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| cm3203 [2024/01/22 16:03] – [Ethics and Other Issues] scmfcl | cm3203 [2024/03/18 13:26] (current) – [Project Selection (Autumn Term)] scmfcl |
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| * [[https://cardiff.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=f7ce9c60-eb76-4478-9271-b0a700b5ecdd|2023-24 CM3203 Project Selection Lecture]] (may require login) | * [[https://cardiff.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=f7ce9c60-eb76-4478-9271-b0a700b5ecdd|2023-24 CM3203 Project Selection Lecture]] (may require login) |
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| | Further video recordings from the lectures are available on learning central/panopto for this module. |
| ==== Setup ==== | ==== Setup ==== |
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| Please watch the **"Ethics for Dissertations"** video in the [[https://cardiff.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx#folderID=%22f10c2d0f-fdef-4bad-a659-afe10100059b%22|panopto/learning central CM3203 folder]] [{{::ethics_procedures_-_ug_dissertations_-_2023-2024.pdf|PDF Slides}}] with further details. If you need ethical approval there are two options: | Please watch the **"Ethics for Dissertations"** video in the [[https://cardiff.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx#folderID=%22f10c2d0f-fdef-4bad-a659-afe10100059b%22|panopto/learning central CM3203 folder]] [{{::ethics_procedures_-_ug_dissertations_-_2023-2024.pdf|PDF Slides}}] with further details. If you need ethical approval there are two options: |
| * **Simplified ethics**, i.e. approval by a supervisor (until 29/11/2026 only, pending renewal) | * **Simplified ethics**, i.e. approval by a supervisor: |
| * You can use this if **you are running one of the approved study types**: anonymous survey (to gather requirements for the system you are developing); usability evaluation (questionnaire, interview, think aloud). | * You can use this if **you are running one of the approved study types**: anonymous survey (to gather requirements for the system you are developing); usability evaluation (questionnaire, interview, think aloud). |
| * And **you are not meeting the full review criteria** (i.e. you are not working with vulnerable participants and your dissertation does not focus on a potentially sensitive topic). | * And **you are not meeting the full review criteria** (i.e. you are not working with vulnerable participants and your dissertation does not focus on a potentially sensitive topic). |
| * **Regular ethics application**: | * **Regular ethics application**: |
| * Details on the ethics policies and procedures are available at **[[https://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/ethics|https://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/ethics]]**. | * Details on the ethics policies and procedures are available at **[[https://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/ethics|https://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/ethics]]**. |
| The CM3203 Ethics framework with the dissertation project ethics form for simplified ethics: | The CM3203 ethics framework with the dissertation project ethics form for simplified ethics: |
| * {{::comsc_cm3203_moduleethics.docx|CM3203 Ethics Framework}} | * {{::comsc_cm3203_moduleethics.docx|CM3203 Ethics Framework}} (approved until 29/11/2026); supervisors should send the approved form by e-mail back to the student and the module leader. |
| with the following templates/exemplars for adoption by the students: | with the following templates/exemplars for adoption by the students: |
| * {{::recruitment_letter_template.docx|Recruitment Letter Template}}; | * {{::recruitment_letter_template.docx|Recruitment Letter Template}}; |
| ===== Extenuating Circumstances ===== | ===== Extenuating Circumstances ===== |
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| If you have any extenuating circumstances, Cardiff University's rules for undergraduate coursework apply (do not confuse these with the regulations for postgraduate dissertations). You can either obtain an **extension** or a **deferral** to the next possible time (usually in the resit period over the summer or the following academic year). | If you have any extenuating circumstances, Cardiff University's rules for undergraduate coursework apply (do not confuse these with the regulations for postgraduate dissertations). You can either obtain an **extension** or a **deferral** to the next possible time (usually in the resit period over the summer or the following academic year). Generally you would submit this in the two weeks before deadline. |
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| ===== Repeats ===== | ===== Repeats ===== |