Life Span Development for Health A - Unit Outline and Policy Overview

Vocabulary flashcards covering unit policies, assessment requirements, academic integrity guidelines, and support services for Life Span Development for Health A (NHPHS1003).

FedTASK

Federation Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge; a targeted framework focusing on five key transferable attributes, skills, and knowledge embedded and assessed within curricula to prepare graduates for the workplace and society.

Academic Integrity Module (AIM)

A mandatory module covering referencing and paraphrasing skills that all Federation University students must complete prior to submitting their first assessment task.

Contract Cheating

A serious breach of academic integrity involving the use of free or paid external services to produce academic work.

University-wide Late Penalty

A penalty of $5\%$ of the total marks available deducted per day (including weekends and public holidays) for late submissions, with marking ceasing and a score of zero given after $7$ days.

Discretionary Assessment Extension

An extension of up to five University working days granted for a single assessment task at the discretion of the tutor, lecturer, or unit coordinator upon direct student request.

Special Consideration

A formal application process for students experiencing disadvantage or impediment (such as medical reasons, hardship/trauma, or compassionate grounds) across more than one unit and requiring an extension greater than five working days.

Final Grade Appeal

A written appeal submitted to the Executive Dean of the Institute within $10$ working days of official grade publication, demonstrating that the unit description was unclear or that delivery did not match it.

Final Test Eligibility

The requirement specifying that a student must have undertaken and submitted at least one prior assessment task worth more than $10\%$ in the unit to be permitted to sit for the final exam.

Disability and Learning Access Unit (DLAU)

A university support service that organizes reasonable study adjustments for students experiencing temporary or permanent disabilities, medical or mental health conditions, or caregiving responsibilities.

Turnitin

A text-matching and similarity-checking software program used for online assignment submissions within the unit Moodle shell.

AT4 - Online Tutorial Attendance

A hurdle assessment task weighted at $0\%$ that mandates attendance and active participation in at least $80\%$ of tutorials.