Clear styles
with excellent
source of
references.
Generally
good
referencing
style
Sometimes
clear
referencing
style
Lacks consistency
with many errors
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PLEASE NOTE
Your submission document should be a single word or pdf document containing your report.
All submissions are to be submitted through the safeAssign facility in Blackboard. Submission boxes linked to SafeAssign
will be set up in the Units Blackboard Shell. Assignments not submitted through these submission links will not be
considered.
Submissions must be made by the due date and time (which will be in the session detailed above) and determined by
your unit coordinator. Submissions made after the due date and time will be penalized per day late (including weekend
days) according to Holmes Institute policies.
The SafeAssign similarity score will be used in determining the level, if any, of plagiarism. SafeAssign will check
conference web-sites, Journal articles, the Web and your own class members submissions for plagiarism. You can see
your SafeAssign similarity score (or match) when you submit your assignment to the appropriate drop-box. If this is a
concern you will have a chance to change your assignment and resubmit. However, resubmission is only allowed prior to
the submission due date and time. After the due date and time have elapsed your assignment will be graded as late.
Submitted assignments that indicate a high level of plagiarism will be penalized according to the Holmes Academic
Misconduct policy, there will be no exceptions. Thus, plan early and submit early to take advantage of the resubmission
feature. You can make multiple submissions, but please remember we only see the last submission, and the date and
time you submitted will be taken from that submission.
Academic Integrity
Holmes Institute is committed to ensuring and upholding Academic Integrity, as Academic Integrity is integral to
maintaining academic quality and the reputation of Holmes’ graduates. Accordingly, all assessment tasks need to comply
with academic integrity guidelines. Table 1 identifies the six categories of Academic Integrity breaches. If you have any
questions about Academic Integrity issues related to your assessment tasks, please consult your lecturer or tutor for
relevant referencing guidelines and support resources. Many of these resources can also be found through the Study
Sills link on Blackboard.
Academic Integrity breaches are a serious offence punishable by penalties that may range from deduction of marks,
failure of the assessment task or unit involved, suspension of course enrolment, or cancellation of course enrolment.
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Table 1: Six categories of Academic Integrity breaches
Plagiarism
Reproducing the work of someone else without attribution. When
a student submits their own work on multiple occasions this is
known as self-plagiarism.
Collusion
Working with one or more other individuals to complete an
assignment, in a way that is not authorised.
Copying
Reproducing and submitting the work of another student, with or
without their knowledge. If a student fails to take reasonable
precautions to prevent their own original work from being copied,
this may also be considered an offence.
Impersonation
Falsely presenting oneself, or engaging someone else to present as
oneself, in an in-person examination.
Contract cheating
Contracting a third party to complete an assessment task,
generally in exchange for money or other manner of payment.
Data fabrication and
falsification
Manipulating or inventing data with the intent of supporting false
conclusions, including manipulating images.
Source: INQAAHE, 2020
