{"id":409,"date":"2020-04-22T14:59:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T05:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/?p=409"},"modified":"2020-04-22T16:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T07:26:00","slug":"409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/2020\/04\/22\/409\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 assessment adjustments for Semester 1 topics 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the changes to teaching and learning in the first half of 2020 (and other first half of the year study periods) due to COVID-19, adjustments have been made to assessment and topic grading. The aim of these \u201cno disadvantage\u201d changes is to be equitable to all students. Please see below for a detailed list of all the changes to your assessment:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>During Semester<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>Extensions<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Usual assessment context<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Request submitted through FLO before assessment due date<\/li>\n<li>topic coordinator discretion<\/li>\n<li>supporting evidence often required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New arrangement for the first half of 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>request submitted through FLO before assessment due date<\/li>\n<li>will be granted<\/li>\n<li>no supporting evidence required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>After Final Examinations\/Assessment<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>Examinations Board<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Usual assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check distribution of grades\/marks across cohort<\/li>\n<li>No amendments to grades awarded<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New assessment for the first half of 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check distribution of grades\/marks in comparison with previous years<\/li>\n<li>Where appropriate, amend grades for class (increase only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>Failed topic<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Usual assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supplementary assessment for topic where achieved 45-49%<\/li>\n<li>Maximum of 50% for the topic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New assessment for the first half of 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supplementary assessment where students have made meaningful attempts at all assessment regardless of final grade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>OR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opportunity to resubmit one key piece of assessment where appropriate<\/li>\n<li>For graded topics, a maximum of 50% will be awarded (or P for Non-graded topics)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>Topic Grade<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Usual assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Topics are graded according to appropriate grading system:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>graded (i.e. Pass \u2013 High Distinction) and grades contribute to overall grade point average<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>OR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>non-graded pass (NGP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New assessment for the first half of 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Topics graded according to usual grading system<\/li>\n<li>After results released, for graded topics, students have the option to select a non-graded pass (NGP) for the topic\n<ul>\n<li>This will be via an online process to confirm change to grade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>More information on this process will be sent out soon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the changes to teaching and learning in the first half of 2020 (and other first half of the year study periods) due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1350,"featured_media":114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-students"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1350"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}