Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-rector

Activities guide and evaluation rubric

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Vicerrectoría de Relaciones Internacionales

Academic Unit
Academic Level Professional, Especialization, Master
Academic Field Formación interdisciplinar básica común
Course Name English 2
Course Code 90021
Course Type Methodologic - Can be yes ☐ No ☒
practical enabled
Number of Credits 2

2. Description of the activity

Number
Type of the of
Individual ☐ Collaborative ☒ 2
activity: weeks

Moment of Unit
Initial ☒ ☐ Final ☐
evaluation: Intermediate:
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Monitoring and evaluation
activity: 25 points
environment
Starting date of the activity: Deadline of the activity:
24th August 6th September
Competence to develop:
Discover the English 2 course environments, activities to develop as
well as give personal information as part of self-introduction.
Topics to develop:
 Expressions to introduce yourself
 Greetings
Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop
Task based learning. The student uses His/er English in a particular
communicative context, in order to carry out a task: planning,
describing, inviting, summarizing, etc. The construction of this work,
will count with the orientation and accompaniment from the e-
mediator.
Activities to develop

Stage 1 INTRODUCING YOURSELF:

Write down a paragraph with your personal presentation. Take into
account the following model. Remember to write full sentences.

Stage 2 UPDATE YOUR PROFILE IN CAMPUS:

Update your profile:
 Upload a photograph on the profile. (Complete face- We are in an
academic context)
 Write a short paragraph giving your personal information (in
English). Take into account the information above.
 Take a screenshot of your profile and upload it in the recognition
forum
Stage 3 EXPLORE THE COURSE:

Look at the example in the next link:

https://www.goconqr.com/en/p/9425367-Virtual-Learning-
Enviroments-mind_maps (THIS MIND MAP IS INCOMPLETE, JUST AN
EXAMPLE)

1. Create an account at https://www.goconqr.com/es

2. Create a Mind Map of the course including everything you find in

the different environments.

3. Share the link of the created Mind Map in the forum of the activity.

4. Create a chart and upload it to the forum showing the following

information. What are the activities which have the highest
scores? What are their maximum grades? When do they start and
finish? You can use this model:

Activity Max. Starting Final

Grade date date

Stage 4 PRE-KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITY:

Answer Act. 2. Pre-knowledge Quiz, to test your English knowledge.

This is a self-assessment, and it does not affect the grade of the
course.

Get a screen shot and share it on the forum.

Answer the following questions in the forum:

 What do you consider is your best skill (writing - speaking –

listening – reading) in the English language? And why?
 What kind of material you use to improve your English?
 How can you improve the other skills you are not good at?
 Is English important for your future as a professional? Why?

Remark: if the answers are negative still give a reason why on each
question.

Stage 5 SELECT A ROLE:

Choose the role you will be performing during this activity and write it
on the forum for the activity. Take into account the roles for the
collaborative work. Justify why you choose it highlighting the
strengths and weaknesses to perform the chosen role. Make agreements
with your partners according to the role.

Stage 6 CONSOLIDATE THE FINAL PRODUCT:

 In a Word document consolidate all the information uploaded by

each student from stages 1 to 4
 Create a chart with all the Skype accounts from every student.

Stage 7 UPLOAD THE FINAL PRODUCT

Transform the consolidated document into a PDF format and upload the
final product in the Monitoring and Evaluation Environment.

Collaborative learning environment. Recognition task

Environment forum
for the
development Monitoring and evaluation environment. Unit 1 Act. 1.
Recognition task forum
Individual:
Products to
deliver by 1. Forum participation with personal information.
student 2. Profile uploading and screenshot sharing.
 3. Create a mind map and share the link in the
forum and create chart with activities
information.
4. Answer the Pre-knowledge quiz, share a
screenshot of the results. Answer the questions
related to the English knowledge in the forum.

Collaborative:
5. Choose a role for the collaborative work.
6. Consolidate the product with stages 1 to 4.
7. Upload the final product. The product must have:
 Title page with the name of the
participants.
 Objectives.
 Stages 1 to 4.
 Conclusions.
 Bibliography.

General guidelines for the collaborative work

Planning of
In order to do an adequate planning for the
activities for
collaborative work you can follow the following
the
instructions given in the following link:
development
of
http://consejeria.unad.edu.co/cajaherramientas/mane
collaborative
jo_campus_trabajo_colaborativo.html
work
Roles to Compiler
perform by
Copy Editor
the student
Evaluator
in the
Uploader
collaborative
Time watcher
group
Roles and Roles Function
responsibilit Compiler Consolidate the final
y for the product document,
delivery of taking into account the
products by participants who
students uploaded their
 contributions and took
part of the whole
process.
Copy editor To verify that the final
paper and process meet
all the requirements
stipulated by the guide of
the activity.
Evaluator To verify that the final
paper meets the criteria
stipulated by the rubric.
The evaluator must
inform the group about
any corrections or
adjustments regarding
the quality of the
document.
Uploader To keep track and inform
the group about the
submission time, upload
the final paper on time,
using the link provided
by the teacher or
stipulated by the activity
guide. To notify the
group members the final
paper was submitted.
Time watcher To notify all the group
members about changes
or news related to the
submission or
elaboration of the final
paper. To notify the
teacher through the
collaborative forum and
the course messaging
that the final paper was
submitted
Use of
http://normasapa.net/normas-apa-2016/
references
 Check the following link to watch all the related to this
Plagiarism topic within UNAD:
policy
http://conssahagun.blogspot.com.co/p/netiquetas.ht
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4. Evaluation rubric

Evaluation rubric

Collab
Individual orative
Activity type: ☐ ☒
Activity Activit
y
Unit
Moment of the
Initial ☒ Interm ☐ Final ☐
evaluation
ediate:
Performance levels of the individual
Assessed activity Score
Aspects
High score Media score Low score
Develop Do not
partially the participate
Develop all
items for the in the forum
the items for
individual or do it
the individual
work in the within the
part and
Forum forum and last 3 days
uploads are 5
participation participations and posts
in compliance points
are in are not in
with what
compliance compliance
was required.
with what with what
was required. was required
(up to 5 (up to 3 (up to 1
points) points) points)
Profile Upload Upload Do not 5
uploading profile and profile and do upload the points
 share the not share the profile and
evidence in evidence in do not share
the forum. the forum. the
screenshot.
(up to 5 (up to 3 (up to 1
points) points) points)
Build mind
map, share
the link of it
Build mind Do not
in the forum
map and build mind
and the mind
share link in map and do
map is
Course forum but the not create 10
complete and
exploration mind map is chart related points
refers to what
incomplete. to activities.
you can find
within the
course
(up to 10 (up to 7 (up to 2
points) points) points)
Performance levels of the
Assessed Aspect collaborative activity Score
High score Media score Low score
Participate
in the forum
adequately
Contributions
and uploads
are not Do not
are significant
enough or are participate
for the
Development regulars for in the
construction
of the the construction
of the 5
collaborative construction of the
collaborative points
work and of the collaborative
work. Deliver
netiquette collaborative work.
final product
work.
in the
required
format.
(Up to 5+ (Up to 3 (Up to 1
points) points) points)
25
Final score
points