How to complete the course successfully
The activities discussed in the preceding section will provide you with a measure of self-assessment for your progress through the course. In addition, when you transfer the knowledge you have gained from the activities to the assignments, you will receive a formal assessment of your progress from your tutor.
At clearly-indicated points in each module, you will submit an assignment (or parts of an assignment) to your tutor as an e-mail attachment. Your tutor will review the assignment, provide detailed written feedback on the quality of your work and give you advice on any areas needing improvement.
You may submit an assignment up to three times, depending on your tutor's feedback.
At the conclusion of the course, you will receive an overall assessment based on an ungraded pass system. This means your work will be graded as either satisfactory or unsatisfactory. There is no final examination. To pass the course, you must meet the performance criteria for the assignment in each module. If your work in Module 1 is graded as “Incomplete” or “Unsatisfactory”, you will not be permitted to submit assignments for the next module, and your mark for the entire course will be “Incomplete” or “Unsatisfactory”.
If you have successfully completed the course, your tutor will inform you. At that time, you will be requested to fill out a course-end evaluation form.
Module 1: Effective Writing |
How to complete the module successfully
- Submit all components identified in the module assignment.
- Part A: Analyse a document.
- Part B: Prepare a portfolio of major concepts addressed in the module.
- Part C: Write a document describing your work-related writing and identifying your goals for the next module.
- Revise and resubmit assignment components, following the various comments and corrections that your tutor requests of you.
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What your tutor will do
- Your tutor will provide you with feedback on all the components submitted.
- Your tutor may ask you to clarify examples, provide additional information or revise any aspect of your writing, based on the concepts covered in this module.
- Your tutor may ask you to revise and resubmit any or all components of the module writing, incorporating tutor feedback, twice. In other words, your third submission must be your final submission.
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Module 2: Correspondence, Records, and Notes |
How to complete the module successfully
- Submit a portfolio of four documents, along with all required supporting materials.
- Revise and resubmit assignment components, following the comments and corrections that your tutor requests of you.
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What your tutor will do
- Your tutor will provide you with feedback on all components submitted.
- Your tutor may ask you to revise any or all of the documents. You can resubmit twice, which means you are allowed three submissions.
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Module 3: Reports and Proposals |
How to complete the module successfully
- Submit planning documents as described in the module assignment description.
- Incorporate tutor feedback into your document plan.
- Submit a complete short report, report section, proposal, concept paper or other tutor-approved document, plus all accompanying documents, including a briefing note to go along with your report or proposal.
- Revise and resubmit assignment components, following the comments and corrections that your tutor requests of you.
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What your tutor will do
- Your tutor will provide you with feedback on all components submitted.
- Your tutor may ask you to revise any or all of the documents. Two revisions may be requested, allowing for three submissions in total.
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