{"id":3972,"date":"2021-12-01T08:33:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T08:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/?p=3972"},"modified":"2021-12-01T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T08:34:00","slug":"the-importance-of-comprehensive-module-handbooks-student-learning-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/2021\/12\/01\/the-importance-of-comprehensive-module-handbooks-student-learning-ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of comprehensive module handbooks (Student Learning Ambassadors)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by Nathalia Kinsey, History and Welsh History<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2755\" height=\"1837\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2021\/06\/993-Meetings_PAU4513_60082.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3113\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the things we discussed&nbsp;during the Student Learning Ambassadors&nbsp;project was how helpful module handbooks can be for students. Throughout my three years in the&nbsp;History department, module handbooks have been my go-to source of key information about each module. I often downloaded module handbooks at the start of the semester and kept them on my desktop, easy to reach for when I needed to glance at the marking criteria for an essay, double-check a due date, or find out what I needed to read for my next seminar. Having all this key information in one document meant I always knew where to look when I needed something, with no searching through&nbsp;Blackboard, wondering where a lecturer had put a particular piece of information.&nbsp;The key pieces of information included&nbsp;in the handbooks&nbsp;were:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>contact details for the&nbsp;lecturer;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>a brief introduction to the&nbsp;module;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>numbered lists of lecturer and seminar titles, with information about the preparation&nbsp;needed;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>assignment deadlines, word counts and the department assignment length&nbsp;policy;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>a list of essay titles to choose from (although this may not be relevant, or could be adapted for other departments)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>marking criteria.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>They also often included other details specific to the module, such as maps or family trees, as well as notes on referencing,&nbsp;frequently used primary sources, or&nbsp;spelling names that might have multiple versions across texts. Overall, I and others&nbsp;participating in this project have&nbsp;found module handbooks to be incredibly useful documents that would be helpful to have across departments; they provide a single&nbsp;place where all the key information about a module can be easily accessed and kept near at hand.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example of a comprehensive module handbook:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2021\/12\/Medieval-Mind-handbook-2020-21.pdf\">Medieval-Mind-handbook-2020-21<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2021\/12\/Medieval-Mind-handbook-2020-21.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Nathalia Kinsey, History and Welsh History&nbsp; One of the things we discussed&nbsp;during the Student Learning Ambassadors&nbsp;project was how helpful module handbooks can be for students. 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