MIP1501/101/0/2025

Tutorial Letter 101/0/2025

Mathematics For Intermediate Phase

Teachers I
MIP1501

Year Module

Department of Mathematics Education

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please register on myUnisa, activate your myLife e-mail account and
make sure that you have regular access to the myUnisa module
website, MIP1501-25-Y, as well as your group website.

Note: This is a fully online module. It is, therefore, available only on myUnisa.

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 CONTENTS

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1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
2 MODULE OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................5
2.1 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................5
2.2 Outcomes .....................................................................................................................................5
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ........................................................................................... 6
4 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS................................................................................... 6
4.1 Lecturer(s) ....................................................................................................................................6
4.2 Department ...................................................................................................................................7
4.3 University ......................................................................................................................................7
5 RESOURCES ...............................................................................................................................7
5.1 Prescribed book(s) ........................................................................................................................7
5.2 Recommended book(s) .................................................................................................................7
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves)................................................................................................. 7
5.4 Library services and resources………………………………………………………………….7
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ................................................................................................ 8
6.1 The Unisa First-Year Experience Programme ............................................................................... 9
6.2 Using Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to apply for module credit within a qualification. ....... 10
7. STUDY PLAN ............................................................................................................................. 11
8 HOW TO STUDY ONLINE .......................................................................................................... 11
8.1 What does it mean to study fully online? ..................................................................................... 11
9. ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................................... 11
9.1 Assessment criteria..................................................................................................................... 11
9.2 Assessment plan ........................................................................................................................ 11
9.3 Assessment/assignment due dates............................................................................................. 12
9.4 Submission of assessments/assignments ................................................................................... 12
9.4.1 Types of assignments and descriptions ......................................................................................... 13
9.5 The assessments/assignments ................................................................................................... 14
9.7 The examination ......................................................................................................................... 14
9.7.1 Invigilation/proctoring .................................................................................................................. 14
10. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY ........................................................................................................ 15
10.1 Plagiarism ................................................................................................................................... 15
10.2 Cheating ..................................................................................................................................... 15

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10.3 For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below: ..................................................... 15
11. STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES .................................................................................. 15
12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ........................................................................................ 16
13. SOURCES CONSULTED ........................................................................................................... 16
14. IN CLOSING ............................................................................................................................... 16
15. ADDENDUM ............................................................................................................................... 16
ANNEXURE: GLOSSARY OF TERMS .................................................................................................. 16

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1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student

Unisa is a comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) higher education institution. Our
comprehensive curricula encapsulate a range of offerings, from strictly vocational to strictly
academic certificates, diplomas and degrees. Unisa's "openness" and its distance eLearning
character result in many students who may not previously have had an opportunity to enrol in
higher education registering at the university. Our CODeL character implies that our
programmes are carefully planned and structured to ensure success for students, ranging from
the under-prepared but with potential to those who are sufficiently prepared.

Teaching and learning in a CODeL context involves multiple modes of delivery, ranging from
blended to fully online learning. As a default position, all post-graduate programmes are offered
fully online with no printed study materials, while undergraduate programmes are offered using
a blended mode of delivery where printed study materials are augmented with online teaching
and learning via the learner management system, myUnisa. In some instances, undergraduate
programmes are offered fully online as well.

Furthermore, our programmes are aligned with the vision, mission and values of the University.
Unisa's commitment to serving humanity and shaping futures – combined with a clear
appreciation of our location on the African continent – means that Unisa's graduates have
distinctive graduate qualities, which include:

• being independent, resilient, responsible and caring citizens able to fulfil and serve in
multiple roles in their immediate and future local, national and global communities

• having a critical understanding of their location on the African continent and taking
account of its histories, challenges and potential in relation to globally diverse contexts

• the ability to critically analyse and evaluate the credibility and usefulness of information
and data from multiple sources in a globalised world with ever-increasing information
and data flows and competing worldviews

• how to apply their discipline-specific knowledges competently, ethically and creatively

to solve real-life problems

• an awareness of their own learning and developmental needs and future potential

This module is fully online.

