IOP3703/101/3/2024

Tutorial Letter 101/3/2024

Career Psychology

IOP3703

Semester 1 and 2

Department of Industrial and Organisational

Psychology
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, IOP3703-2024-S1/S2, as well as your group website.

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

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CONTENTS

Page
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 4
2 MODULE OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Outcomes ....................................................................................................................................... 5
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ............................................................................................ 7
4 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS .................................................................................... 7
4.1 Lecturer(s) ...................................................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Department ..................................................................................................................................... 7
4.3 University ........................................................................................................................................ 8
5 RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................. 8
5.1 Prescribed book(s) .......................................................................................................................... 8
5.2 Recommended book(s) .................................................................................................................. 8
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves) ..................................................................................................... 8
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ................................................................................................. 9
6.1 First-Year Experience Programme ............................................................................................... 10
7. STUDY PLAN ............................................................................................................................... 10
8 HOW TO STUDY ONLINE ........................................................................................................... 11
8.1 What does it mean to study fully online? ...................................................................................... 11
8.2 myUnisa tools ............................................................................................................................... 11
9. ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................. 11
9.1 Assessment criteria ...................................................................................................................... 11
9.2 Assessment plan .......................................................................................................................... 12
9.3 Assessment due dates ................................................................................................................. 12
9.4 Submission of assessments ......................................................................................................... 12
9.4.1 Types of assignments and descriptions ........................................................................................ 14
9.5 The assessments for 2024 ........................................................................................................... 15
9.6 The examination ........................................................................................................................... 15
9.6.1 Invigilation/proctoring .................................................................................................................... 15
10. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY .......................................................................................................... 16
10.1 Plagiarism ..................................................................................................................................... 16
10.2 Cheating ....................................................................................................................................... 16
10.3 For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below: ...................................................... 17

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11. STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES ................................................................................... 17

12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS .......................................................................................... 17
13. IN CLOSING ................................................................................................................................. 17

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Dear IOP3703 student

1 INTRODUCTION

Unisa is a comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) higher education institution. The
comprehensiveness of our curricula encapsulates 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 registering at Unisa who may not have had an opportunity to enrol in higher
education. 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 the sufficiently
prepared.

Teaching and learning in a CODeL context involves multiple modes of delivery ranging from blended
learning to fully online. As a default position, all post graduate programmes are offered fully online with no
printed study materials, while undergraduate programmes are offered in 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 serve humanity and shape futures combined with a clear appreciation of our location on
the African continent, Unisa's graduates have distinctive graduate qualities which include:

• independent, resilient, responsible and caring citizens who are 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 with 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 its 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

IOP3703 is 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 the lecturer and fellow students to support your learning will also be communicated via
various platforms.

You are encouraged to log into the module site on myUnisa regularly (that is, at least twice per week).

Because this is a fully online module, you will need to use myUnisa to study and complete the learning
activities for this module. Visit the website for [module code] on myUnisa frequently. The website for your
module is IOP3703-24-S1 (Semester 1) or IOP3703-24-S2 (Semester 2).

We wish you every success with your studies!

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2 MODULE OVERVIEW

2.1 Purpose

Career Psychology is an area of speciality within the field of Industrial and Organisational Psychology.
The most general definition of Industrial and Organisational Psychology is “the application of psychological
principles, theory and research to the work-setting” (Landy & Conte, 2004:6). Industrial and Organisational
Psychology is a legitimate field of scientific inquiry concerned with advancing knowledge about people at
work, including the reciprocal impact of work on life and life on work.

Industrial Psychologists recognise the interdependence of individuals, organisations and society, and they
recognise the impact of factors such as increasing global and government influences, growing consumer
awareness, skills shortages and the changing nature of work and careers with regard to organisational
and individual performance. Industrial Psychologists are scientists who derive principles and theory about
individual, groups and organisational behaviour through research. They act as consultants and advisers
who develop scientific knowledge and apply this knowledge to find solutions to problems at work. To this
end, they are well educated and trained in the research and application of Industrial and Organisational
Psychology (www.siop.org).

Career Psychology (the subject of this module) is the scientific study of career development and
management from both an individual and an organisational perspective. A core focus of the discipline is
balancing individual and organisational career development needs within the work setting. Career
Psychology includes topics such as career theories and perspectives on careers; individual career
development and career-related issues throughout the life-span; organisational career development
support practices and career counselling and guidance theories and practices in the workplace context.
Career Psychology takes into account that the life roles and social context in which people grow and
develop influence their values, norms and beliefs. These, in turn, influence their career aspirations, career
choice, career progress and subjective experience of career success.

We trust that you will enjoy gaining more knowledge and experience in this subject field.

2.2 Outcomes

The specific outcomes describe the competencies you need to master to successfully complete the
module. The assessment criteria form the basis for the assessments. Students who work diligently through
the lessons and assessments will be able to master the specific outcomes with greater ease.

