Right to Continuous Evaluation (CE).
In order to have the right to CE, it will be necessary to have a minimum of 80% of attendance to face-to-face classes, both expository and interactive teaching.
Final mark for CE = (0.7*Average of mixed tests) + (0.2*Average of objective tests) + (0.1*Collaborative work mark).
Students with recognition of part-time dedication and academic dispensation of exemption from attendance (as established in the corresponding regulations of the UdC), may take the CE without the need to attend 80% of the face-to-face classes. To this end, these students will duly inform the lecturer, at the beginning of the course, of their academic dispensation and their availability to attend classes. The teachers will agree individually with these students on methodologies to compensate for the non-attendance to face-to-face classes and their corresponding evaluation.
Mixed tests.
During the CE there will be one or several mixed tests on the topics of the subject content. The final mark of the mixed exam will be the average of the different mixed exams that may take place during the course, but in order for these exams to be averaged together, a minimum mark of 4,5 will be required in each one. Whether several mixed tests are taken or only one is taken, the average of those, or the mark of this one, will be 70% of the CE qualification.
Those students who have not achieved a 4,5 in a mixed test, but have passed all the other assessment activities, may recover that mixed test in the May test.
Objective tests.
20% of the qualification is obtained from the average of the objective tests taken during the course. If any student fails to take an objective test without a justified reason, the mark for the test will be 0. Those who justify their absence will be able to take the test on another date designated by the teachers.
Collaborative work.
The remaining 10% will depend on the grade obtained in the work done collaboratively in small groups. The completion of this work is compulsory in order to pass the continuous assessment. The work will be presented in class in an oral presentation and will be evaluated according to a rubric, being graded out of 10 points, being necessary to achieve at least a 5/10 to pass the continuous assessment.
Knots elimination test.
There will be a test to demonstrate the knowledge of the basic knots in a practical way which, although it is not included in the final grade, is eliminatory, being necessary to pass it in order to pass the subject.
Official 1st and 2nd opportunity exams.
Students who do not pass the CE (minimum attendance and qualification) or who decide not to follow it, may sit the final exams in May and July.
The assessment of these examinations shall consist of a mixed test which may consist of any type of question. The contents of these mixed tests may cover any content of the subject.
The final grade of this exam will be the grade of this test.
Options for students who have not achieved a 4.5 in a mixed test, but who have passed all the other activities of the EC:
Option 1: the 1st opportunity exam in May will be divided into blocks covering the same content as the EC mixed exams. Students who take only one block in May for retake must obtain a minimum mark of 4.5 in that block in order to pass the EC. If the mark obtained is lower than 4.5, they will have to take the second opportunity. If the mark obtained in this block is 4.5 or higher, this mark will be weighted with the rest of the activities carried out during the EC. The resulting weighting will be the final grade of the exam.
Option 2: students with a mixed test that has not reached 4.5 may sit the whole of the May test, the mark of this test being the mark of the 1st opportunity.
The 2nd exam will cover all the contents of the subject, and no previous grade will be retained.
The May test will be divided into blocks covering the same content as the EC mixed tests. Students who have not achieved a 4 in any of the mixed tests, but who have passed all the rest of the CE activities, may sit this test.
As in the CE, in order to pass the subject, students who have not passed it will take a knots test, which will be eliminatory.
Rounding.
All marks will be based on a maximum score of 10.0. To pass the continuous assessment and the two opportunities, the final mark must be a 5.0. Any grade lower than this will be considered as a fail. A mark will be rounded off to the nearest tenth. In the case of the hundredth being 5, it will be rounded up to the nearest tenth.
Academic Dispensation, Dedication to study, Permanence and Academic Fraud.
These issues will be governed in accordance with the current academic regulations of the UDC.