Coursework

If a student chooses to approach another person to proofread their written work, or seeks to use a proofreading service or agency, they must take account of the following principles:

1. It is the responsibility of students to ensure that all work submitted is their own and that it represents their own abilities and understanding. Any proofreading of work that is undertaken by a third party must not compromise the student’s own authorship of the work;
2. Proofreading undertaken by a third party must not take the form of editing of text, such as the adding or rewriting of phrases or passages within a piece of student’s work;
3. Proofreading undertaken by a third party must not change the content or meaning of the work in any way.

Note: The University Library’s My Learning Essentials provides an online tutorial, Better Safe than Sorry: Proofreading Your Work, which allows you to learn and apply techniques to ensure you check your work properly.

All typed summative assessment, including dissertations, should be submitted online and subjected to plagiarism detection software. If the use of online submission and/or plagiarism detection software is inappropriate, details of alternative arrangements will published by the Course Unit Director.

Note: This is in accordance with the University’s Policy on Submission of Work for Summative Assessment on Taught Programmes.

The details of how and when you should submit your coursework will be provided by the Course Unit Director but please do review the below guidance in advance of submission to ensure you submit correctly and on time:

• A student guide to submitting an assignment via Turnitin
• Common submission errors on Turnitin
• How to download feedback (students) from Turnitin

Full guidance will be given on each course Blackboard page, but in particular, please ensure you follow the steps below:

1. You will be prompted by submission link to enter a submission title. Please note that this is not your essay title but your student ID and course code with no spaces, as shown in the example below:

Submission title: 10054321BMAN11111

You MUST enter the submission title for your work in the above manner, otherwise you risk it being treated as a non-submission.

2. For group work, please enter your group number if you have been allocated one, OR the ID number of the student who is submitting the work, together with the BMAN code, e.g:

Submission title: Group5BMAN11111

OR

Submission title: 10054321BMAN1111

See Blackboard Submission Guidance for BMAN Courses for further instructions.

Coursework submitted by any alternative way to that instructed (e.g. via email) will be deemed a non-submission.

It is advisable to allow time for submission; do not leave submission right up to the deadline but make an allowance so that any last minute problems can be resolved. University computing facilities can be in great demand at certain times of the year which can coincide with key coursework deadlines (e.g. the end of a teaching period). It is every student’s responsibility to plan for unexpected circumstances such as minor illness as well as allowing sufficient time in the event of peak system usage.

If you are experiencing difficulty in submitting your work online:

1. Check the IT Service Desk which will tell you if there is a service availability issue (see box on right of webpage) or check the system status for Turnitin.
2. Retry submission. If you are still having difficulties, close the browser and try again with a different browser, for example, instead of Internet Explorer use Firefox.
3. If there are still submission problems contact the IT Service Desk with full details of your course code and name, the assignment name and type you are submitting, the browser you are using, the tools you are using e.g. Turnitin (Tii) or Discussion Boards and the problems you are experiencing.
4. Contact the Assessment Team in AMBS (2.092d), Telephone: 0161 529 3830, Email: ambs.assessment@manchester.ac.uk.

In the event of Blackboard/Turnitin being unavailable (see 'Coursework Submission Problems' for the steps to confirm this), and to allow you to submit your assessed work by the deadline please email your work to ambs.assessment@manchester.ac.uk.

The subject line of the email should include your BMAN course code and Student ID number e.g. BMAN12345, 10076543. You should also ensure that your Student ID is shown clearly on the work you are submitting.

These contingency arrangements are only in the event of Blackboard/Turnitin being unavailable. Work will not be accepted via this submission method under any other circumstances.

Exceptionally you may be asked to submit your coursework by paper copy. These are the procedures you should follow:

• Procedure to follow when you submit Coursework in Paper Copy

Non-submission of summative coursework (i.e. coursework that contributes a percentage weighting toward the course unit mark) without good reason will result in a mark of zero for that paper/piece of work.

Unexcused late submission of assessed work will be penalised in order to avoid the unfair advantaging and disadvantaging of students.

Penalties for any piece of assessed coursework submitted after the designated deadline are as follows:

The mark awarded will reduce by 10% of the maximum amount available per 24 hours (e.g. if the work is marked out of 100, this means a deduction of 10 marks per 24 hours late. If the work is marked out of 20, the deduction would be 2 marks each 24 hours late.) The penalty applies as soon as an assignment is late; a 10% deduction would be issued if an assignment is submitted even 1 second after the deadline, and the work would continue to attract further penalties for each subsequent 24 hours the work was late, until the assignment is submitted or no marks remain.

Please note that this is in accordance with the University’s Policy on Submission of Work for Summative Assessment on Taught Programmes and it is not at the discretion of the School or the individual lecturer to abate the policy.

This guidance relates to first attempts only. Students who submit referral assignments after the deadline will be automatically subject to a mark of zero. There is no sliding scale in operation for resits/referrals.

Once first marking of online coursework assessment is complete and ready for you to view, you will be informed via email. We recommend reviewing this guidance on How to download feedback from Turnitin.

The marks you see on Turnitin/Blackboard will be your provisional and, in most cases, unmoderated marks. This means that they may be subject to change following application of late penalties, review of potential academic malpractice investigations and completion of internal andexternal moderation processes.

Once these processes have been completed, you will receive a further email notification to confirm that your final assessment marks are ready to view on My Manchester. Please note that these marks are still subject to Exam Board ratification at the end of the year.

Please be reminded that this applies to coursework marks only. For course units with examinations, exam marks and overall course unit mark publication will be set for a specific date in Semester 1 and then again in Semester 2.