Unit 3: Learning Guide
Site: University of the People Printed by: Satyam Kumar
Course: UNIV 0001 New Student Orientation Date: Monday, 28 July 2025, 3:44 AM
Book: Unit 3: Learning Guide
Description
You are almost finished with your UoPeople Orientation. Read through each page of this Learning Guide, then proceed to the Unit
3: Quiz.
Table of contents
Overview
Coursework, Grades, and Learning Resources
Coursework Tasks
Checking Your Grades
Academic Integrity
Learning Resource Center
Overview
Unit 3: Coursework, Grades, and Learning Resource Center
Topics
Course Tasks
Grades
Academic Integrity
Learning Resource Center (LRC)
Learning Objectives
By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
1. Describe the various types of Tasks in your courses
2. Determine where and how to view your course grades
3. Recall how to navigate to the Learning Resource Center (LRC)
Tasks
Read the Learning Guide
Take the Quiz to check your understanding
Complete a practice entry in the Learning Journal
Coursework, Grades, and Learning Resources
Introduction
Let's begin!
Be sure to go through the entire Learning Guide.
This unit has been designed to show you what the online classroom experience is all about. You will learn about different types of
assignments, and how work is graded at the university. This unit also covers some learning resources that can be found in the Learning
Resource Center (LRC) which is located here in Moodle.
The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.
— B.B. King American Blues Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist
Coursework Tasks
All coursework or tasks for a specific learning unit must be completed within that learning week. Within that time frame, however,
students can decide when to complete their work, and there is no specific time at which the student must be logged on to study. There
are a series of tasks that students are required to complete each week. These may include:
Learning Guides
Discussion Assignments and Response Posts/Ratings
Written or Programming Assignments
Learning Journals (Undergraduate Students Only)
Quizzes and Final Exams (Undergraduate Students)
Portfolio Activities (Graduate Students Only)
Group Activities (Graduate Students Only)
Learning Guides
Discussion Assignments and Response Posts/Ratings
Written or Programming Assignments
Learning Journals (Undergraduate Students Only)
Quizzes (Undergraduate Students Only)
Final Exam (Undergraduate Students)
Portfolio Activities (Graduate Students Only)
Group Activities (Graduate Students Only)
Additional Resources:
University of the People offers a series of great online resources to support students:
Course Forum
The Course Forum (located in each of your courses) is the place in which you can further connect with your peers and ask questions
relating to the course. It is regularly monitored by the instructors, and is a good place to meet fellow students taking the same course.
While participation in the forum is not compulsory, it is highly recommended.
Learning Resource Center (LRC)
The UoPeople Learning Resource Center (LRC) is a place to strengthen and improve your general and academic skills with
topics ranging from academic writing, information literacy, English language skills, sustainability, library assistance, and
technology. The LRC can be located through the "Resources" link at the top of Moodle.
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NOTE to Graduate Students: In a typical UoPeople Graduate course, you will not have quizzes and learning journals at the end of
each unit. You will have to complete a weekly portfolio assignment, and at the end of the course to write a final paper, or submit a
group project. However, please still take the time to complete the quizzes and learning journals in this orientation course, as they
will help you to be successful in your future courses!
Checking Your Grades
As students at UoPeople, you are responsible for monitoring your grades throughout the term, both so that you can understand your
own progress throughout the course, and also to understand if there are any grading discrepancies that need to be brought to the
attention of your Course Instructor.
To check your grades, please follow these easy steps:
1. Log into Moodle and open the course.
2. On the course homepage, in the Navigation tray toggle (look for the hamburger menu/triple bar icon , top left) click
Grades.
3. At the bottom of the list of graded activities, you may see, if your instructor has released it, your Course total (a running total
of your current standing in a course).
Criteria for Awarding Grades
The University awards letter grades in recognition of academic performance in each course. Students are graded according to their
individual performance in the course and not on a curve.
The grading criteria listed below are illustrative and subject to the specifications in a given course. These are described in each course
syllabus. Criteria for awarding grades as described in the course syllabi may include, but are not limited to:
Participation in the Discussion Forums and the quality of the postings
Quality of Written Assignments and peer assessments when relevant
Quality of Learning Journals
Quality of Portfolio Activities (Graduate Courses only)
Group Work (Graduate Courses only)
Performance on quizzes and exams (Undergraduate Courses only)
At the end of each course, a letter grade will be given by the Course Instructor for the course, based on the student’s performance. In
the certificate courses and at the undergraduate level, the minimum passing grade for a course is a D- and at the graduate level, it is a minimum
passing grade of a C. For the English as a Second Language (ESL) program, a grade of C or better is considered a passing grade for courses ENGL 0001
through ENGL 0007. A grade of B- or better is considered a passing grade for ENGL 0008. For more details, see your course syllabus as well as the "Criteria
for Awarding Grades" section in the Catalog.
