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TMA Guide

This document provides guidelines for students submitting tutor marked assignments (TMAs) for their courses. It states that all assignments must be submitted online through the Online Assignment Submission system, with no hard copies or email allowed. Extensions may be requested for up to 7 days through the tutor, or over 7 days requires additional approval and documentation. It is the student's responsibility to ensure their assignment is successfully submitted online before the deadline. Technical issues will not be accepted as excuses for late submissions.

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TMA Guide

This document provides guidelines for students submitting tutor marked assignments (TMAs) for their courses. It states that all assignments must be submitted online through the Online Assignment Submission system, with no hard copies or email allowed. Extensions may be requested for up to 7 days through the tutor, or over 7 days requires additional approval and documentation. It is the student's responsibility to ensure their assignment is successfully submitted online before the deadline. Technical issues will not be accepted as excuses for late submissions.

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Tutor Marked Assignment Guide for Students

The assignment for this course has to be submitted on-line. No hard copy or email
submission will be accepted.
The assignment policy of the University as stated in the Student Handbook should be
observed. Students are required to submit assignments for a course in accordance with
the dates communicated by the course coordinator. Students may apply for a
submission extension on the grounds of illness, accident, disability, bereavement or
other compassionate circumstances.
Applications for extensions of up to seven days should be submitted to the tutor. The
tutor shall consider valid and unexpected emergencies on an individual basis. Normally,
documented proof of the extenuating circumstances is not required for extensions of up
to seven days. The tutor shall decide and advise the student of the revised date for
submission.
For extensions of more than seven days, students should note the following:
1. If students require an extension of more than seven days on the grounds of illness,
accident, disability, bereavement or other compassionate circumstances, they are
required request through OAS for CC approval.
2. Supporting documents must be submitted along with the application for extension of
over seven days to justify the claim.
3. Applications for extension should normally be submitted before or on the due
date.
4. Applications are considered by the Dean of the respective school for any extension
of 15 to 21 days.
5. Students must provide valid reasons together with (scanned) supporting documents
and submit the application electronically through the OAS.
6. There is NO extension for TMA 2. Please plan your TMA 2 wisely to prevent late
submission or penalty.
It is the responsibility of the student to check that the assignment has been successfully
submitted on the OAS.
Extension applications without supporting documents will not be accepted. The
University cannot accept any responsibility for assignments that are not duly uploaded
due to any technical reason at the students end of the system. As a precautionary
measure, the students are advised to keep a copy of each assignment.

Tutor Marked Assignment Guide for Students


INSTRUCTIONS:
a) Please answer ALL questions in TMA1. Submission is to be done online via OAS
on or before stipulated deadline (see cover page and page 2 of this document).
b) Please NOTE that Turnitin submission is NOT the same as OAS submission.
You DO NOT need to submit your Turnitin Originality Report to OAS anymore.
However, you are required to use Turnitin to check the similarity index before
your submit your TMA to OAS. Bear in mind that when you submit your TMA in
Turnitin the second time and be informed that the system will usually take at
least 24 hours to send you the report. So, please PLAN wisely your TMA
submission in order to prevent passing the deadline for submission.
c) For TMA submission, please attach (using Insert Object) your TMA and
submit that through the Online Assignment Submission (OAS) system.
Make sure you check your WOU email after you have submitted your TMA. If
there is a failure of submission or file corruptions you will immediately be notified
through your WOU email.

d) Your assignment will be assessed on the factual answer provided based on your
reading and analysis of various references related to this course. In addition, you
should demonstrate a sound knowledge of the topics covered in these units.
Please use a proper referencing technique when needed. Consult the WOU
citation guidelines on the WOU Library webpage.
e) You are advised to adhere to the following technical requirement, pertaining to
your written answer:
Font type: Arial or Times New Roman
Font size: 12 point
Margin: left 1.2, right 1.0, top 1.0, bottom 1.0
Alignment: Justify or Align Text Left
Spacing: 1.5 or 2
If you need to use a spreadsheet or diagram for your answer, please embed
your answer to the Word document that you are submitting.
f) Information on your cover page:
Course code & title
Student name, ID and I/C No
Name of tutor
Class Code
Indication of TMA 1
g) Save your TMA by using the following guideline:
<Class code>_<Student ID> _TMA<no>.doc /docx

Tutor Marked Assignment Guide for Students


4BA21_041080036_TMA1.doc OR 4HRM1_041080036_TMA1.docx

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