The Teacher's Role in Learning and Assessment/Nga Tirohanga Whanui

Aratohu Ākonga | Guide for Students

Course Attendance and Participation

General Requirements:
This qualification is designed to prepare you for entry into the teaching profession. Attendance enables you to demonstrate key aspects from ‘Our Code, Our Standards’ (Education Council, New Zealand, 2017); specifically, your commitment to the teaching profession and your commitment to learners.  
The UC General Conditions for Credit Regulations (general-regs-general-conditions-for-credit-regulations.pdf (canterbury.ac.nz) section 3 a) states “A student seeking course credit must engage satisfactorily in all required course-related activity, work and assessment specified in the course outlines.”
Subsequently for all students (campus or distance), attendance at all scheduled course sessions, and independent engagement with associated course content (online), is a course requirement.  

Attendance On-Campus:
Students are required to attend and participate in course activities / learning and engage with materials sufficiently to meet the course learning outcome and the UC General Conditions for Credit Regulations. On-campus students must also demonstrate regular and sustained engagement with all of the compulsory online course content to be eligible to seek course credit and receive a passing grade for this course.  

Attendance Distance:
To meet the learning outcomes and requirements in this course, distance students must attend and participate in all distance intensive sessions indicated in the timetable. Distance students must also demonstrate regular and sustained engagement with all the compulsory online course content to meet the learning outcomes in order to seek course credit and receive a passing grade for this course.  

Absences:
As outlined in the ‘attendance’ section, students are expected to attend and participate in course activities. Where a student is unable to attend scheduled sessions, it is a professional courtesy to notify the course lecturer for the module via email, with an explanation as soon as possible. Extended absences must be accompanied by a medical certificate or similar. Absent students may be required to complete and submit tasks that demonstrate engagement with the content from missed classes to meet the course requirements.  

Course Assessment  

Extensions:  
Students are encouraged and expected to plan their work so that deadlines are met. Extensions are not granted automatically. Under special circumstances (e.g. illness, accident, bereavement, tangihanga, or critical personal circumstances) a student may be granted an extension to the due date for an assignment. 
The course coordinator concerned must be contacted in writing (normally by e-mail) before the due date of the assignment for which an extension is sought. 
Normally it is expected to notify 48 hours before the assessment is due, but in extenuating circumstances, this may be up to submission time.  
If requesting an extension, you may be required to submit evidence of work completed on the assessment.  
Applications for extensions must be supported by relevant reasons and students may be asked to provide evidence of special circumstances (e.g. medical certificate). 

Late work:  
Work is considered late if it is handed in after an assignment due date, without an extension having been applied for and granted. Late work will be accepted for marking if it is submitted up to 24 hours late. A penalty of 1 grade step will be applied to late work that is marked.  
Lecturers will not mark work that is more than 24 hours late without an extension having been sought and granted. No work will be accepted after assignments have been returned.  
 
Resubmissions:  
No resubmissions are available for this course.
 
Assessed work in te reo Māori:  
Recognising that Māori is an official language of New Zealand, the University provides for students who may wish to use the Māori language in assessment. See Assessment in Te Reo Māori Policy.  
Please note that if you want to submit work that is written in te reo Māori, you need to advise the course coordinator in advance of your intention. This is to allow the University sufficient time to make arrangements for translation and marking. Course coordinators will notify the registry of the need for support for assessment of course work in Māori, and the Office of the AVC Māori works with students to support them with the process and ensure fair and appropriate assessment procedures are in place.  

Requesting a Reconsideration of Marks and Grades  
Requests for reconsideration of an assignment needs to be made by email to the course coordinator within five (5) working days of receiving the results of, or feedback for, an assessment (whichever is later). This reconsideration will involve a re-marking of the assessment.  
If the reconsidered mark is to be appealed, the Head of School will be involved in the appeals process, which will follow the Appeals Regulations.  
Within four (4) weeks of the release of final course grades, a student may appeal for reconsideration of the final grade (See Appeals Regulations for the appropriate form, or seek advice from the Course Coordinator). Within the appeal of final grades, only assessment items that have not already been returned to students will be fully re-marked, while the marks of previous assessments will be checked. Note that a fee is charged, but this is refunded if a change of grade occurs.
 