Whether a module is offered either as blended (meaning that we use a combination of printed
and online material to engage with you) or online (all information is available via the internet),
we use myUnisa as our virtual campus. This is an online system that is used to administer,
document and deliver educational material to you and support engagement with you. Look out
for information from your lecturer as well as other Unisa platforms to determine how to access
the virtual myUnisa module site. Information on the tools that will be available to engage with
your lecturer and fellow students to support your learning will also be communicated via various
platforms.

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You are encouraged to log into the module site on myUnisa regularly (that is, at least twice per
week). [the module website code written out in full, MIP1501-25-Y].

Because this is a fully online module, you will need to use myUnisa to study and complete the
prescribed learning activities. Visit the website for [MIP1501] on myUnisa frequently. The website
for your module is [the module website code written out in full, MIP1501-25-Y].

We wish you every success with your studies!

2 MODULE OVERVIEW
2.1 Purpose

Students who have completed this module successfully will be able to use the knowledge, skills
and attitudes learnt to teach Mathematics in the Intermediate Phase and be able to facilitate the
building of number concepts in the Intermediate Phase that can serve as the foundation for more
advanced operations and problem solving. The purpose of this module is to familiarise the student
with methodological issues on how to teach Mathematics as proposed by the Intermediate Phase
(IP) Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). This module will develop and enhance
the students’ teaching ability and prepare them to fulfil their roles as teachers in the varying
contexts of South African classrooms, they will be able to integrate and practice their foundational
and reflexive competences that prepare them to facilitate the teaching and learning of
Mathematics on a beginner teachers’ level.

2.2 Outcomes

For this module, you will have to master several outcomes:

Specific outcomes and assessment criteria

Specific outcomes Assessment criteria
• The student demonstrates an awareness of the evolution of
Compare and analyse a variety of numeration numeration systems.
1 • The student displays an informed understanding of the properties
systems.
of the Hindu-Arabic numeration system.

• The student demonstrates knowledge of the development of

number sense.
• The student displays the ability to apply a variety of methods and
techniques when dealing with numbers and their operations. • The
student demonstrates recognition and usage of the properties of
Develop an informed understanding of the numbers in real-world scenarios.
2 application of numbers and their operations • The student demonstrates the identification of the application of
in real-world situations. numerical knowledge and computation in real-world scenarios.
• The student demonstrates the ability to identify and analyse a
variety of numbers such as prime numbers, numbers in the
Fibonacci sequence, numbers in Pascal’s triangle, and numbers
used to define the golden ratio.

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 Develop integrated knowledge of • The student demonstrates the ability to engage in the construction
higherorder thinking processes of problem-solving methods in relation to numbers and
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pertaining to number and operation operations.
concepts.
• The student demonstrates the application of proportional reasoning
processes involving numbers and operations.
• The student illustrates critical problem-solving skills when dealing
with high-order tasks.
• The student illustrates the skill to create scenarios where numbers
and operations will be used to analyse real-world situations.

• The student displays an understanding of a variety of models to

interpret fractions.
• The student can illustrate an understanding of fraction algorithms.
• The student demonstrates an understanding of the relationship
Demonstrate an understanding of common
between common fractions, decimal fractions and percentages.
4 fractions and operations on common
• The student demonstrates the ability to do calculations which
fractions.
include ratio and proportion.

Develop proportional reasoning in a variety • The student demonstrates the ability to operate in a range of
of contexts. contexts relating to ratio and rate.
5 • The student demonstrates a sound understanding of the application
of proportional reasoning in real-world contexts.

Integrate technology in the teaching and • The student demonstrates the ability to use a variety of
learning of numbers and operation technological tools, such as computers, tablets, and virtual
concepts. manipulative software, to extend the knowledge of numbers and
operations in the Intermediate Phase.
• The student demonstrates the ability to use software such as
Microsoft Math Add-In, Excel and GeoGebra.
6 • The student shows an understanding of how calculators contribute
to the knowledge of numbers and operations; for example, he/she
demonstrates the numeric relationship using the calculator as a
tool.
• The student demonstrates the ability to gather and select digital
content appropriate to achieving an in-depth understanding of
numbers and operations.

