AIS1601/201/2/2025

Tutorial Letter 201/1/2025

Using the Internet as a Reference Tool.

AIS1601

Semesters 1

Department of Information Science

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This tutorial letter contains comments on the assignments and examination
guidelines.

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CONTENTS
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1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 3
2 PURPOSE OF TUTORIAL LETTER .............................................................................................. 3
3 GENERAL COMMENTS…………………………………………………………………………………..3
4 ASSIGNMENTS ........................................................................................................................... ..4
5 THE EXAMINATION……………………………………………………………………...………….........6
6 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………………………………...7

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1 INTRODUCTION

Dear Student

Welcome to the AIS1601 module, Using the internet as a reference tool. We hope that you
found the module interesting. Also, I thank you for approaching this academic year with a
missionary zeal and reaching this stage of your academic life. This is the last tutorial letter that
you will be receiving for semester 1 of 2025 academic year relating to AIS1601: Using the
internet as a reference tool, semester one. I hope that you found the module enriching and
that you will apply the knowledge gained in this module in your line of work as information
professionals. Please study this tutorial letter, together with the feedback given for your
assessments to prepare for the examination. It should be noted that the assessment feedback
provided on myUnisa (Moodle) is intended to serve as guidelines that indicate the most crucial
facts that should have been covered in your answers.

2 PURPOSE OF TUTORIAL LETTER

The purpose of this tutorial letter is to offer guidelines for the examination. Please study this
tutorial letter, together with the online lessons provided on myUnisa (Moodle) to prepare for the
examination. Possible answers are provided here for all the assessments. It should be noted
that the answers provided on MyUnisa (Moodle) are intended to serve as guidelines that
indicate the most important facts that should have been covered in your answers.

3 GENERAL COMMENTS

In the AIS1601 Tutorial Letter 101, you were referred to the INKALLE/302/4/2025

tutorial letter where you would have found some guidelines on essay writing. Many students did
not follow instructions by not engaging the content of this module. As a result, that remains the
most common mistakes observed in all the assessments.

Lack of engagement
We expect the level of engagement to be higher in this module. This high level of engagement
was missing from most assessments received. Most students only attempted the assessments

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without any lessons consulted. The online lessons provide you with content that should help you
to understand the entire module. It is, therefore, upon you to engage the content in a manner
that fits in the context of the assessment questions. So, you need to contextualise the content of
this module and other sources that may benefit towards your knowledge.

Moreover, apart from paraphrasing the contents from online lessons and other sources, it is
important to demonstrate in your answer that you have engaged with the module content, and
you understand the concepts and/or views. Answering all the assignments require extensive
reading and insight. I expected you to explore the content of the module.

4 ASSESSMENTS
All the assignments for semester 1 were made available on myUnisa (Moodle) and you were
required to submit your answers online, via myUnisa (Moodle) assessment platform. In addition,
assessment 2 was written, and the feedback is provided below:

ASSESSMENT 2

QUESTION 1

Complete the tasks below to learn about various concepts each alphabet provides a hint
to the next part of the concept.
(25)

Instructions: Use the puzzle underneath to help you identify the five concepts. Each concept is
worth five marks, bringing the total grade for this question to 25 marks.

1.1. Open access

1.2. Cloud computing

1.3. Digital archive

1.4. Webinar

1.5. Electronic resource

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C L O U D C O M P U T I N G U D R S

X Z L Q W E B I N A R F R Z S R G B

D I G I T A L A R C H I V E M I Y U

B A S I R A L P N B M O A S W Q F D

S Q E S T D S X O P E N A C C E S S

E L E C T R O N I C R E S O U R C E

E P O B T Y H M P V D M U V T E D A

Y O T S I P H L A P D I G R O G R K

QUESTION 2 (25)

2.1. The most popular section of the internet, consisting of documents or web pages kept on
the internet, is generally referred to as the World Wide Web (www). False

2.2. A minimum of two computer systems connected to one another—the connections can be
wired, or wireless is referred to as a network. False

2.3. An informational company wants to provide its viewers with the most recent information
from its website in a standardized format that can be easily aggregated by other websites
and feed readers. True

2.4. A network administrator is configuring a new server and must verify that data packets are
delivered reliably, orderly, and error-free. False

2.5. The Internet connects computer networks worldwide, including those of companies,
governments, schools, and other organizations. True

2.6. The W3C has produced international Web standards to promote interoperability and
cooperation among stakeholders and organizations. True

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2.7. A metasearch engine is a search tool that sends a user's query to many search engine
databases and returns results from each. False

2.8. Metasearch engines use pre-indexed databases from various directories and search
engines to match search queries, rather than operating their own robots to find new
websites. True

2.9. Phrase searching involves inserting double quotation marks (" ") around multiple keywords
to generate a search term. For example, "Art therapy" will get results with the words
Adlerian and therapy appearing next to each other. True

2.10. Using a wildcard character in a search query allows the search engine or subject
directory to look for all conceivable endings to the phrase. False

5 THE EXAMINATIONS

The examination for AIS1601 will be written in May/June 2025. Students who qualify for a
supplementary examination will write the supplementary examination in the next examination
session. The Examinations Department will communicate the logistics of the examination in due
course.

5.1 The examination paper

The examination paper will consist of multiple-choice questions only, which will be completed on
the myExams platform. The duration of the examination will be 240 minutes. To pass this
module, you must obtain a minimum of 50% overall (examination plus assessment marks),
subject to the examination sub-minimum of 40%. Your final mark is made up as follows:
Examination (60%) + Three assignments (40%) = 100%.

5.2 Examination preparation

In preparation for your examinations, assessment’ feedback and online lessons are useful for
revision. Also, read all the online lessons’ topics. You are advised to post topics or issues that
you do not understand on myUnisa forums and chats. This will allow fellow students and your
lecturer to discuss these issues and not just help you, but others as well. I will be monitoring the
discussions.

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6 CONCLUSION

I hope you found my feedback useful and that it assists you in preparing for your examinations. I
will be thinking of you when you write your examinations. Please do not hesitate to contact me
should you experience any problems with this module. Finally, I would like to wish you all the
best for your studies. I am certain that as information professionals, you could make an
immense contribution towards the development of Africa and the world.

Regards,
Ms. Koketso Manamela
Tel: 012 429 6827
E-mail: [email protected]