Formatting your assignments: Formatting your Assignments

Formatting your Assignments

There are common style conventions that should be applied when formatting your assignments. Check with your lecturer or assignment brief if there is a recommended style. If not, follow the tips below on how to format your assignments.

General Guidelines

These are some general guidelines on how to format your assignments. 

Choice of Font

• Use a standard clear and readable font, consider Calibri, Arial, Times New Roman, or Verdana. Fonts should be consistent throughout your assignment. 
• Colours - Standard Black and White, if you want to include more colours stick to a maximum of three and be consistent when colouring your headings. 
• Font Size - 11p or 12p

Spacing

• Justify your alignment
• Assign 1.5 spacing between sentences

Headings

• Make headings Bold
• Essays don’t usually need subheadings; reports usually do.

Title page / Cover Page

• The title of the assignment 
• The course/unit name and number
• The due date
• Your full name, student number/identifier
• On this page the text should be centred. 
• Word count

Numbering

• If you are including figures, you may wish to use a contents page. Ensure figures are numbered correctly according to APA Guidelines. - 
• Figure 1., Figure 2, etc. 

Headers

Insert a header on all pages except the title page

• Your last name, first name
• Your student number
• The course code or number

Footer

• Include page numbers on all pages except for the title page.