HKPolyUx: HTM541x Luxury Management

Form of Assessment

Weightage in Total Grade

Grading Method

Important Date(s)   (DD/MM/YYYY, UTC Time Zone)

Knowledge Check 

(9 Case Studies & 12 Further Readings items)

Following each Case Study or Further Reading, learners are prompted to proceed to do a Knowledge Check.

Participation in Knowledge Checks with immediate feedback can enhance learners’ understanding of the course material for that week.

Learners are allowed to attempt each question twice.

10%

System grading

Submission allowed until the course ends on 18/11/2021, 01:59

Participation in Live Events

(1 item)

All learners are part of the MOOC learning community and are encouraged to interact with and learn from one another. Hence participation is graded.

To cater for learners from different time zones, TWO live events are provided in the course at different times. The format of each live event is likely to be:

• Live Session, where usually a guest speaker will be featured, on YouTube or Blackboard; OR
• Live Discussion, purely a Q&A session hosted by the course instructor, on either

I.  Discussion Forum on the edX course page, or
II. Livestream via YouTube or Blackboard. Learners are allowed to attempt each question once.

5%

System & Tutor grading

Submission allowed until the course ends on 18/11/2021, 01:59

Individual Presentation  

(1 item)

Learners are required to prepare a 5-10 minute video presentation, with 20 pages of PowerPoint slides, on a given topic, and submit both the video link and the slides to the edX platform.

15%

Tutor grading

Release:

27/08/2021, 02:00

Submission:

05/10/2021, 01:59

Mini Tests 

(2 items)

This test will take the form of a short essay question based on the course content.

Learners are required to provide a written response up to 1,000 words.

30%

Tutor grading

Release:

Mini Test I: 25/09/2021, 02:00

Mini Test II: 09/10/2021, 02:00               

Mini Test I: 28/09/2021, 01:59

Mini Test II: 12/10/2021, 01:59

Final Exam (1 item)

This is a final assessment at the end of the course that will test learners on the course as a whole.

All learners are given 48 hours to submit their answers (up to 3500 words) on the edX platform.

40%

Tutor grading

Release:

24/10/2021, 02:00

Submission:

26/10/2021, 01:59

Subject Grade

Short Description

Elaboration on Subject Grading Description

A
(90 - 100)

Outstanding

The learner's work is outstanding. It exceeds the intended course learning outcomes in nearly all regards. 

B
(80 - 89)

Good

The learner's work is good. It exceeds the intended course learning outcomes in some regards. 

C
(70 - 79)

Satisfactory

The learner's work is satisfactory. It largely meets the intended course learning outcomes.

D
(60 - 69)

Barely Satisfactory

The learner's work is barely adequate. It meets the intended course learning outcomes only in some regards.

F
(0 - 59)

Unsatisfactory

The learner's work is inadequate. It fails to meet many of the intended course learning outcomes.