You are expected to submit your assessment items by the due date published on your course StudyDesk.
A penalty will be deducted from your mark for each calendar day an assessment item is submitted late. An assessment item is considered late if it is submitted after the published due date without an approved extension of time or after the revised due date where an extension has been granted. An assessment item graded on a pass/fail basis will receive a fail grade if the relevant due dates are not met.
Late submissions
For eligible assessment items, you can request a short extension of three (3) calendar days if you can’t complete your assessment by the published due date.
A short extension may help you manage short-term interruptions to your study. You don’t need to provide a reason for an initial short extension request on a specific assessment item.
A short extension is available for many types of assessments, although not allowed for all assessment items. Check your StudyDesk to confirm that an extension is allowed and appropriate for the specific assessment item before you try to submit your extension request. If you are automatically approved, and you’ll receive an email confirming your revised due date when you successfully submit your request.
Note: If the assessment item is a quiz and the published due date has passed, or you have submitted your request outside University business hours, you will need to wait for our confirmation email that your course StudyDesk has been updated to reflect your due date extension. You won’t be able to attempt the quiz before we make the date changes to your quiz link in StudyDesk.
If you can’t complete your assessment by the published due date because of special circumstances, or if you’ve already been given a short extension and can’t complete your assessment by the revised due date, you may be eligible for a longer assessment extension.
Before applying for an extension, consider the following information
- Submitting an assessment after the published due date, even if your extension is approved, may prevent you receiving and applying feedback to any following assessment items in the course, and may impact your ability to complete other assessment items on time.
- Extensions are not possible for every piece of assessment. You may be asked to complete a varied assessment item instead, which will assess the same knowledge or skills as the original assessment item. Check your StudyDesk to confirm that an extension is allowed for the specific assessment item before attempting to submit an assessment extension request.
- Extension requests are processed as quickly as possible. A complete request with all the required supporting documents normally takes between two (2) to five (5) University business days to evaluate and provide an outcome.
- You may be asked to supply additional supporting documents for your extension request and extra time will be needed to provide an outcome. You must provide additional documents within 5 University business days of being advised of this requirement.
- While an extension request is being considered and if the situation allows, we suggest working on your assessment and submitting it as soon as possible.
- A request for a long assessment extension does not guarantee the extension will be granted. In accordance with the Assessment Procedure a penalty for late submission will apply if your assessment extension request is not approved. If your request is approved penalties will not be imposed.