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Personal declaration when submitting assignments in My Space and Kark

  • As of from June 13. 2008 15:00, a personal declaration text will appear in the beginning of each submission in My Space and Kark.
  • The personal declaration must be accepted to proceed in the submission prosess.
    • Exeption: The personal declaration text does not appear when it is a group submission in My Space.
  • The Personal declaration is available in both Norwegian and English. It is controlled by the language setting in My Space (can be changed by clicking "Change language"/"Bytt språk".

The personal declaration in My Space and in Kark looks like this:

I hereby declare that the assignment which I am submitting is my own work and that

  • it has not been used in another examination or been submitted or published at another
  • educational institution in Norway or abroad
  • it does not contain other people’s work without this being stated
  • it does not contain my own previous work without this being stated
  • the bibliography contains all the literature and all the sources that I have used in my assignment, and that all references refer to this bibliography.

I am aware that any violation of these rules will be considered cheating.

If you are uncertain about whether you can submit this declaration, check the guidelines for The use of sources in written works at the University of Bergen and contact your supervisor or the lecturer, if relevant.

All work you submit at the University of Bergen may be sent for an electronic plagiarism check.


Note: Submitting assignments that do not meet the requirements in the personal statement is not permitted.

Submission in the Assessment folder/Learning folder in My space

  • NB: The file size limit for submissions in the Assessment folder and Learning folder is 8 MB.
  • If your file is larger than 8 MB then you should contact one of the Administrators of the Class so that they can help you submit the assignment.


Step by step:

  1. Find your Class in My space
  2. Click on the folder where you are to submit your assignment
  3. Click on "Upload a new assignment"
  4. Check and Accept the personal declaration to proceed
  5. Choose "Browse.." and find the assignment to submit
  6. In the field: "Update as a new version if file already exists" choose "Yes"
  7. Choose the language in which the assignment is written.
  8. Type in the title of your assignment
  9. Type optional search words that will be associated with your assignment
  10. Fill in an otional Descriptive text (Abstract) max 3000 characters
  11. Click "OK" to submit the asignment
  12. When your assignment has been submitted you will see the following message: "Upload completed. A receipt is sent to your student email. If this is a group submission a receipt is also sent to the other authors student email." You will recieve a receipt in your student email.
  13. You will also see your submitted assignment in the folder.


Submission of the Master thesis in My Space

  • You submit your Master thesis in the "Master`s thesis" folder.
  • You can watch a video guide: How to submit an assignment in My Space here.
  • Your Master thesis are to be submitted as one single PDF file. DO NOT split the thesis into several files. Everything that are to be evaluated should be in the same PDF document.
  • Only PDF format is accepted in the Master`s thesis folder. It is therefore important that you save your thesis in PDF format before you try to submit it. No other formats will be accepted in the Master`s thesis folder.
  • NB: The file size limit for Master`s thesis is 20 MB.

If your file is larger than 20 MB then you should contact one of the Administrators of the Class so that they can help you submit the thesis.


Step by step : How to submit your Master thesis:

  1. Save your Master`s thesis in PDF format. (See step by step how to do this below). NB: Do not register your student number in your thesis.
  2. Click on the Master`s thesis folder (or on the Master`s thesis sub-folder with your name if this kind of folder exists).
  3. Click on "Upload a new assignment".
  4. Check and Accept the personal declaration to proceed
  5. Choose "Browse.."
  6. Find your Master thesis in PDF-format.
  7. Choose the language in which the Master thesis is written.
  8. Type in the title of your Master thesis.
  9. Fill in an Abstract (Descriptive text) max 3000 signs.
  10. Fill in an optional second Abstract in a different language.
  11. Type in optional search words that will be associated with your paper. This is recommended if you are to publish your paper in BORA.
  12. Answer "Yes" or "No" on the question "Transfer it to BORA?" You can read more about BORA here: Master thesis and BORA. Note: If you don`t answer anything on this question, the answer will be registered as "No". If you wish to publish your thesis in BORA at a later time, contact bora@uib.no. They will give you the information you need.
  13. Make sure that you have filled in all the fields marked with (required). These fields are mandatory.
  14. When you are ready to submit, click "OK".
  15. When the submission is done and OK you will see your paper in the Master`s thesis folder and the following message will appear on your screen: "Upload completed. A receipt is sent to your student email. If this is a group submission a receipt is also sent to the other authors student email."
  16. In your student mail you will find the receipt of your submission of the paper. Save it.

Note that:

  • You can upload a new version of your thesis until the folder closes. The procedure is the same as described above.
  • The papers that you submit in My Space are visible only to yourself and to the administrators. If it is a group submission then the paper is visible to all of the authors.

How to save an assignment as PDF at the University of Bergen:

All the PCs at the University of Bergen have “PDFCreator” installed, which can convert files to PDF. Note: The file is not printed on a printer, but is converted to PDF format, which can then be saved. It does not cost anything to convert files to PDF using the printer driver at UiB.

Step by step: (You have to use one of UiB’s computers if you follow this description)

  1. Open the file that you wish to convert to PDF. (The original file will not be affected).
  2. Select print (Ctrl+P)
  3. Select printer “PDFCreator”
  4. If the “PDFCreator” printer has not been installed – contact the PC help service/User support at your faculty.
  5. Click “OK”
  6. Remove author information if the submission of the assignment is to be anonymous. (The submission of a Master’s thesis is not anonymous.)
  7. Click ”Save”
  8. Select the folder you wish to save the PDF file in.
  9. Select a file name for the PDF file. (Do not include your name in the file name if the submission is to be anonymous.)
  10. Click “Save”
  11. The file has been saved and will open automatically.


Format requirements for the submission of assignments in My Space:

When:

  1. Students submit their Master’s theses.
  2. Students submit an anonymous assignment in an anonymised folder.

Which formats are required when assignments are submitted in the different folder types in My Space?

  • The Learning Folder and the Learning Folder’s sub-folders:

Requirement: No special format requirements.

  • Anonymised Learning Folder and/or anonymised sub-folders in the Learning Folder:

Requirement: PDF or plain text (txt, sgml, html, xml).

  • The Assessment Folder and the Assessment Folder’s sub-folders:

Requirement: No special format requirements.

  • Anonymised Assessment Folder and/or anonymised sub-folders in the Assessment Folder:

Requirement: PDF or plain text (txt, sgml, html, xml)

  • The Master’s Thesis Folder and the Master Thesis Folder’s subfolders (Folders in the student’s name):

Requirement: PDF.

Procedures for granting extra time for submissions in the event of unplanned downtime in My space and Kark:

In the case of unplanned downtime in My Space the following guidelines for granting extensions applies. The guidelines also applies to Kark.

  • If My Space was unavailable for electronic submissions during the course of the stipulated submission date and this was not the result of planned downtime, the submission deadline will be extended by at least one day for all students in the class.
  • If My Space was unavailable for electronic submissions for more than one day and this is not a result of planned downtime, the submission deadline will be extended by at least two days for all students in the class.

The department/faculty responsible for the class in question will stipulate a new submission deadline in accordance with these guidelines. The department/faculty will send information about any changes in submission deadlines via e-mail and notification on My Space as soon as possible. Students are responsible for checking My Space and their student e-mail at regular intervals.


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