Submitting your assessment

Assessments are submitted online via your unit site in most circumstances. Please see your Unit Guide for submission instructions, word limits and assessment requirements. If you are still unsure, contact your Unit Chair or speak to a Student Adviser via Student Central. For information on submitting your assessment online, read through the Help guide on Assignments.

Due dates

The assessment due date is the last day on which your assessment must reach your faculty or be submitted via your unit site.

Deakin has a universal submission time of 8pm (AEST/AEDT as applicable) for all online assessment submissions. Late penalties will be applied for submissions received after 11.59pm on the due date.

Penalties for late submission

The following marking penalties will apply if you submit an assessment task after the due date - without an approved extension:

• 5% of the total marks of the task is deducted for each new calendar day up to seven calendar days.
• Work submitted more than seven calendar days after the due date will not be marked and you will receive 0% for the task.

Has your assessment been received?

When the assessment has been successfully submitted online, you should receive a confirmation email. If you did not receive a confirmation email (please check your junk mail), you should contact your Unit Chair.

Assessment extensions

Sometimes unexpected circumstances can make it difficult to meet an assessment deadline.

If you need a little extra time to complete an assessment, you may be able to access an automatic extension through the Assessment Extension Tool in your unit site.

For eligible assessments, you can receive:

• an automatic extension of 3 calendar days
• a further automatic extension of up to 4 calendar days
• up to 7 calendar days extension in total.

You do not need to provide supporting documentation when requesting an automatic extension through the tool.

Students with an Access Plan and Indigenous Australian students will automatically receive a 14-day extension for eligible assessment tasks when they apply through the Assessment Extension Tool.

Which assessments are eligible?

Most written assessments submitted during the teaching period may be eligible for an automatic extension, however  not all assessments are eligible.

Assessment not eligible:

• timed tests and examinations, including End-of-unit assessments
• in-person, supervised or timed assessments
• practical, oral or performance assessments
• group assessment tasks should be discussed with their Unit Chair

If your assessment is not eligible for an automatic extension, you may need to apply for Special Consideration or discuss your circumstances with your Unit Chair.

PLEASE NOTE: 

Extension requests for assessments delivered through FeedbackFruits, InterDashboard, OnTrack or other external tools must be processed manually by the Unit Chair outside the automated Assessment Extension Tool.

An Assessment Extension Tool is available for OnTrack units in the School of Information Technology and the School of Engineering.

How to request an extension through CloudDeakin

You can access the Assessment Extension Tool through the Assessment area of your unit site.

Special consideration

You should apply for special consideration if:

• your assignment is ineligible for the automated assessment.
• you were unable to apply for an extension before the assessment due date/time.
• you need to request an extension of more than 7 calendar days.

Understanding the difference between an assessment extension and Special Consideration