Tutorial Format

Tutorial groups will meet with tutors every other week, starting in week 2. Tutorials are each based around a case study, chosen for its relevance to the material of the preceeding weeks, and some prompts intended to spark discussion.

In the weeks in between tutorials, smaller subgroups will be tasked with preparing discussion points based on one of the prompts (allocated to them). You should read about the case study, then meet with your subgroup (online or in person, your choice) to discuss, noting down the key points of that discussion.

Submission of discussion points before the tutorial will decide the 10% discussion contribution part of your mark for this course. These are marked at a very coarse level and it should be easy to get high marks as long as you engage with the task. A safe rule of thumb to aim for is at least a page of notes, and that they would be sufficient to spark conversations in the rest of your tutorial even if your subgroup were all sick.

To submit, go to the Discussion tab on the course Learn page, follow the link to Tutorial Discussions, and create a new response. To make things easier for your tutor, the response should start with a title that states which tutorial number and subgroup the submission is for, and you should "sign" it underneath with the names of the subgroup members who took part in the discussion.

Visit your group page on Learn to see the subgroup assignments (after week 2).