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Unit coordination

According to the UTAS student portal, the unit coordinator

... is the staff member in charge of your unit and is typically responsible for planning the unit, setting the assessment tasks, producing the unit outline and coordinating the teaching staff for the unit.

In smaller units, the Unit Coordinator may also be your lecturer and/or your tutor.

Unit coordinators

A list of subjects and unit coordinators can be found here

Unit coordinator responsibilities

Lots of things, likely more than you expect.

Timeline

Task Semester one cutoff Semester two cutoff Detail
Unit detail mid-August (15/08/2025) Feb ? Unit details to be set in Arakri
Timetable information collection mid-August (15/08/2025) Feb ? Submit information to timetable data collection tool
Exam materials/conditions late-August (29/08/2025) Set the conditions of the examination
Draft exam timetable changes mid-September (19/09/2025) Set the time and date of the exam
Exam paper due Early October (06/10/2025) Submission of exam paper
Assessors meeting Mid-November Meeting to finalise subject grades
Results released Late-November Students have access to grades, supplementary assessments to be arranged
Supplementary assessment results due Mid-December Assessment and change of grade submissions due

Unit outline

Unit outline proforma

Student allocations

Resources from MyTimetable

Allocations management through Allocate+, which requires access - along with general information about various administrative platforms which can be found here.

MyLO

Staff Resources or alternatively on the MyLo page

Finalisation and submission of marks

Assessor's meeting

Students granted a Supplementary assessment will be given a grade of NS

Supplementary assessment

Students may be granted a supplementary assessment (often abbreviated to supp.) if an assessment may allow a student to demonstrate knowledge and competency thereby achieving an ILO hitherto not achieved.

The process of choosing, setting, and administering the supp. falls under the responsibilities of the unit coordinator. On the day that results are released, details of the supplementary assessment should be sent to the student(s), and these must be conducted within the following 15 business days. The likely outcome of an assessment will be an improved performance and a demonstrated command of the material, which would result in the grade being changed to P (pass) with a score of 50, or with a performance insufficient to demonstrate command of the material, the grade would be changed to NN (fail) with the score retaining its initial value. These changes must be officially recorded as described below.

Change of marks

Upon completion of ant supplementary assessment, a Change of Assessment form must be completed. Students must be manually added, and as far as I can tell, must be individually assessed for potential graduation (through MyAcademic) and a detailed justification provided for any submission.

In 2025, when completing the form, under the fields Head of School/Discipline/Delegate one was required to put Nathan Kilah and for Associate/Deputy Dean (Learning and Teaching) one should have put Stuart Corney.