Risk and Opportunity: Managing Risk for Development

Course Calendar

What are the deadlines in this course?

This page provides the soft and hard deadlines of all gradable activities in this MOOC. 

Week	Graded Activities	Soft Deadline  (Time zone: UTC‐11)	Hard Deadline (Time zone: UTC‐11)
Week 1	Quiz	Midnight on Sunday, July 6	Midnight on Sunday, July 13
Week 2	Game Achievement: Play the Game and Submit Verification Code	Midnight on Sunday, July 13	60 mins after soft deadline 1AM on Monday, July 14
	Game Reflection Assignment - Submission	Midnight on Sunday, July 13	60 mins after soft deadline 1AM on Monday, July 14
	Start Work on Final Project	-	-
Week 3	Complete any one of the Week 3 Quizzes:  Quiz 3.1  Quiz 3.2  Quiz 3.3 Quiz 3.4	Midnight on Sunday, July 20	Midnight on Sunday, July 27
	Game Reflection Assignment - Evaluation	Midnight on Sunday, July 20	60 mins after soft deadline 1AM on Monday, July 21
Week 4	Final Project Submission	Midnight on Wednesday, July 23	60 mins after soft deadline 1AM on Thursday, July 24
	Final Project Evaluation of Peers	Midnight on Sunday, July 27	60 mins after soft deadline 1AM on Monday, July 28

Please note:
›	Midnight in our timings listed here refers to the last instance of midnight in the world (UTC-11). So if you submit before midnight in your own time, your submission should be eligible.
›	If you submit after the soft deadline (but before the hard deadline), your score will be penalized 25% for late submission.
›	There are no quizzes in weeks 2 and 4.
›	Module 3 has four modules. Each module has a quiz. You only need to complete one of the four quizzes for module 3 to gain a Statement of Accomplishment.

Course at a Glance

Welcome to this MOOC. This page provides an overview of the course and one-stop access to all course components, including video talks, resources, quizzes, assignments and events. It also gives an overview of what you are expected to do each week.

Risk and Opportunity: Managing Risk for Development	Start date	Resources and events
Week 1 – Managing risk in a changing world	June 30, 2014	› Overview › Video Talks › Resources › Quiz
Week 2 - Digging deeper: What are the components of risk management? Why aren’t people better at managing risk?	July 7, 2014	› Overview › Video Talks › Resources › Play the online game and complete game achivement › Complete your game reflection exercise › Begin the work on your Final Project (digital resource) › Live video chat (Google+ Hangout) with the course team
Week 3 - Who is responsible for managing risk? The importance of a holistic approach to risk management	July 14, 2014	› Overview › Video Talks for Week 3, Module 3.1, Module 3.2, Module 3.3 and Module 3.4 › Resources for Module 3.1, Module 3.2,  Module 3.3 and Module 3.4 › Quiz for Module 3.1, Module 3.2, Module 3.3and Module 3.4 › Continue work on your Final Project (digital resource)
Week 4 - Bringing it all together: Proactive, systematic and integrated risk management	July 21, 2014	› Overview › Video Talks › Resources › Complete your Final Project › Complete the end of course survey