TC Agenda 12th September 2018

Teaching Committee Agenda for 12th September 2018.

Meeting Agenda

Informatics Teaching Committee Agenda

Wednesday 12th September 2018 14.00hrs, Appleton Tower room 7.14

 

Agenda

19.01 Apologies for absence: Volker Seeker, Christophe Dubach.

19.02 Minutes of Previous Meetings

19.03 Matters Arising

18.04 - Moderation of IPP marks - course co-ordinator working on the issue with input from DoLT- ONGOING.

(TC May 10th, Item 4) - Proposal to Remove Elevated Hurdles for Progression to Honours - B.Franke. MInf programme - UG2 to UG3 hurdle removed in DPT, UG3 to UG4 hurdle retained. Remaining UG2 to UG3 hurdles still in: BSc Cognitive Science, BSc CS and Management Science, BSc CS & Physics. ACTION: Progression page to be updated by new Senior Tutor - COMPLETE.

18.29-01 – The Convenor raised the ongoing subject of software options for coursework submission. ACTION: to establish sub-committee to investigate options - ONGOING.

18.41 - Exam Rubric Proposal – Sharon Goldwater. ACTION: ITO with Iain Murray to put in place for 2018/19 when he returns. OUTSTANDING.

18.59-01 INF1-OP Exam format - Volker Seeker to provide report on INF1-OP exam for next TC meeting.

18.59-02: Course Moderation Guidelines / Non-Hons Convenor guide  - DoLT to action. Ian Simpson to provide a “quick start guide to being Convenor”.

18.59-03: Exam Script Loss - DoLT to speak to ITO about the audit process and discuss options.

18.60-01: DoLT to raise the possibility of PhDs “help hours” in a sub-committee.

18.60-02: Learning Technologist to produce an overview for the LEARN template.

18.60-03: Degree Programme Management Tool - It was agreed that the DPMT specification should be brought to Teaching Committee; Tom Spink.

18.60-04: Publicising of Seminars - ACTION: TO-SST and InfComms to collaborate on this. COMPLETE - seminars mailing list added to transtitions communications for MSc students,

18.63 Teaching Programme Review – DoLT. A meeting should be arranged in October or November with a named TPR team – to be discussed at September Teaching Committee.

19.04 Establishing a Welfare and Support Sub-Committee of Teaching Committee - DoLT

19.05 Resit Examinations: considering how best to handle the issue of failed coursework - DoLT

19.06 Proposal to limit UG/MSc project Report Lengths - S.Goldwater

19.07 Summary of Curriculum Consultation, and Revised Proposal - S.Goldwater

19.08 Date of next Teaching Committee - Wednesday the 10th of October, 2018.