GRADING METHODOLOGY

Exams:

Exam 1 will contain 90 multiple choice questions from materials covered in modules one through six. 

Exam 2 will contain 90 multiple choice questions from materials covered in modules seven through thirteen. 

Exam Completion Rules:

Ø     Students will be allocated one and half hours to complete the exam.

Ø     The exam must be completed in one sitting. 

Ø     Questions will appear on the screen one at a time. 

Ø     Students can only move through the questions in a forward direction.

Ø     Students will only have one attempt to answer each question.

Ø     Once a question has been submitted, it can not be changed or accessed again.

Ø     Upon completion of the exam, students will be provided with their final score and the correct answers to any wrong responses.   

Quizzes:

Students will be required to complete 10 quizzes.  Each quiz will consist of 20 multiple choice questions on the vocabulary words contained within the current module. 

Quiz Completion Rules: 

Ø     Students will be allocated 30 minutes to complete each quiz.

Ø     Each quiz must be completed in one sitting. 

Ø     Questions will appear on the screen one at a time. 

Ø     Students can only move through the questions in a forward direction.

Ø     Students will have one attempt to answer each question.

Ø     Once a question has been submitted, it can not be changed or accessed again in that sitting.

Ø     Upon completion of the exam, students will be provided with their score on the exam and the correct answers to any wrong responses.   

Ø     Students may take the quiz a maximum of four times.

Ø     Each time, the questions on the quiz will be shuffled or re-organized.

Ø     The highest score will be accepted as the final grade on the quiz.

Discussion Assignments:

Students will be provided with a list of questions related to the current module.  Each student will either pick one of the pre-constructed questions or create his/her own question (with instructor’s approval only) and provide a written response of at least 200 words.  Students will post their responses into the discussion forum.  Each student must read and reply back to at least two responses from his/her classmates. 

Research Assignment:

Students will be required to conduct research on a pre-approved topic of their choosing.   They will submit a final display of their research findings in one of several pre-selected formats.