Businesses 2 4. Course Evaluation Success in this course will be evaluated based on your efforts in the following items: Course Sections Percent of total Mark Due Date 1. Weekly Activities 25 % Weekly (10 weeks only) 2. Business Continuity Plan 50 % Term project 3. Business Continuity Exercise 25 % 3 hours during the exam period (in campus) Weekly Forums/Class Participation. Each week comes with an in class activity in different forms (short quiz, forum discussion, short assignments, etc.). Students are encouraged to actively participate in forums. Business Continuity Planning Project: Using standard business continuity planning process and existing tools, each student develops a business continuity plan for a real or hypothetical business. Assessment will be done based on the quality, format, and structure of the plan. Students will prepare the plan in a step by step approach but submit the final plan by April 5. You will receive a numeric grade for the term project using the following criteria: Grade Interpretive Statement 40-50 Excellent work—well written/presented, high quality plan, full coverage of the topics, significant references to the course materials, submitted on time. 30-39 Strong work— almost well written/presented, good quality plan, almost full coverage of the topics, good references to the course materials and other sources, submitted on time. 25-29 Competent work— has some written/presentation problems, acceptable plan, some uncovered topics, some references to the course materials, submitted on time. 15-24 Incomplete— has many written/presentation problems, low quality plan, limited coverage of the topics, very few references to the course materials, needs major improvements. 0-14 Incomplete— has a lot of written/presentation problems, very low quality plan, limited coverage of the topic, no references to course materials and references, there is no way that this work can be improved. Business Continuity Exercise: During the term, students develop and implement a group business continuity simulations/exercise. Students will be provided with a business continuity scenario and conduct a business continuity/crisis management exercise in campus during the exam period. This exercise will be marked based on
students’ engagement in preparatory phase of the exercise, and course instructor’s evaluations of students’ performances in the exercise. This will be a role playing simulation. Details will be provided during the semester. This is not an exam but replaces the final exam and will be held during a time and date that will be determined by the registrar’s office. 5. Course on Moodle This course uses Moodle. All students who register for this course are requested to activate their Moodle service. Once activated, students can access Moodle for this course by logging into “moodle.yorku.ca” using York ID and Password. Course powerpoints, list of reading materials (journal articles only), announcements, and discussions will be posted in this site. 6. Reading Materials Reading materials vary depending on the topic, but every student must read the relevant chapter of the following book and selected materials. Hiles, Andrew. Business Continuity Management: Global Best Practices, Fourth Edition. Rothstein Publishing. © 2014. This book is available online from York University library. Relevant chapter of the book will be covered each week. Course instructor will provide a list of relevant reading materials about a week prior to the class. Most books and journal articles that are needed for this course are available at York University Libraries. RELEVANT UNIVERSITY REGULATIONS Deferred Exams: Deferred standing may be granted to students who are unable to write their final examination at the scheduled time or to submit their outstanding course work on the last day of classes. In order to apply for deferred standing, students must complete a Deferred Standing Agreement (DSA) form and submit their request no later than five (5) business days from the date of the exam. The request must be properly submitted with supporting documentation directly to the main office of the School of Administrative Studies (282 Atkinson), NOT to the Course Director. These requests will be considered on their merit. Students can check the status of their requests by logging in the link for Status of Deferred Exams Request: http://www.yorku.ca/laps/sas/links.html Students with approved DSA will be able to write their deferred examination during the School's deferred examination period. No further extensions of deferred exams shall be granted. The format and covered content of the deferred examination may be different from that of the originally scheduled examination. The deferred exam may be closed book, cumulative and