OPTM7003 Assessment Guidelines
Discussion Forums
Marks 15%
During this course discussion forums are available on the Moodle site. Each discussion will focus on
a different aspect of eye condition or an issue in community eye health. Your contribution to these
discussions counts for a total of 10% toward your final mark and grade for this course. Your
contribution will be assessed on following points.
Requirements
The content of your posts needs to respond to the question posed for that week’s forum,
and should reflect your thoughts, knowledge and experiences. For example, if the question
asks about the impact of presbyopia in rural setting, you should talk about your own
experience or share the literature in this area from your geographic region.
Avoid simply agreeing or disagreeing with previous posts; always explain your answer.
Your post should show some depth of thought, hence do not post before you have given a
thought and participated in the activity on which the question is based. You can make more
than one post per week if you wish, but please do not post flippant, glib comments; make
sure that any post you make is well thought through and meaningful.
Posts should not be too lengthy; keep to a maximum of 100 words per post; longer or more
numerous posts are not necessarily better, and if there is too much discussion we may have
difficulty to keep up.
Marking Criteria
When marking your posts I will be looking for the following indicators:
• Post responds to the question posed for the week and do not deviate significantly from this.
Note that it is acceptable to include examples or scenarios to illustrate your point, but the
examples/scenarios need to be relevant to the question.
• Post seems to reflect experience and depth of thought around the question. This means that
your post needs to indicate that you have had experience related to the question and have
given some thought to this (for example, you have conducted a literature search, or have
thought about the various strategies to increase the uptake of eye care services).
Project report (Individual activity 1)
Marks - 25%
At the end of the course, the students need to submit a report (word document) on any of the eye
conditions that are discussed during the course. The student has the liberty to select the eye
condition of his/her choice for this report. This project report counts for a total of 40% of your final
mark and grade for this course.
The guidelines for the report submission are given below:
The students should conduct a thorough literature review on the selected topic. The report should
include the following a components and should been within 2500 to 4000 words.
1. Epidemiology of the selected eye condition: Describe the definition, magnitude, risk factors
related of the selected eye condition, both globally and in your area. Refer to lank major
studies and report the key results.
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2. Discuss how this condition can be controlled. Discuss the programmes that are being
implemented in your area and in other areas along with their relative strengths and
weaknesses.
3. Propose a program to address this problem in your area.
a. Description of proposed program
b. Identify target population and number of people in need for services
c. Project goals, objectives
d. Your approach and expected outcomes, timelines
Please note that plagiarism check will be done on your report hence check the guidelines for
plagiarism given in the course outline. In case of doubt please flag it.
Timelines for the project:
In week 3: The students need to identify a potential topic for the final project (no marks awarded)
In week 8: The students need to submit the final report (25% of the final marks)
The final project can be submitted online on moodle or emailed to [email protected] with a
copy to [email protected] before Friday in week 8.
Quizzes
Marks 15X4= 60%
As a part of the course, the students are required to take three quizzes, each accounting to 10% of
the final grade of the course. Each quiz will have 10 questions and include both the multiple choice
and fill in the blank type of questions. These quizzes cover the topics covered in the preceding
weeks. Access to the quiz is given on Thursday and will be open till Friday. Each quiz should be
completed within 15 minutes in one sitting. Changing the responses in not possible once entered.
There is no negative marking for wrong answers.
Timelines for Quizzes:
1st Quiz - Week 3 (15% of the final marks)
2nd Quiz - Week 5 (15% of the final marks)
3rd Quiz - Week 6 (15% of the final marks)
4th Quiz – Week 7 (15% of the final marks)
