A template for an Anglia Ruskin module guide has been developed drawing on good practice within Anglia Ruskin and also from research into the approaches taken at other institutions.
The template sets out a minimum set of information which should be included in an Anglia Ruskin module guide. Suggestions are also made in italics regarding items which could be considered as ‘enhancement’ information which are not required to be included across the board at this time. The template is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of contents nor is it intended to restrict a Faculty or Department from being creative.
Module Leaders are encouraged to upload the module guide to the module page on the VLE, rather than circulating paper copies to students. Module Leaders may also wish to consider making the guide an interactive document, or series of links embedded within the VLE, rather than uploading a standard Word document. Your Faculty Learning Technologist may be able to provide guidance in this respect.
Module Guide Template (updated June 2011)
How has the template changed for 2011/12?
1) Section 1: Key Information - the standard text has been amended to remove the important message to students regarding the changes to Academic Regulations made in 2010/11 and to include reference to the Module Definition Form (MDF).
2) Section 5: Assessment - the information regarding the regulatory changes made in 2010/11 has been removed. Module guides should, where possible, include details of the assessment tasks to be undertaken by students and associated submission deadline. Details of the final assessment deadlines which can be set in each delivery period, in accordance with the Academic Calendar, are available here. Please note that later deadlines are not permitted.
3) The provision of the MDF within the module guide is no longer a requirement. The MDF can be downloaded from Manage My Curriculum (via e-vision) and copied to the VLE, or via the Anglia Ruskin module search engine (shortcut anglia.ac.uk/modules). The latter is available to students.
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Quality Enhancement Audit: Quality of Module Guides
The first Quality Enhancement Audit undertaken at Anglia Ruskin focused on the quality of module guides. Below are links to the report from the audit and also the good practice identified by the Audit Team. Pathway Leaders may wish to consider the issues raised in the audit report and the examples of good practice in advance of writing their module guides.
Module
guides: examples of good practice
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