Blackboard User Guide for EW Marking Teachers
Welcome to Learn@PolyU (http://learn.polyu.edu.hk). This is PolyU Official Online learning Management System providing the ELC's Online English Writing Resources and Tutorials
Part I - PolyU Writing and Reading Requirement platform
English Writing and Reading Requirement is a CAR subject component where which aims to develop the English Writing skills required by university students to understand and develop extended written texts and become better writers.
For the details information about the requirement, you can contact us through email at ecewr@polyu.edu.hk.
Part II – Accessing EW on Learn@PolyU
If you are responsible for marking any English Writing draft , you should be enrolled to a EW course on Learn@PolyU with course code " [SUBJECT CODE]_[year_sem]_RW_[alphabet]: English Writing and Reading Requirement” e.g. "ELC1A01_20201_RW_A: English Writing and Reading Requirement ".
To access Learn@PolyU, please visit http://learn.polyu.edu.hk and login with your NetID and NetPassword.
Part III - Online materials and activities in Learn@PolyU
Part IV - Draft assessment on Learn@PolyU
About this website
EWRite is an open access online literacy platform for PolyU community that has two major objectives:
- to support PolyU students’ literacy development within and across the disciplines
- to support subject and language teachers to implement system-level measures for integrating literacy-sensitive pedagogies across the university
This platform provides access to generic genre guides representing typical university assignments as well as links to subjects offered by faculties with specific disciplinary genres and relevant support materials.
The materials can be retrieved by students by choosing the genres that interest them on the landing page. Each set of materials includes a genre guide, genre video, and a genre checklist. The genre guide and video are to summarize the genres in two different ways (i.e. textual and dynamic) to fit different learning styles. The genre checklist is for students to self-regulate their writing process. The genre guide and checklist include links to various ELC resources that can provide further explanation to language items (e.g. hedging and academic vocabulary).
The platform also acts as a one-stop-shop for writing resources for students, language teachers and subject leaders. Information about the English Writing Requirement policy can also be found on this platform. There are training materials for new colleagues joining the EWR Liaison Team.
