Assessment Marking

Moderation is the process of ensuring that assessment criteria are consistently applied by different markers and that grades are allocated consistently with reference to how well the stipulated criteria are met.

UNE's Assessment Guidelines state:

Marking and feedback

(21)The Unit Coordinator will organise moderation of marks where there is subjectivity in the marking of an assessment task and more than one marker is involved. Students should be informed if multiple markers are involved in the unit.

(Assessment Guidelines, Marking and feedback)

Members of the teaching team mark assessment items providing that this is feasible in terms of School workloads. It is possible that some assessment items will be marked by other staff in Arts or by casual academic staff appointed for the purpose of assisting the teaching team.

If this occurs, the School's standard quality assurance procedures will apply. That is, all markers will be suitably qualified to assess work in the disciplinary field of the unit and they will know the unit materials, assessment aims and marking criteria. In the written feedback on assessment, it will be clearly indicated who marks each assignment.

The distribution of assessment items for marking is overseen by the Unit Coordinator, who also monitors marking if it is undertaken by markers appointed beyond the teaching team, for appropriate moderation and quality assurance purposes.

The Unit coordinator is responsible for ensuring marking competence, fairness and consistency through the enlistment of suitably qualified staff, the provision of marking guidelines to staff, and the practice of 'check marking', that is, a second marking by a different marker, where the first marker suggests Fail result.

Normally, assessments submitted on time are marked and despatched within twenty-one (21) days of the final date for submission or extension date.

The UNE Assessment Guidelines state:

Marking and feedback

(20) Other than theses and dissertations, assessment tasks will be marked and marks provided to students within twenty-one (21) calendar days after either the submission due date or the actual submission date (if after the submission due date). Examinations should be marked and marks provided to students prior to final grades being released. If marking is delayed for any reason, the Unit Coordinator will ensure students are informed of the delay and an expected timeframe for completion.

(Assessment Guidelines, Marking and feedback)

The grading system used at UNE can be found here

Assignments received after the due date WITHOUT an extension of time having been approved will be penalised.

1. Where an assignment is up to 10 calendar days late, a penalty will be imposed of 5% of the total marks for the assessmentper day or part thereof. The penalty will accrue on both weekdays and weekends including public holidays (ie. 35% per week).
2. An assignment received more than 10 calendar days late late will receive no marks.
3. Tasks that are mandatory to submit that are submitted more than 10 days late but within the relevant teaching period will be deemed to have been submitted, although receiving no marks.

Students should be aware that late assignments submitted more than one week late may be returned with a significantly reduced level of, or no, feedback.

Please note that if an extension is obtained for the final assignment, it is unlikely that the work will be returned before the examination.

All coursework assignments must be submitted before the end of the examination period for trimester units unless the student has been granted a Special Extension of Time.