3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION
Unisa has implemented a transformation charter that places curriculum transformation high on
the teaching and learning agenda. Curriculum transformation includes student-centred
scholarship, the pedagogical renewal of teaching and assessment practices, the scholarship of
teaching and learning, and the infusion of African epistemologies and philosophies. All of these
are being phased in at both programme and module levels. As a result of this, you will notice a
marked change in the teaching and learning strategy implemented by Unisa, together with the
way in which the content is conceptualised in your modules. We encourage you to embrace these
changes during your studies at Unisa, responsively and within the framework of transformation.

4 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS

4.1 Lecturer(s)

The primary lecturer for this module is [Mr PE Rankweteke]

Department: Mathematics Education

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Telephone: 012 429 8356

E-mail: [email protected]

4.2 Department

You can contact the Department of Mathematics Education are as follows:

Telephone number: 012 429 4784/4128

E-mail: [email protected]

4.3 University

The myUnisa learning management system is the University's online campus which will help you
communicate with your lecturers, with other students and with the administrative departments
at Unisa. However, you need to first claim your myLife e-mail login details if you do not have a
myLife e-mail address by now. To go to the myUnisa website directly, go to
https://my.unisa.ac.za and click on Claim UNISA Login at the top of the screen. You will then
be prompted to provide your student number in order to claim your initial myUnisa and myLife
e-mail login details. For more information on how to claim your myLife e-mail login details, see
section 6.

Always ensure that you use your myLife e-mail account when communicating with the
University. By using your myLife e-mail account, the University has a reasonable
assurance that we are communicating with you, as your e-mail address contains your
student number, and you use your login credentials to access the account.

Contact addresses of the various administrative departments appear on the Unisa website:
http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Contact-us/Student-enquiries.

Please include your student number in all correspondence.

5 RESOURCES
5.1 Prescribed book(s)

No additional books are prescribed for this module

5.2 Recommended book(s)

Van de Walle, JA. 2013. Elementary and middle school Mathematics: teaching
developmentally. Boston: Pearson.

Recommended material can be used as additional reading and can be requested online, via the
library catalogue.

5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves)

Search for E-reserves at http://oasis.unisa.ac.za/search/r

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E-reserves can be downloaded from the library webpage, option Find E-reserves

5.4 Library services and resources

The Unisa Library offers a range of information services and resources and has made
numerous library guides available at http://libguides.unisa.ac.za

Recommended guides:

• For brief information on the library, go to https://www.unisa.ac.za/library/libatglance

• For more detailed library information, go to
http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library
• For Frequently Asked Questions, go to
https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Frequently-Asked-Questions
• For research support and services such as the Personal Librarian service and the
Information Search Librarian's Literature Search Request (on your research topic)
service, go to http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-
services/Research-support
• For library training for undergraduate students, go to
https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-services/Training
• For Lending Services, go
to https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-services/Lending-
services
• For Services for Postgraduate students, go to
https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Services-for-Postgraduates
• For Support and Services for students with disabilities, go to
https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Services-for-students-with-
special-needs
• For Library Technology Support, go to https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/techsupport
• For information on finding and using library resources and tools, go to
http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/Research_skills
• For an A–Z list of library databases, go to https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/az.php

Important contact information:

• Technical problems encountered in accessing library online services: Lib-
[email protected]
• General library-related queries: [email protected]
• Queries related to library fines and payments: [email protected]
• Interlibrary loan service for postgraduate students: [email protected]
• Literature Search Service: [email protected]
• Social media channels: Facebook: UnisaLibrary and X Twitter: @UnisaLibrary

To view the Library orientation video – please click here : Unisa Library and Information
Services Video_1_1 (2).mp4

6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

The Study @ Unisa brochure is available on myUnisa at www.unisa.ac.za/brochures/studies

This brochure contains important information and guidelines for successful studies through Unisa.

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If you need assistance concerning the myModules system, you are welcome to use the following
contact details:

• Toll-free landline: 0800 00 1870 (Select option 07 for myModules)

• E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

You can access and view short videos on topics such as how to view your calendar, how to
access module content, how to view announcements for modules, how to submit assessments
and how to participate in forum activities by visiting https://dtls-
qa.unisa.ac.za/course/view.php?id=32130

Registered Unisa students receive a free myLife e-mail account. Important information, notices
and updates are sent exclusively to this account.

