HBL Instructions to Students

A347 Solid and Hazardous

Waste Management
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What is Home-based Learning (HBL)?

What is Home‐based Learning?
‐ Home‐based Learning (HBL) refers to learning that 
occurs away from campus, e.g., from home. It may 
be activated during events such as a pandemic, fire 
or hazardous haze situation.
‐ HBL may involve some or all students and members 
of staff, depending on the circumstances.
*You may refer to this website for more information about HBL: 
https://myrp.sharepoint.com/OCL/Students/SitePages/FAQs‐for‐Students.aspx

Who can I approach for help regarding IT issues? 
• Email Help‐IT@rp.edu.sg or call 6697 1500 
• Approach your lecturers or module chair (lily_ganda@rp.edu.sg) 
asap if you do not have internet access at home for HBL 
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Read the following instructions carefully

before you start your HBL lesson
1. Access LEO 2.0 while you are off-campus
https://myleo.rp.edu.sg/
2. Download the HBL lesson package from LEO 2.0
3. Students to look out for instructions (if any) posted by the
lecturer in the MS Teams or LEO2.0 discussion forum
4. Use Microsoft Teams to communicate with your
teammates, so that you can continue to practice
collaborative learning off-campus
5. Students will be marked “Present” at the beginning of the
HBL lesson. This can be converted to “Absent” if a
student:
• did not participate in any online activities; and
• did not submit the assigned deliverables for that day
by 2359 hours
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Read the following instructions carefully

before you start your HBL lesson
6. Students will be awarded daily grade as per normal
school day.
7. Daily grade will be awarded based on:
• contributions to class / team discussions in MS Teams
or LEO2.0 discussion forum,
• answers to questions posed by lecturer in Ms Teams or
LEO2.0 discussion forum, as required,
• worksheet, presentation slides, or assignments as
instructed by lecturers,
• individual LEO quiz,
• self and peer evaluation and
• reflection journal (RJ).
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Class Schedule
Time What you need to do? Platform for discussion /
submission
09:15 – 10:15  Download the problem package LEO2.0

 Join class chat created by facilitator Main: Ms Teams

 Review problem statement and worksheet Backup: LEO2.0
questions Discussion Forum

10:15 – 11:00  Break / continue with discussion among own Up to students

team

11:00 – 12:30  Individual team discussions with lecturer Main: MS Teams

(lecturer can arrange to meet teams in Backup: LEO2.0
different orders each week, timings shown Discussion forum
below are a guide)
Team 1: 11:05 – 11:20
Team 2: 11:20 – 11:35
Team 3: 11:35 – 11: 50
Team 4: 11:50 – 12:05
Team 5: 12:05 – 12:20

 Conclusion of LP2 by lecturer: 12:20-12:30

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Class Schedule
Time What you need to do? Platform for discussion /
submission
12:30 – 14:00  Lunch break Main: MS Teams
 Complete team / individual assignment (e.g. Backup: LEO2.0
presentation or report) Discussion forum or
GoogleDocs

14:00 – 16:00  Team presentations Main: MS Teams

 6P Backup: Follow
 Complete quiz or assignment as instructed by instructions from lecturer
lecturer on LEO2.0 discussion
forum if MS Teams does
not work

16:00 – 23:59  Complete peer and self evaluations and RJ LEO2.0

 Submit presentations or assignments as
required by lecturer
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Attendance
• All students will be marked as “Present” at the beginning of the
HBL lesson
• Student’s attendance will be converted to “Absent”, if a student:
 did not participate in any of the online activities for any learning
phase; and
 does not submit any post-lesson deliverables for that day by 2359
hours
• Attendance during HBL will count towards the attendance
requirements of the respective modules.
• Leave of Absence (LOA) policy and Module Grade Computation
remains applicable:
 do apply for LOA if you are unwell and unable to submit any of the
deliverables; if not, you will be marked as “Absent without LOA”
A347 Schedule for AY2021 Semester 2
Mode of CA SA
Week Venue Other instructions, if any
Delivery^ (60%) (40%)
1 HBL Ms Teams - -
2 HBL Ms Teams CA1 -
3 Face to face RP CA2 -
4 HBL Ms Teams CA3 -
5 Face to face RP CA4 -
6 HBL Ms Teams CA5 -
7 HBL Ms Teams CA6 -
MSA NIL
8 Face to face RP CA7 -
9 HBL Ms Teams CA8 -
10 HBL Ms Teams CA9 -
11 HBL Ms Teams CA10 -
12 HBL Ms Teams CA11 -
13 HBL Ms Teams CA12 -
Written Assessment
ESE: 22 February 2022, 13:00-15:00 On-site ESE*
(Paper)

^HBL: Home-based Learning (students are NOT required to go to campus)

*If CB kicks in, Graded Assignment will be administered instead
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Attendance Requirement for A347

(For modules with 13 attendance records)

Total 
Absences*

Students should not have

If Total Absences* without LOA ≥ 7
≥ 7 ‐ Given a Fail Grade • 7 or more absences*
If Total Absences* without LOA < 7
‐ Required to pass ESE (MG capped to NGP)
• 3 or more absences* without LOA
* Absences: Includes Absent / Partial / Late & Partial
If All Absences* have LOA
‐ Required to pass ESE

< 7 If Total Absences* without LOA ≥ 3
‐ Required to pass ESE (MG capped to NGP)

If Total Absences* without LOA < 3
‐ Met Attendance Requirement
MG: Module Grade
NGP: Non‐Graded Pass

Refer to the Student Handbook for more details.
Relevant FAQs are available here (Section 4).
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What should you do?

• Be regular in attendance

• Have an approved LOA if you cannot attend lessons due to valid 
reasons, e.g. suffering from illness, representing RP for competitions

Check LEO 2.0 attendance page regularly to ensure that your attendance 
has been captured correctly.
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LEO2.0 Attendance Page and Email

Notification

Click on the LEO2.0 
information icon for 
Check RP email for more details.  details
Your PC, Mentor, Module Chair and Class Lecturer will also get 
a copy of this email.
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Academic Integrity
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Academic Integrity
• You are reminded to maintain academic integrity at all times and
must not share your assignment with other students.
• Any student caught infringing any of the Assessment Rules and
Regulations in any way is liable to disciplinary action including, but
not limited to:
– an outright failure for the Assessment, and
– downgrading of the Module Grade.
• More severe penalties can be imposed on a student caught
cheating in an Assessment including suspension or even dismissal
from the Polytechnic.
• More information can be found in the online Student Handbook
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Enjoy learning!

HBL