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Evidence for any of the following legitimate excuses will be • Good: 2.5 - 2.99
submitted to the Office of the Registrar on the first day of • Very Good: 3.0 - 3.49
return to class:
1. Hospitalization, Distance Learning Procedure
2. Contagious Disease, The purpose of the procedural guidelines is to set out
3. Death of an immediate family member (parent, general institutional rules and standards for distance
grandparent, sibling, spouse, child), teaching and learning at ADU. Distance teaching and
4. Car Accident, learning complies with MoE/CAA regulations, as well as
with related ADU policies and procedures.
5. Special assignments (for working students) with prior
written approval from the Office of the Registrar, 1. FACULTY AND STUDENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
6. Al Haj 1.1 Faculty members are responsible for:
Al Umra is not valid excuse for students to be absent. 1.1.1 Attending all mandatory online teaching training
sessions, as well as attending any optional training sessions
In the case of excused absence for a final exam, the student deemed desirable and/or relevant to subject, college, or
has to apply for an Incomplete (I) grade at the Office of the identified need.
Registrar within 48 hours of the exam.
1.1.2 Preparing course materials to be used during distance
Graduation with Honors delivery. The material will be either ADU-approved course
content and material or appropriate external material
relevant to the course content.
ADU grants Latin honors to eligible students graduating
from postgraduate programs. The eligibility requirement is 1.1.3 Observing and abiding by ADU rules and regulations
to achieve a CGPA of 3.60 or above. related to academic integrity and intellectual property
rights.
The titles of the Latin Honors and the corresponding CGPA’s
are as follows: 1.1.4 Maintaining familiarity and currency with all technical
tools, software and techniques adopted by ADU to support
• Distinction: 3.60 - 3.84 distance learning.
• Distinction with Honor: 3.85 - 4.00 1.1.5 Conducting all course sessions as per the official ADU
schedule.
For Professional Post-Graduate Diploma in Teaching, the
eligibility requirement is to achieve a CGPA of 3.50 or 1.1.6 Enforcing appropriate conduct and discipline rules
above. and maintaining order throughout all course sessions, and
reporting any student misconduct, in line with ADU rules
• Cum Laude: 3.50 - 3.69 and regulations.
• Magna Cum Laude: 3.70 - 3.89 1.1.7 Applying all ADU teaching rules as per traditional
delivery mode, and observing the Code of Conduct as
• Summa Cum Laude: 3.90 - 4.00 outlined in the Faculty Handbook.
Honors are listed in the student transcript and the diploma 1.1.8 Evaluating and monitoring student engagement/
certificate. active participation in the session, which is a compulsory
component in considering attendance for distance
Student Academic Classification learning.
*Non-honors Academic Classification for Postgraduates 1.1.9 Ensuring that any material required for teaching
according to student’s CGPA upon graduation: and learning is made available for the students in a timely
• Good: 3.0 - 3.29 manner, either during the session or prior to the session.
1.1.10 Implementing the course assessment strategy for
• Very Good: 3.3 - 3.59
existing courses to ensure students achieve the learning
*Non-honors Academic Classification for Professional Post- outcomes and ensure quality of student performance.
Graduate Diploma in Teaching according to student’s CGPA
upon graduation: 1.1.11 Developing a teaching, learning and assessment
strategy when designing new courses which embeds best-
• Satisfactory: 2.0 - 2.49 practice instructional design principles for e-learning/
hybrid learning.

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