Please claim your e-mail account immediately after registering at Unisa by following this link:
https://www.unisa.ac.za/static/myunisa/Content/Announcements/Documents/Claim-myUnisa-
myLife-Nov-2017.pdf
Note that it can take up to 24 hours for your account to be activated after you have claimed it.

Your myLife account is the only e-mail account recognised by Unisa for official correspondence
between you and the University and it will remain your official primary e-mail address on record
at Unisa.

You remain responsible for the management of this e-mail account.

6.1 The Unisa First-Year Experience Programme

Many students find the transition from school education to tertiary education stressful and this is often true
for students enrolling at Unisa for the first time. Unisa is a dedicated open distance and e-learning
institution and is very different from face-to-face/contact institutions. It is a mega university and all its
programmes are offered through either blended learning or fully online learning. For these reasons, we
offer first-time students additional/extended support to help them navigate the Unisa teaching and learning
journey seamlessly and with little difficulty and few barriers.

Unisa’s First-Year Experience (FYE) Programme has been specially designed to provide you with prompt
and helpful information about the services that the institution offers.

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The following FYE services are currently available:

FYE Website
www.unisa.ac.za/FYE

FYE1500
Post-
Registration myUnisa;
Referrals to
Orientation Study Skills;
other support Academic &
services Digital
e.g. Counselling;
Reading &

To ensure that you do not miss out on important academic and support communication from the
SRU, please check your myLife inbox regularly.

6.2 Using Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to apply for module credit within a
qualification.
Now that you are a registered student, you are advised to familiarise yourself with the learning outcomes
of the module or modules you have chosen. If you have been exposed to those learning outcomes for
three years or more – either through work experience or other involvement – you can apply to be exempted
from completing assignments and writing examinations. As part of your application for this exemption, you
will be required to compile a portfolio of evidence substantiating how your experience is equivalent to the
learning outcomes. The diagram below shows the steps involved in obtaining recognition of prior learning
(RPL) for module credit. For more information on the process, RPL fees, and the contact details of your
college RPL coordinator, visit the Unisa website: www.unisa.ac.za/rpl

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7. STUDY PLAN
Use your Study @ Unisa brochure for general time management and planning skills

8 HOW TO STUDY ONLINE

8.1 What does it mean to study fully online?

All your study material, assessments and engagements with your lecturer and fellow students
will take place online. This tutorial letter is intended to offer you some guidance in this regard.

9. ASSESSMENT
9.1 Assessment criteria

When assessing your assignments, we will focus on the following:

• your understanding of the question.

• your ability to reason and accurately perform meaningful computations relevance in

answering the question.

• your ability to give examples that enable learners to like and understand data

handling and probability concepts, and

• mistakes in calculation or reasoning, or any mathematical error, for which marks will

be deducted.

9.2 Assessment plan

• To complete this module, you will be required to submit four (4) assignments.
• All information about when and where to submit your assignments will be made available
to you via the myModules site for your module.
• Due dates for assignments, as well as the actual assignments, will be available on the
myModules site for this module.
• To gain admission to the examination, you will be required to submit four (4) assignment/s.
• To gain admission to the examination, you will need to obtain a year mark average of 40%
for the assignments.
• The assignment weighting for the module is 20%
• You will receive examination information via the myModules sites. Please watch out for
announcements on how examinations for the modules for which you are registered will be
conducted.
• The examination will count 8 towards the final module mark.

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9.3 Assessment/assignment due dates

• There are no assessment/assignment due dates included in this tutorial letter.

• Assessment/assignment due dates will be made available to you on the myUnisa landing
page for this module. We envisage that the due dates will be available to you upon
registration.

• Please start working on your assessments as soon as you register for the module.

• Log on to the myUnisa site for this module to obtain more information on the due dates for
the submission of the assessments/assignments

9.4 Submission of assessments/assignments

• Unisa, as a comprehensive open distance e-learning institution (CODeL), is moving

towards becoming an online institution. You will see, therefore, that all your study material,
assessments and engagements with your lecturer and fellow students will take place
online. To facilitate this, we use myUnisa as our virtual campus.

