Senior Secondary Curriculum
Rules for authentication of school - based assessment
Students must observe and apply the VCAA authentication rules for school - based assessment. Students must sign an authentication record for work done outside class when they submit the completed task.
The VCAA authentication rules for school - based assessment state that a student must:
• make sure that all work submitted for assessment is their own
• not plagiarise the work of someone else or or other source
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not cheat
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acknowledge all resources used, including:
texts, websites and other source material
the name and status of any person or source who provided assistance and the type of assistance provided
• not receive undue assistance from another person, including their teacher, or source in the preparation and submission of work.
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Acceptable levels of assistance include:
incorporating ideas or material derived from other sources (for example, by reading, viewing or note taking) but which have been transformed by the student and used in a new context
prompting and general advice from another person or source, which leads to refinements or self - correction or both
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Curriculum Handbook The Lakes South Morang College
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