This article guides how the sample of students’ work for A Level Geography, Independent Investigation, paper 04, should be submitted to Pearson Edexcel for the purpose of moderation.
At Pearson Edexcel, we have developed the Learner Work Transfer portal (LWT). This system will enable centres to electronically upload/submit their sample for moderation.
All centres have access to LWT via their Edexcel Online account. In addition, the centre’s allocated Moderator will also have access to the same system, enabling them to view students’ work instantly.
Centres will now upload digital copies of students’ work, for the purpose of moderation, to LWT instead of posting it. Therefore, centres should no longer send a sample of students’ work via post for moderation.
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There is NO change to the way centres and students conduct their investigation and collate their written evidence ready to send to Pearson Edexcel to be moderated. All processes and forms stay the same and so are the requirement for student and teacher signatures.
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The coursework submission deadline is 15 May. This is the same deadline as in all previous years.
The deadline for entering the marks you awarded to ALL your students onto Edexcel Online is 15 May. This is the same deadline as in all previous years.
Do I still need to submit marks awarded by centres on Edexcel Online?
Yes, you do. There are two processes:
1. Enter the marks you awarded to all your students on Edexcel Online by 15 May.
2. Upload your selected sample students’ work (NEA) to LWT by 15 May.
What documents do I submit on LWT?
For each sampled/selected student, centres are to submit the teacher-marked and annotated coursework, the Geography Independent Investigation form and Geography Independent Investigation Mark Sheet.
How do I prepare my sample?
Any approaches listed below are acceptable, and both options are digital.
As before, you are only required to submit the named (pre-selected students) sample of your cohort’s work. However, if the pre-selected sample does not include your highest and lowest-scoring students, they must be added (this video guidance will show you how to add students to the sample).
Option 1: Scanning
Students submit their work printed as hard copy, similar to previous years, and you scan and then upload the requested sample (most photocopiers have a scanning function that saves documents as pdf).
- Students submit their final coursework to you as a hard copy.
- You and your colleagues mark and annotate your students’ work by hand as usual.
- The Mark Sheet and the Independent Investigation forms are to be completed as Word documents and signed by both the teacher and the student electronically (electronic signatures are acceptable).
- For the students named in the sample, scan their marked and annotated coursework and save it as a pdf.
- Upload all three files (the coursework and the two forms) on LWT for a student and repeat for all students in the sample using the file naming convention below.
Option 2: End-to-end digital
- Students submit their final coursework electronically as an uneditable Word document (or even better, a Word document converted to pdf).
- You and your colleagues mark and annotate your students’ digital work using annotation/marking tools and save (preferably converted to pdf).
- The Mark Sheet and the Independent Investigation forms are to be completed as Word documents and signed by both the teacher and the student electronically (electronic signatures are acceptable).
- Upload all three files (the coursework and the two forms) on LWT for a student and repeat for all students in the sample using the file naming convention below.
What is the file naming convention?
When you create a folder for each sampled student, please use the following naming convention:
CentreNumber_CandidateNumber_Surname_[First Letter Of First Name]
For example, Sam Smith, with Candidate number 7890 at Centre number 12345, would have work in a folder titled: 12345_7890_Smith_S. This folder is saved in your system and will have three files inside it. All three files need to be uploaded to LWT.
Because you are uploading three documents per student, please adopt the following naming convention:
• 12345_7890_Smith_S_Coursework (for the coursework itself)
• 12345_7890_Smith_S_Marking Sheet (for the Independent Investigation Marking Sheet)
• 12345_7890_Smith_S_Independent Investigation (for the Independent Investigation Form)
You can choose to either zip the folder and upload or upload the three files/documents individually under the student's name in LWT.
What File Formats are accepted?
There are many file formats that are accepted by the LWT system. However, for A Level Geography, since the report will need to be typed up, we highly recommend that students use a text editor (like Word or something similar) or PowerPoint. These programs will enable students to add images and tables/data to their coursework as necessary. They will also be able to convert their work to pdf easily. For a list of acceptable file formats, please see here.
Highly recommended file formats for A Level Geography:
| .doc | .docx | .oft | .pfd | .pdf |
| .ppt | .pptx | .pub | .odt | .txt |
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We have prepared detailed step-by-step guides showing how to use the new LWT portal on the Learner Work Transfer page.
Please look at the Moderation videos; there are two of them.
A full list of general FAQs on LWT can be found here.
To contact our assessment or teaching support teams, please use the Support Portal, enter your customer type and centre and use the following support categories:
Next, enter the qualification and subject, describe your query and submit your case. For detailed guidance on submitting a case record, please click here.
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