Course Syllabus

Course Grade

For students who meet the above criteria, the student's course grade is determined by weighting the pacing grade (25%) and the performance grade (65%), and Practice (10%).  

Grading Scale

Mizzou Academy uses the following grading scale for students who meet this criteria:

After completing the course, you will receive a grade report that gives course percentage and a letter grade for the course.

Upon completing all requirements, pacing and performance grades will be entered into Canvas and the student will be completed. Please contact our world language coordinator for any questions or concerns about grades.

About Performance

Performance is your overall score, or your cumulative performance within the course. When you generate a report, your overall performance score is at the top. If you have taken more than one course in the same language with us through Rosetta Stone, be sure to filter the dates to show only the current course in order to get an accurate reflection of total performance. 

You can keep track of his or her performance score throughout each activity and can check on the overall score at any time. In addition, you can redo until satisfactory mastery is achieved:

Above: 75% Performance in writing can be improved at any time

Performance Grade (65%)

Below is an image of a report generated which shows the overall performance score. Students and Mizzou Academy can both generate reports. Parents and counselors will need to ask students or Mizzou Academy to generate a report for them.

Above Example: The student above, if completed, would receive a 97% for the performance grade.

The overall score for the course's units will be placed into Canvas as the performance grade when the student is completed with all requirements (such as Live Studio Sessions and Games and Activities requirements; see below.)

About Pacing

Pacing is the progress you are making throughout the time you are enrolled in the course. In other words, it is how fast or slow you go through the course. You don't want to speed through the course, but you also don't want to put everything off towards the end. This is the reason why we give you a Pacing Grade. We want you to make steady progress. 

To encourage you to make steady progress throughout the course, a pacing guide is provided to you in the Course Introduction and Resources module. Use the Pacing Guide to plan out your course. Check Tiger Portal to view your exact start date. 

Above: Sample pacing guide for your first orientation week.

Your pacing guide will walk you through what to do each week in the areas of performance (lessons), pacing (when to do them), games and activities, live studio (tutoring) sessions, and real-world application weeks. You will always know where you should be and what you should be doing week by week!

We recommend and pace you for a 16-week curriculum. 

In order to earn full credit for your pacing grade (100%), you must complete all requirements within 20 weeks of your start date. (This is 16 weeks plus 4 extra weeks.) 

You are allowed up to 26 weeks to completely finish the course. (Though if you took 26 weeks, you would not be able to receive full points for pacing.)

Pacing Grade (25%)

Your pacing grade has 100 points possible and accounts for 25% of your overall course grade. Your pacing grade equates to the percentage of the way you are through the curriculum by week 20. This grade will be given either when you complete the course or at the end of 20 weeks (whichever comes first). If you complete all requirements by week 20 (from your starting date), your pacing grade will be 100/100, or 100%.

If you do not complete all requirements by week 20, on week 20 your pacing grade will be calculated at 20 weeks and entered into Canvas. Your pacing grade will be determined using the following formula:

 $\frac{actual\:progress}{progress\:you\:should\:have\:attained}=Pacing\:Grade\:\%$

View the pacing grade tables below. 

A Courses – Pacing Grade at week 20 (if not complete)

B Courses – Pacing Grade at week 20 (if not complete)

Example: A student taking Spanish 1A (an "A" course) was not yet complete with the course at 20 weeks. The student had completed everything through the third unit, lesson 3. The student received 85% for his pacing grade.

About practice

It is important to put your newly acquired skills at work! You’ll realize that you have learned new words and structures, and you can use them to communicate effectively. Practice is also important to consolidate your progress, and it will be a fun break from the more structured assignments.

Practice grade

Practice Grade is worth 10%. It is either "complete" or "not complete". This grade will be given to you either when you complete the course requirements or on week 20 (whichever comes first).

Practice has two parts, and both parts need to be completed to get the credit:

#1 Record yourself reading stories (90 minutes of recorded reading total)

Here is what you should do: 

• When you are on your Rosetta Stone interface, just click on the “Extended Learning” Link, and choose “stories”.

• Then select your current unit.

• Choose a story
• Start by familiarizing yourself with the text and read it on your own.

• Then go to the “Listen” tab, and listen to a native speaker read it.
• Finally, go to the “Speak” tab and record yourself reading it. To get credit for this activity, you need a total of 90 minutes of recorded reading.
• You don’t need to log the time that you spend reading independently or listening.

#2 Real World Weeks (RWW)

You’ll find the directions for your RWW here in Canvas > Modules. You need to submit two RWW. And, once you have done that, answer the RWW quiz.

It is important to follow the recommendations in the pacing guide each week or come up with your own practice routine. It’s better to do a little practice every week than to wait and do it all together at the end. 

Example 1: A student was complete with all requirements at 15 weeks. She has logged 125 minutes recording herself while reading stories. She has also submitted her two RWW assignments and completed the quiz. She received a "complete" for her Practice grade. 

Example 2: A student was complete with all requirements at 19 weeks. She has logged 80 minutes recording herself while reading stories. She has submitted one RWW assignment, without answering the quiz. She received an "incomplete" for her Practice grade.

Requirement: Live Tutoring Sessions

From Rosetta Stone:

"Rosetta Stone Live Studio (also called "Live Tutoring") is an immersive environment where you practice your new language in real time in a small-group setting. Your sessions are guided by a Live Tutor who is a native speaker of your new language. During your Live Tutoring sessions, you'll speak and interact with other learners in activities designed to help you practice what you just learned in Language Training.

"During the session, you see your Live Tutor and the names of the other learners who are attending, but no one is able to see you. You will communicate with your Live Tutor and other learners through your microphone headset." (see resource Links to an external site.)

These Live Tutoring Sessions are a required part of the course. You should attend one studio session per unit. We recommend you complete their live studio session after either lesson 2 or 4 of each unit. You can schedule your live studio sessions during any open times. This information on how to schedule live studio sessions are available in the course. 

These sessions are not graded, but they are required. In order to pass the course, you must attend a minimum of 3 studio (tutoring) sessions. You are allowed to attend a maximum of six sessions (without prior approval). The course can’t be graded until you attend a minimum of three studio sessions per course. Accommodations or adjustments to this requirement must be approved in advance by the Director of Academic Affairs.