• The myUnisa virtual campus offers students access to the myModules site, where
learning material is available online and where assessments should be completed.
Together, myUnisa and myModules form an online system that is used to administer,
document, and deliver educational material to students and support engagement between
those students and Unisa’s academics.

• The myUnisa platform can be accessed via https://my.unisa.ac.za. Click on the myModules
2025 button to access the online sites for the modules that you are registered for.

• The University undertakes to communicate clearly and as frequently as is necessary to

ensure that you obtain the greatest benefit from your use of the myModules learning
management system. Please access the Announcements on your myModules site
regularly, as this is where your lecturer will post important information to be shared with
you.

• When you access your myModules site for the module/s you are registered for, you will
see a welcome message posted by your lecturer. Below the welcome message you will
see the assessment shells for the assessments that you need to complete. Some
assessments may be multiple choice, some may be tests and others may be written
assessments/assignments, while some may be forum discussions and so on. All
assessments must be completed on the assessment shells available on the respective
module platforms.

• To complete quiz assessments, please log on to the module site where you need to
complete the assessment. Click on the relevant assessment shell (Assessment 1,
Assessment 2, etc.). There will be a date recorded there telling you when the assessment
will open for you. When the assessment is open, access the quiz online and complete it
within the time available to you. Quiz assessment questions are not included in this tutorial
letter (Tutorial Letter 101) and are made available online only. You must therefore access
and complete the quiz online where it has been created.
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• It is not advisable to use a cellphone to complete quizzes and you should please use a
desktop computer, tablet or laptop for this task. Students who use cellphones find it difficult
to navigate the Online Assessment tool on the small screen and often struggle to navigate
between questions and successfully complete the quizzes. In addition, cellphones are
more vulnerable to dropped internet connections than other devices. If at all possible,
please do not use a cellphone for this assessment type.

• For written assessments/assignments, please note the due date by which your work must
be submitted. Ensure that you follow the guidelines given by your lecturer to complete the
assessment/assignment. Click on the submission button on the relevant assessment shell
on myModules. You will then be able to upload your written assessment to the myModules
site for the modules that you are registered for. Before you finalise the upload, double-
check that you have selected the correct file for uploading. Remember, no marks can be
allocated for incorrectly submitted assessments/assignments.

9.4.1 Types of assignments and descriptions

All assignments are defined as either optional, mandatory, compulsory, or elective.

• Elective assignments
- If not submitted, the student gets no mark for this item.
- The best of the required submissions will count.
• Mandatory assignments
- If not submitted, the student gets no mark for this item.
• Optional assignments – You are encouraged, as a student, to do optional
assignments in order to benefit your learning.

I. Elective assignments
a. The student is given a choice of which assignments within an identified group to submit
and only the best result/s, the number of which is specified in advance, will contribute
towards the year mark.
b. Elective assignments must be grouped into an elective group.
c. For the student to select which assignment to submit, the elective assignments must
be grouped together. For such an elective group, relevant information (such as how
many of the assignments must be submitted and how many of the assignment marks
should be combined into the year mark) will be supplied to you.
d. The selection criteria define how marks received for assignments in an elective group
are to be combined into the year mark. Three different criteria may be used for
calculating the year mark:
• The best mark should be used, or
• If the student submits fewer than the required number of assignments per
group, or no assignment in a group, a mark of 0% will be used.
• 0% is awarded to all non-submitted or unmarked assessments. A best mark is
then calculated from all the qualifying items submitted.

II. Mandatory assessments/assignments

a. Mandatory assessments/assignments contribute to the year mark.
b. If a student fails to submit a mandatory assignment, no mark is awarded and the year
mark is calculated accordingly. The student will therefore forfeit the marks attached to
such an assignment when the final mark for the module is calculated.

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 III. Optional assessments assignments – You are encouraged, as a student, to do
optional assessments/assignments in order to benefit your learning.

9.5 The assessments/assignments

As indicated in section 9.2, you need to complete four (4) assessments/assignments for this
module. There are no assignments included in this tutorial letter. Assignments and due
dates will be made available to you on myModules for this module. We envisage that the due
dates will be available to you upon registration.