Carrying forth an Assessment (when re-enrolled for a course)
If a student re-enrols in a course, the course coordinator, in consultation with and by the agreement of the relevant Tumuaki Tari/Kura | Head of Department/School or delegate and the student concerned, may carry forward marks for assessment (including the final examination) from the previous enrolment. If a student requests that their marks be carried forward, then an application to the course coordinator shall be made before the end of the deadline to add or withdraw courses.


Special consideration of assessment items:  
Where circumstances mean that students cannot submit assignment work on time, they should apply for an extension to the assignment due date.  
Where an extension may be granted for an assessment, this will be decided by direct application to the course coordinator (by email and in advance of the due date) and an application to the Examinations Office will not be required. 

Special consideration may be a relevant alternative when extensions cannot be granted and the student meets the criteria for a special consideration.  
see https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/special-consideration/how-to-apply/ 
For more information see Special Consideration Regulations. 


Special consideration for late discontinuation:   
Special consideration for late discontinuation of the course is available. Students prevented by extenuating circumstances from completing the course after the final date for withdrawing, may apply for special consideration for late discontinuation of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Examinations Office within five days of the end of the main examination period for the semester. 
Applications for special consideration should be submitted via the website – see https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/special-consideration/how-to-apply/ 
For more information see Special Consideration Regulations. 
 
Final grade: 
Assessment for this course relates to defined standards and learning outcomes. Final Grades are graded against the UC Common Grading Scale A+ to E.  

The marks for the assignments may be by points score, which will be aggregated for the final grade, based on the assignment weightings. 

Final grades will be determined at an examiners’ meeting at the end of the course and reported using the UC Common Grading Scale. 

Pass grade:  
A Pass grade is C- or over for the course. Students must pass all assessment requirements to obtain a final Pass grade for the course. 
 
UC common grading Scale:

Grade    GPA Value        Marks 
A+              9            90 – 100 
A                8            85 – 89.99 
A-               7            80 – 84.99 
B+              6            75 – 79.99 
B                5            70 – 74.99 
B-               4            65 – 69.99 
C+              3            60 – 64.99 
C                2            55 – 59.99 
C-               1            50 – 54.99 
D                0            40 – 49.99 
E               -1             0 – 39.99 
 

Academic and professional integrity: 

Honesty and integrity are important qualities for teachers. Students must maintain good character through the programme, including time in university-based study and professional practice in early childhood settings. They must act in ways consistent with the UC Student Code of Conduct and the Code of Professional Responsibility for teachers. 
All forms of cheating and dishonest practice are taken seriously and penalties will result. Students should refer to UC's Academic Integrity page. 
 
Use of Generative AI within this Course
Courses within this programme may have differing approaches to the use of Generative AI (Gen-AI) within assessments. Please follow the specific expectations for each assessment (these expectations may vary depending upon the assessment) in each course. You will find these expectations within the LEARN site in the Aromatatai / Assessment module. If you have any questions about the use of Gen-AI within a course, please address these directly to the course coordinator before you start your work upon the assessment.  
 
What happens if my assessment is identified as using Gen-AI Software outside the boundaries of expectation for this assignment?

Please be aware that using Gen-AI outside the boundaries of what is outlined within the assignment details may be considered academic misconduct.  
On submission, all assignments are processed through Turnitin software. This software has been trained to detect potential AI use in the development of any submitted assignment (as well as other forms of academic plagiarism).  

If your assignment is identified as having a likelihood of significant AI-generated content outside of what is expected, you will be asked to attend a meeting where you can discuss the results of the Turnitin report and be offered a chance to respond. You will be supported in this meeting by the UCSA Student Support officer, who will guide you on the process, and what to expect and bring.  

We encourage you to keep working notes on your progress towards the assignment, including version history data and/or working drafts up to submission, as this will be helpful if you are needed to attend a meeting if your assignment is suspected of AI-generated software use. For assignments that allow selective use of Gen-AI in particular sections of the assignment, or selective Gen-AI tools in the development of the assignment, a statement of acknowledgement template is provided for you to complete and submit with your assignment.

Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty. Students need to be familiar with the risks of plagiarism and how to avoid it (including self-plagiarism, which involves submitting self-written text to more than one course for course credit). The UC Library has useful information on plagiarism and how to avoid it. See Library Support for this information.  
 
Visit UC's policy library to access the official assessment policy documents 
  
 
For additional information on assessment requirements and procedures, see the course outline in Qualifications and Courses.