Online Theory Quizzes are based on lecture and study material (so please revise the lecture and reading material associated with the weeks covered by the quiz).

For ALL students, the Online Theory Quizzes open the Friday after the weeks covered in the quiz (e.g. Theory Quiz A covers material in Weeks 1 and 2 and so opens on Friday in Week 2) and is open for 1 week + 1 weekend.

You have 30 minutes to complete each Online Theory Quiz; make sure to submit your answers within the 30 minutes.

You can attempt each quiz a second time, but there is a 60 minute enforced delay between attempts and your highest score of the attempt/s will be the score recorded. You must make the attempt while the quiz is open.

Questions are true/false, multiple choice, mix-and-match and other formats. Because the questions are drawn at random from a question bank, you will most likely receive different questions if you make a second attempt, and you will likely receive different questions from your peers. You may not share your quiz questions with other students as this may disadvantage other students and it will be considered academic misconduct.

You will be asked to select and describe the biology of a mythical creature. Your task is to write an essay of approximately 1000 to 1500 words about the creature, using all of the unit content from weeks one to ten. Specifically, we would like you to describe how the mythical creature could exist on Earth and perform the functions that it does, based on your knowledge of the biological content of this unit.

You are expected to consult the textbook and other resources such as journal articles, credible online web sources and books when preparing your assignment. You must cite at least 4 scientific journals that are related to the proposed physiology of the mythical creature you have chosen. 

Please describe your creature in an email to the unit coordinator by the end of Week 2. The coordinator will confirm your choice of creature by return email. You may not use a creature that is a hybrid of two or more real-life creatures (e.g. centaur, griffin) or a creature too similar to existing or extinct taxa (e.g. Yeti, dinosaur).

A comprehensive assessment criteria sheet and marked exemplar are available on Moodle.

You will be assessed on:

1. Information literacy (finding and using at least 4 citations/references appropriate to the subject matter and from scientific journals) 10%;

2. Problem solving (your ability to come up with creative and feasible ideas about how the mythical creature functions) 30%;

3. Critical thinking (your ability to correctly apply your knowledge of Animal and Plant Physiology in a new and unfamiliar context) 30%;

4. Communication (your ability to write using grammatically correct, clear and concise Australian English and to demonstrate your ability to adhere to discipline-specific academic conventions such as biological nomenclature and referencing of sources) 30%.

After completing Practicals 1-6 at the Residential School/Block Practical in Rockhampton, you will be required to undertake 6 ten-minute, multiple choice Online Practical Quizzes on Moodle.

You have 10 minutes to complete each Online Practical Quiz; make sure to submit your answers within the 10 minutes.

You can attempt each Online Practical Quiz a second time, but there is a 60 minute enforced delay between attempts and your highest score of the attempt/s will be the score recorded. You must make the attempt while the quiz is open.

Questions are true/false, multiple choice, mix-and-match and other formats. Because the questions are drawn at random from a question bank, you will most likely receive different questions if you make a second attempt, and you will likely receive different questions from your peers. You may not share your quiz questions with other students as this may disadvantage other students and it will be considered academic misconduct.

Students must attend the Residential School/Block Practicals before attempting the Online Practical Quizzes. To pass this assessment, you must obtain 50% of the marks or above for the combined six quizzes (for example, if there are 6 quizzes worth 10 pts each (60 pts total for the assessment), you must get a total of 30 points or above to pass the assessment).

You will be marked on completeness and correctness of answers.

You will only get one attempt to complete the End of Term Online Quiz and have 90 minutes to complete it once you start. You may complete the quiz anytime within the 24 hour window it is open (please begin 90 minutes before the closing time to give yourself the full time to complete the quiz). The quiz is worth 75 marks, and the marks are divided in the following manner:

• 5 Sections and each section has one 1 mark question, one 4 mark question, and one 10 mark question (15 marks per section, 75 marks total).

The questions in each section are selected from a question bank and are balanced for difficulty and type. The marks are a relative guide to how long is required to answer each question (1 mark ~ 1 minute). For each question, type your answer in the box provided. It is an open book quiz, but your answers must be your own work, I will be checking answers against answers available in textbooks or on Google/Reddit/Duck Duck Go/etc. Spelling and grammar are not my primary concern in marking (you won't lose marks for misspelling or poor punctuation), but you will not get full marks if your ideas are hindered or obscured by poor spelling/grammar.

Some questions ask you to submit a hand-drawn sketch with your answer. Before beginning the quiz, you must have a digital camera/smart phone to take pictures with and a means to upload the images to moodle from that camera before the quiz attempt ends. Please confirm that you can transfer pictures from your camera or phone to your computer before you begin. If you need to, you may email photos of your drawings to the Unit Coordinator. Please write your initials and the question # on the drawing and email them within the time you are taking the quiz.

Answers must be your own words/work and not copied from internet sources or created from AI generators. Answers will be checked at random against internet sources and AI text detection tools are available for faculty use. The questions are simple enough you're better off just answering them on your own anyway.

You will be marked on completeness and correctness of answers.