The first assignment is a multiple-choice assignment (MCQ) and must be submitted online, as
it is marked by computer. Answer all the questions in Assignment 01. The mark you achieve for
this assignment will contribute to your semester mark. Assignments 2, 3 and 4 are long, written
and intended to give you the opportunity to engage in detail with the topics covered in the
module. These assignments will be submitted online and will be covering all units as per the
study guide. The suggested solutions to all the questions in Assignments 02, 03 and 04 will be
supplied in Tutorial Letter 201.

9.6 Other assessment methods

No other assessment methods are used in this module.

9.7 The examination

Examination information and details on the format of the examination will be made available to
you online via the myUnisa site. Look out for information that will be shared with you by your
lecturer and e-tutors (where relevant), as well as for communication from the University.

9.7.1 Invigilation/proctoring

Since 2020, Unisa has conducted all its assessments online. Given the stringent requirements
imposed by professional bodies, as well as increased solicitation of Unisa’s students by third
parties to unlawfully assist them with the completion of assignments and examinations, the
University is obliged to assure the integrity of its assessment integrity by using various proctoring
tools: Turnitin, Moodle Proctoring, the Invigilator App and IRIS. These tools authenticate the
student’s identity and flag suspicious behaviour to assure the credibility of their responses during
assessments. The description below is for your benefit as you may encounter any or all of these
in your registered modules:

Turnitin is plagiarism software that facilitates checks for originality in students’ submissions
against internal and external sources. Turnitin assists in identifying academic fraud and ghost-
writing. Students are expected to submit typed responses when using the Turnitin software.

The Moodle Proctoring tool is facial recognition software that authenticates students’ identities
during their Quiz assessments. This tool requires access to a student’s mobile or laptop camera.
Students must ensure that their cameras are activated in their browser settings prior to starting
their assessments.

The Invigilator is a mobile application-based service that verifies the identity of an assessment
participant. The Invigilator app detects student dishonesty-by-proxy and ensures that the
assessment participant is the student registered for the module concerned. This invigilation tool

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requires students to download the app from the Google Play Store (Android devices), the Huawei
AppGallery (Huawei devices) or the Apple App Store (Apple devices) on their camera-enabled
mobile devices prior to their assessment.

The IRIS Invigilation software verifies the identity of a student during assessment and provides
for both manual and automated facial verification. It can record and review a student’s
assessment session and it flags suspicious behaviour by the student for review by an academic
administrator. The IRIS software requires installation on students’ webcam-enabled laptop
devices.

Students who are identified and flagged for suspicious or dishonest behaviour arising from the
invigilation and proctoring reports will be referred to the disciplinary office for formal proceedings.

Please note:

Students must refer to their module assessment information on their myModule sites to determine
which proctoring or invigilation tool will be used for their formative and summative assessments.

10. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

10.1 Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of taking the words, ideas and thoughts of others and presenting them as
your own. It is a form of theft. Plagiarism includes the following forms of academic dishonesty:

• Copying and pasting from any source without acknowledging that source.
• Not including references or deliberately inserting incorrect bibliographic information.
• Paraphrasing without acknowledging the source of the information.
10.2 Cheating
Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Completing assessments on behalf of another student, copying the work of another

student during an assessment, or allowing another student to copy your work.
• Using social media (e.g. WhatsApp, Telegram) or other platforms to disseminate
assessment information.
• Submitting corrupt or irrelevant files. (This matter is addressed in the examination
guidelines.)
• Buying completed answers from so-called “tutors” or internet sites (contract cheating).
10.3 For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below:
https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/myunisa/default/Study-@-Unisa/Student-values-and-rules

11. STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES

The Advocacy and Resource Centre for Students with Disabilities (ARCSWiD) provides an
opportunity for staff to interact with first-time and returning students with disabilities.

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If you are a student with a disability and would like additional support, or if you need additional
time for assignments/assessments, you are invited to contact ([email protected]) to discuss
the assistance that you need.

12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Study @ Unisa contains an A-to-Z guide of the questions most often asked by students. Please
refer to this brochure for frequently asked questions and the answers to them.

13. SOURCES CONSULTED

No additional sources were consulted.

14. IN CLOSING

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