1.  POLICY
A student may request an appeal against the result achieved of a learning assignment. There is only one opportunity per learning assignment to appeal against a mark, provided there is a good reason for an appeal.

2.  PROCEDURE
2.1    The Registrar would read lecturer comments and evaluate relevance and consistency amongst all students as part of the appeal.

2.2    The Registrar would also evaluate whether the comment from the lecturer is relevant to the mark given to the student, and also assess the standard deviation related to assessment under review.

2.3    The Registar will, if relevant, suggest a discussion with the student explaining valid reasons for the marks, options available to students and/or remedial interventions.

2.4    If the students appeal appears justified, the student will be informed that the submission will be re-evaluated at cost of R200.

2.5    This amount will be refunded if the appeal is found to be valid, but retained by Da Vinci if the mark remains unchanged (less than 10%) or is reduced (more than 10%).  The 10% up or down does not apply when the remark results in passing a student who was previously found unsuccessful (failed) or awarding a distinction to a student previously marked as a non-distinction.  Changes in these cases mean that the appeal is found valid, irrespective of the previous mark allocation.

2.6    The submission is re-evaluated by a moderator without any knowledge of previous marks or the assessors comments.

2.7    The mark, as provided by the moderator, will be regarded as the final mark for the student, if there is a change of mark.

2.8    Note: When a student appeals against the allocated mark rather than to resubmit as requested/suggested by the assessor or the MC, the marks received from the moderator will be the official mark and the student will not have an opportunity to re-submit again.

2.9    The Registrar would return the submission together with the moderator comments to the student.   

2.10     Refund of money if applicable.