Manitoba Education
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Distance Learning
Independent Study Option
Assignments and Marking
Submission of Assignments – Procedures and Practices
- Students are to follow the recommended submission intervals as outlined in the course.
- Students are discouraged from submitting multiple sequences or modules of work at one time. Feedback from tutor/markers throughout the course is beneficial.
- If multiple modules are submitted, that work may be returned to the student unmarked and/or there may be delays in receiving the marked assignments.
- Students must use language that helps to demonstrate the knowledge of subject matter in a respectful and appropriate manner. Work may be returned unmarked if it does not meet this criterion.
- Students may submit the assignments via Mail, Email, or the assignments may be dropped off in person at The Distance Learning Unit, 555 Main Street, Winkler, MB.
- Students have 12 months from the date of registration to complete the course. There are specific deadlines for GRADUATING students that may come prior to the course expiry date.
- Students should allow up to 21 days from the date of submission to receive marked assignments.
- Students attending school will have assignments returned to the school
- Students not attending school will have assignments returned to the home address.
- During Summer and Winter Break all assignments will be returned to the home address
- Students should RETAIN ALL MARKED ASSIGNMENTS until the final, official STATEMENT OF STANDING has been issued.
Note: ALL Tutor/Markers accept mailed assignments.
Emailing of assignments/unsupervised tests for electronic marking
Students who have access to the Internet may submit assignments electronically if the course they are enrolled in permits emailed assignments. Please be advised that this option is not appropriate for some subject areas and permission to submit assignments electronically is at the discretion of the tutor/marker.
Attending Students
Please notify your ISO School Facilitator (person who signed your ISO registration/admission form) to receive permission to email your assignments and to determine your school's procedure for emailing assignments/unsupervised tests.
Preparing Files for Email Submission
Assignment Cover Sheets
All assignments submitted by email should include the electronic assignment coversheet. Some course coversheet(s) can be downloaded or scan the coversheet that is in the course.
Saving, naming and attaching your assignments
The subject line of the email to distance.learning@gov.mb.ca must clearly indicate Student name, Course name and Assignment number. See sample below:
Tutor/marker:
School:
Do not email your assignments directly to your tutor/marker. Emails sent directly to tutor/markers will be returned unread.
File Size
- Total file size per email must not exceed 5MB or
- Files can be submitted as compressed files. If you are not familiar with this process please visit the wikiHow to do Anything website and to search how to compress files with your operating system.
Attachments
The Distance Learning Unit cannot access:
- File storage/sharing servers (e.g. skydrive)
- Other file extensions other than those listed below
Please submit work in the file types shown below:
- Written work: Microsoft Word files (doc) or RTF files
- Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel files (xls)
- Pictures and graphics: JPEG or GIF files
- Scanned work: PDF files (save multiple pages on one file)
- Audio recording: WAV files Submitting Audio Assignments
- Video recordings: WMV files
ISO does not provide technical support for hardware related issues. If Trouble shooting is required consult a professional computer technician.
Plagiarism
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Plagiarism is the use of someone else's words or ideas without giving them credit. Some examples are:
- Downloading material in whole or in part from the Internet.
- Copying word for word from published or unpublished work.
- Paraphrasing published or unpublished material without bibliographic notation.
- Copying and turning in another student's work as your won with or without that student's knowledge
Any of the above noted violations are considered to be serious and may result in:
- Attending students: The school facilitator will be notified and the student will be required to redo the work. Please note that schools may have their own policy which may override the ISO policy.
- Non-attending students: The student will be required to redo the work and a record of their plagiarism will be placed in their student file, until the course has been completed.
Marking Expectations and Processing
Multiple submissions of work (as defined below) will not be accepted and will be returned to the student. It is clearly indicated throughout ISO courses that work to be completed and submitted sequentially in order for students to receive feedback on their progress and achievement.
Note: Please be advised that ISO tutor/markers work at a distance and reside throughout Manitoba.
- Standard marking includes one submission of work as outlined in the course.
- Students are notified of established deadline dates through school facilitators, and tutor/markers and this website. Throughout ISO courses students are encouraged to track their progress, design a plan, and are reminded when to order exams.
- Student work/exam is directed to the Distance Learning Unit for processing and is forwarded to the ISO tutor/marker by standard mail or email (if applicable).
- The ISO tutor/marker is provided 7 days to assess the work after receiving it.
- The ISO tutor/marker uses Xpresspost or email (if applicable) to forward the marked work to the students school* (attending school) or home (non attending school). Exams are forwarded to the Distance Learning Unit.
- The ISO tutor/marker forwards the mark to the Distance Learning Unit by email or mail (up to 14 days after marking the students work) for mark processing.
- The Statement of Standing with seal is forwarded by standard mail to the student's school* (attending school) or home (not attending school) when the course is completed (all marked work and mid/final exams must be completed).
*Mail is forwarded to student's home address during the months of July and August.
