Course Title

A course leading to a Certificate in [Faculty of focus]

Tutor's Guide

Congratulations. You have been selected to fill the responsible position of tutor and counsellor for the students allocated to you. We trust that this will be an enriching experience for you and your students.

Course Information

Credits

On successful completion of this course the student will receive a certain number of credits. Look up the correct number as this will affect the number of tests, assignments and tasks.

Textbook

The prescribed textbook with all learning activities associated with it is central to this course. The details of the textbook prescribed for this course are given. The edition is important, otherwise you will get an older version and the Study Guide will not make the same sence. The following is an example only:

Richard Paul & Linda Elder 2001
Critical Thinking  5^thEdition
New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
ISBN: 0-13-086972-4

Course Summary

For a summary of this course, please refer to the summary of the programme which is listed under each faculty.

Study Process

To succeed in this course the student needs to strategize. Please refer to The Study Guide for more detail on this.

Academic Support

Please refer to the Study Guide for more detail on the following aspects of academic support to students:

• The role of the course professor
• The role of the academic tutor
• Information available on the Course CD

Supplementary Material

This guide should be read in conjunction with the following:

• Tutor's Manual which contains specific material relating to the tutor's function
• Tutor's memoranda containing the following additional supplementary material for each chapter (both of these when available and supplied on the CD):
  • Chapter overview
  • Chapter outline
  • Learning objectives
  • Opening and closing exercises
  • Answers to questions and exercises
• The tutor's memoranda may contain additional material which is not mandatory but which can be used with great effect
• PowerPoint slides
• Student CD-ROM
• The Study Guide which contains subject matter which is equally important to the student and the tutor
• The Assessment Directive
• The Academic Guide (section on assessment - when this guide is published)

Duties

The duties of academic tutors are mainly the following:

• Arrange regular face-to-face contact between peers (this could be through a local support group or any other arrangement)
• Act as invigilator during formal assessment sessions (tests)
• Facilitate the prescribed group work
• Assess the prescribed written assignments
• Assess the prescribed group work
• Assess the prescribed tasks
• Assess the Workfile
• Facilitate all other prescribed assignments, projects and practicals
• Give general guidance and advice during the learning process
• Give advice on the content of the course material when necessary
• Communicate with the course professor when necessary through the CU Website
• Submit prescribed reports to the Faculty through the Website
• Be always available as a sounding board to students
• Act as counsellor

Kindly refer to the Tutor's Manual for more detail.

Assessment

Assessment Schedule

Prescribed assessment activities are scheduled for this course. Please refer to the course schedule (also referred to as a course calendar) in the Assessment Directive.

Assessment Activities

Assessment activities for a course of 22 credits include the following: [These figures depend on the number of credits or to the specific course]

• Self-assessment
• Five open-book tests
• Four written assignments
• Two oral tasks
• Group Work
• Keeping a Workfile

Each of the above activities is linked to essential details in the Academic Guide (the section on assessment). Please make a point going through the information pertaining to each activity.

Assessment Material

As indicated above, you have a duty to facilitate and assess all prescribed individual and group work. After the student has completed the assessment activities, you as tutor must provide the solutions to these activities to the student. To assist you in this regard, you have access to the solutions indicated below.

Tutor Only

Tutors have exclusive access to the following solutions:

• Questions for review
• Questions for analysis

Tutor and Student

• Students only have access to the solutions to questions for discussion. Kindly refer to the Study Guide for more detail.

Exemptions

No assessment activities in the textbook which are not indicated in this guide or the Study Guide are mandatory for this course. However, these activities are developmental in nature and the student's participation should be encouraged.

Assessment Directive

Please refer to the Assessment Directive for detail on instructions, marking rules, criteria, and guidelines with regard to the assessment activities prescribed for this course.

Academic Guide

Kindly refer to the Academic Guide (the section on assessment) for details on assessment procedures.

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