All you need to know about your assessments and exams
Your studies will be assessed by a mixture of assignments and exams.
Find out about our exam services, how to submit an assignment, and how to apply for special consideration and extensions.
Exams
All OUA exams will remain online indefinitely. For more information, please visit the OUA Exams website.
Assessment applications
You can apply for an assessment application including an assignment extension or a deferred assessment. You can also apply for special consideration if you have been seriously disadvantaged or affected when completing an assessment item.
Submitting assignments
There are several ways to submit your assignment online. The most popular are:
Updated assessment practices
To take some pressure off you during the coronavirus pandemic, Griffith has made some adjustments to assessment practices, including:
- Assessment extensions
- Supplementary assessment
- Exams
Exams
All OUA exams will remain online indefinitely. For more information, please visit the OUA Exams website.
Deferred assessment
Deferred assessment would normally be applied for it you have been prevented from attending an assessment task that is scheduled to occur on a specific date, such as:
- exam
- presentation (technical or professional)
- performance (artistic)
- guided discussion with peers; or
- test or quiz
Deferral of other assessment tasks, if you are unable to submit them by the due date, are applied for using an assignment extension.
Lodgement of deferred assessment applications
Applications for a deferred assessment must be submitted through the online application form no later than three working days after the assessment was scheduled to take place.
Deferred assessment application
Criteria and supporting documentation required for deferred assessment
Deferred assessment will only be approved in the following circumstances. Your application must include appropriate documentation to support the grounds on which you are requesting your assessment to be deferred.
- illness - medical certificate
- accident - statutory declaration
- temporary disability - medical certificate
- bereavement - bereavement notice or statutory declaration
- sporting or cultural commitment at state, national or international representative level - letter from sporting body
- technical difficulties that prevented you from attempting your scheduled assessment - timestamped screenshot, proof of help request, statutory declaration
- other compassionate circumstances - statutory declaration.
You will be emailed of the outcome of your application for deferred assessment. The status and outcome of your application can be viewed at any time using ‘My application status’.
Deferred final exam times
Refer to the OUA Academic Calendar or Key Dates website for the deferred/supplementary exam period dates
If you are awarded an end of study period or study session deferred exam, you are no longer eligible for a supplementary exam. Further deferment is NOT possible. A significant concession has already been given. If you are still unable to sit your deferred or supplementary exam because of exceptional circumstances, you may apply to withdraw after the census date due to special circumstances.
Special consideration
You may apply for special consideration for an assessment item if you:
- feel your performance was seriously affected, or
- were seriously disadvantaged when the assessment item was attempted.
Lodgement of special consideration applications
Applications for special consideration is only applicable where the assessment item has been submitted or attempted. Applications must be lodged online no later than three working days after the date of the exam or the due date of the assessment item.
Special consideration application
Criteria and supporting documentation required for special consideration
Special consideration will only be approved in the following circumstances. Only those applications that have attached appropriate supporting documentation will be considered.
- illness - medical certificate
- accident - statutory declaration
- temporary disability - medical certificate
- bereavement - bereavement notice or statutory declaration
- Sporting or cultural commitment at state, national or international representative level - letter from sporting body
- Technical difficulties that seriously affected your performance when an assessment item was attempted or submitted - timestamped screenshot, proof of help request, statutory declaration
- compassionate circumstances - statutory declaration.
You will be emailed of the outcome of your application for special consideration. The status and outcome of your application can be viewed at any time using ‘My application status’.
For more information, refer to Sections 3.8.2 and 3.8.3 of the Assessment Procedure for Students.