Did you know?
Our most successful students log into Moodle daily. If you are unable to log into Moodle daily, aim for at least 3 times per week to
engage with your peers, connect with your course instructor and be aware of your course tasks.
Academic Integrity
UoPeople is responsible for following accepted standards of academic integrity and
for sharing a commitment to upholding these values in all academic pursuits.
University of the People (UoPeople) fosters a spirit of honesty and integrity
fundamental to a university community. As an academic community whose essential
purpose is learning and the pursuit of knowledge, every individual at UoPeople is
responsible for following accepted standards of academic integrity and for sharing a
commitment to upholding these values in all academic pursuits. Academic integrity is
the expectation that all students, instructors, and members of the academic
community conduct themselves in an honest, responsible, and respectful manner. This term is further explained throughout the
content on this page.
UoPeople students are expected to work diligently to ensure that all assignments, exams, or other coursework submitted represents
the student’s original work and follows acceptable academic practices. Students are encouraged to work together. Group efforts and
study groups are a wonderful tool to facilitate learning and foster a deeper understanding of the material in a course. However,
students must submit their own individual work at all times unless instructed to participate in group work as part of a course
requirement.
Sources must be documented through acceptable scholarly references and citations, and the extent to which the sources have been
used must be apparent to the reader. Every individual assignment at UoPeople must be unique. Students are responsible for ensuring
each assignment submitted is new, regardless of if the information has been taken from their own previous assignments (self-
plagiarism). Plagiarism will not be tolerated at any time; students are required to learn and be personally responsible for educating
themselves about plagiarism and the appropriate forms of citation and referencing sources. Students who need assistance and/or have
questions concerning the use of outside resources or collaboration on assignments should contact their Course Instructors and/or
review the materials in the Learning Resource Center.
Under no circumstances are students allowed to publicly share (for example on blogs, websites, social media, databases) their work
completed at or for University of the People until two calendar years from the end of the student’s final term of study. Students are also
prohibited from publicly sharing the works or course materials of another student.
It is the students’ responsibility for following these standards and for sharing a commitment to upholding these values in all academic
pursuits. If these are not followed, Instructors have the authority to assign a zero to the assignment and deduct points, as they find
appropriate.
All student work and scholarship must be free of fraud and deception including:
Plagiarism—the unintentional or intentional representation of the words or ideas of another as one’s own work in any
academic exercise.
Fabrication—falsifying documents, changing or inventing data, citing sources not consulted, and misrepresenting citations.
Unauthorized Assistance—completion of an academic exercise or exam by someone other than the student, using or
receiving copies of the work of someone who had previously taken the UoPeople course, or collaborating without
acknowledging the collaboration. While collaboration is a key element to a positive University of the People learning
experience, it is critical that students acknowledge any collaboration and its extent in all submitted course work.
Misrepresentation—lying or misrepresenting a student’s personal situation to a University member in attempt to receive
special circumstances, permissions, quiz and/or exam resets, or extensions.
Collusion—assisting another student in committing an act of academic dishonesty, including providing information about or
copies of one’s own work from a course that had been previously taken at UoPeople.
All members of the academic community, including instructional personnel, students, and University administrators are expected to
assist in maintaining the highest level of integrity and to report all incidents that violate academic honesty. Students encountering
suspected cases of cheating should discreetly report the violator to their Course Instructor. Specifically, if academic misconduct is
suspected in a Discussion Forum posting or any other work product, students should contact their Course Instructor and should not
assign the student a grade if it is a part of the peer assessment process.
Learning Resource Center
The UoPeople Learning Resource Center (LRC) is the place to strengthen and improve your general and academic writing skills
through peer sharing as well as continuous access to relevant resources on a wide variety of topics that pertain to the
development of your writing skills at UoPeople. The LRC can be located through the "Resources" link at the top of Moodle.
Feel free to review some of these areas below which link directly to the LRC. This is not necessary at this stage and some topics
may not be relevant, but you are free to browse around should you choose.
As you review the links below, think about which resources you might utilize when you commence your studies.
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Academic Writing
Research and Analysis
Academic Honesty (APA/Plagiarism)
English Language Resources
Peer Assessment Office
Technology
Information Literacy
Online Library
Watch: How to Use the LRC
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