TOUCHSTONE

ASSESSMENT

The minimum passing grade for any activity and for course promotion in 70%. Decimals are rounded down. Assessment is as follows (Click on the
hyperlinks for more information):

Category Grading System Weight

1st Performance Grade 0-4 x 3 grades 25%
2nd Performance Grade 0-4 x 3 grades 25%
LMS Grade for LMS activity throughout the course.
The following teacher-awarded grades are also included: 0-100 x 1 grade
25%
In all courses: Grade for Blogs Activity D (Average of all the items)
Only in Touchstone 4: Grade for Smithsonian Discussion.
Exams grade for the tests at the end of each unit. 0-100 x 2 or 3 grades[*] 25%
[*] Depending on the number of units in each course. MAXIMUM TOTAL: 100%

Only the final average at the end of the term is recorded in www.campusvirtual.pucp.edu.pe

Performance Grades (Based on attendance and participation during contact sessions)

4-point grades (0=poor/absent, 1=bad, 2=good, 3=very good, 4=excellent) are recorded in the official class list on the dates shown below.

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Blogs, Forums and Recordings (Voice Tools) – Courses IEO to IIO4

NON-GRADED ACTIVITIES:
All blogs, forums and recording exercises from Lessons A to C will be included into their contact sessions, but students are encouraged to continue
writing their contributions in Cambridge LMS.

GRADED BLOG WRITING ACTIVITIES (BWT):

 Lesson D Blog will turn into Writing Activities with a guided writing activity in the contact sessions. Students in IEO and IBO1 have special
instructions, please ask your tutor.
 Blogs from IEO to IIO4 are assessed from 0-20 and then converted to 0-100 scale using the following conversion table.
 T. will follow procedures for this activity: 20 minutes for guided activities and 4 to minutes for the blog activity itself.
 T. has a 4-working-day deadline to submit students’ detailed feedback and save students’ grade in the gradebook for the first and second
Blog Writing Activity (BWT) and the course general deadline for the last BWT.
 Number of words in GWT:
o Touchstone 1: 40 words
o Touchstone 2: 60 words
o Touchstone 3: 80 words
o Touchstone 4: 100 words

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Smithsonian Discussions (Courses IIO1 and above)

 You can find the articles you must read at Paideia Idiomas – “Recursos y Ejercicios Online: Cursos Inglés Adultos”
 The Smithsonian Discussion takes place on the 7th contact session. Everyone must attend.

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