Mostly an academic convention is a rule or technique that you need to follow when writing your assignments. Your lecturer or tutor will expect to see you demonstrate these. Sometimes marks will be allocated for this in the overall mark for the assignment.
Academic Integrity is an important part of becoming a scholar. Have a look at the
to gain an understanding around what the official definition for academic integrity is here at UTAS.
Work through the MyLO unit
to see how to submit your assignments via Turnitin to avoid academic dishonesty. The academic convention of Referencing will help you avoid plagiarism. The
Each discipline uses its own referencing style. Find out which referencing style your lecturer or tutor wishes you to use before you submit your assignment.
Information on the different
can be found here.