Beacon provides two formats for online learning: courses and modules. Courses are facilitated by trained content-area specialists and include multiple summative assessments that must be approved by the course facilitator. Modules are non-facilitated and are assessed with multiple-choice quizzes. This article addresses course expectations.
Course Expectations
- Read course content, complete Check Your Understanding activities, view video clips, and visit external web links and other resources in each chapter prior to completing the corresponding summative.
- Submit summative assessments in a timely manner. Note: Summatives become available on the start date of the course.
- Check the Summative Log within your course for submission pacing guides and the status of each summative.
- Submit no more than two new summative assessments during the final week. All summatives must be submitted by the course end date.
- If there is no grace period, submit all initial summative assessments by the beginning of the final week.
- Note: If a course does not have a grace week, then "No grace week" is denoted on your Dashboard page under the progress chart. Grace week information is also included in the Welcome Email the facilitator sends.
- Summatives are not available until the start date. Completion cannot occur until the number of course hours has passed, at the rate of 8 hours per day. For example, completion is not possible until after the fifth day for a 40-hour course.
- Allow sufficient time for summative review and revisions. Late submissions could result in non-completion of the course.
- Note: Learners are automatically withdrawn if no summative assessments have been submitted:
- 3 weeks prior to the end date for 60-hour courses.
- 1 week prior to the end date for courses of 1-30 hours.
- Summative responses must meet established criteria to be approved. All summatives must be approved for course completion.
- Beacon reserves the right to limit the rounds of facilitator feedback!