Outcomes Assessment criteria

Specific outcome 1 Assessment criteria
Critically evaluate and • The sociocultural variables that determine the significance that work
describe a range of has in people’s lives are critically evaluated.
concepts and principles • Various career concepts pertaining to the nature of careers in the 21st
pertaining to career planning century world of work are critically discussed.
and development within the • The steps involved in choosing and managing a career in familiar and
context of the 21st century unfamiliar work and career contexts are analysed and explained in
world of work. detail.

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Outcomes Assessment criteria

21st century world of work. • The plan-and-implement and test-and-learn career planning and
management models are compared, critically evaluated and
discussed in terms of their relevance to the 21st century world of
work.
• Career planning, decision-making, management and development as
an ongoing process are critically evaluated and discussed by
outlining the relevant principles underlying various models and
theories.
• The key factors that determine the success of the career planning
and management process in the 21st century world of work are
identified and critically discussed.
• The content and process theories of career choice and their use in
the career management and development process are critically
evaluated and discussed in terms of their usefulness in career
counselling and guidance.
• The psychological life tasks and challenges of the various life/career
stages are critically evaluated and discussed within the context of the
21st century world of work.
• The ethical requirements for career counselling practices are critically
discussed in terms of their relevance to career guidance in the South
African workplace.
Specific outcome 2 Assessment criteria
Identify and critically discuss • The concepts of organisational choice and organisational entry are
the factors that impact compared and critically evaluated in terms of their usefulness in
organisational career choice organisational career development support.
• The process of organisational choice is discussed by a critical
evaluation and comparison of different theories.
• The various phases of organisational entry are analysed and critically
discussed in terms of their usefulness in the socialisation phase.
• Personal preferences in choosing an organisation are identified and
critically evaluated in terms of personal career development
experiences.
Specific outcome 3 Assessment criteria
Critically discuss the • The implications of organisational changes and the nature of work for
implications of the changing careers from an individual and organisational viewpoint are critically
nature of careers for evaluated and discussed.
organisational career • The characteristics of new employment relationships and the nature
development support of the psychological contract in the 21st century world of work are
practices and individual identified and critically discussed.
career development • Organisational career development support practices are critically
activities evaluated and discussed in terms of their usefulness for individual
career development and decision-making and their relevance to the
21st century world of work (including the unique multicultural
characteristics of the South African workplace)

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Outcomes Assessment criteria

Specific outcome 4 Assessment criteria
Analyse the cause and • The notion and various types of career anchors and career patterns
effect of specific career- are critically discussed in terms of their use in optimising person-
related issues and suggest environment fit, career decision-making and career development
organisational and individual planning.
support actions to address • Work-family conflict, job obsolescence, career plateauing and
these issues. sources of career-related stress are critically evaluated and
discussed in terms of their causes and effects on individual career
and vocational behaviour and career decision-making.
• Recommendations for organisational and individual actions that
could be taken to assist individuals affected by the identified career
issues are provided by means of well-reasoned and theory-driven
arguments.

3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION

Unisa has implemented a transformation charter, in terms of which the university has placed 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 will be
phased in at both programme and module levels, and 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 in a responsive way within the framework of transformation.

4 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS

4.1 Lecturer(s)

The contact details of your lecturers are:

Dr C Tebele Prof. KP Moalusi

Office number: NS Radipere Building 3-75 Office number: NS Radipere Building 3-116
E-mail address: [email protected] E-mail address: [email protected]

4.2 Department

Contact details regarding the Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology is as follows:
The department is situated on the 3 r d level of the NS Radipere Building on the Unisa main campus.
You can e-mail the department by using the following e-mail address: [email protected]. You can
also contact the departmental helpdesk as follows:

Name Telephone E-mail

Mrs Welheminah Zumba +27 12 429 8054/8033 [email protected]

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4.3 University

To contact the University, follow the instructions on the Contact us page on the Unisa website.

Whenever you contact us lecturers via e-mail, contact us from your myLife email address as we do not
respond to emails from private email addresses.

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 the student number in all correspondence

5 RESOURCES

5.1 Prescribed book(s)

The details of the prescribed book, which you should purchase as soon as possible, are as follows:

Coetzee, M., & Schreuder, A.M.G. (2021). Careers: An organisational perspective (6th
ed.). Juta.

5.2 Recommended book(s)

No specific books are recommended for this module.

5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves)

No electronic reserves for this module.

5.4 Library services and resources

The Unisa Library offers a range of information services and resources. The library has created 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
• Frequently Asked Questions,
visit https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Frequently-Asked-Questions

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• 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,
visit http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-services/Research-support.
• For library training for undergraduate
students, visit https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-services/Training
• Lending Services https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-
services/Lending-services
• Services for Postgraduate students
- https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Services-for-Postgraduates
• Support and Services for students with disabilities
- https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Services-for-students-with-special-needs
• Library Technology Support -https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/techsupport
• Finding and using library resources and tools -http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/Research_skills
• A–Z list of library databases – https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/az.php

Important contact information:

• Technical problems encountered in accessing library online services: [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 Twitter: @UnisaLibrary

6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

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

This brochure contains important information and guidelines for successful studies through Unisa.
If you need assistance with regard to 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 assessment and how to participate in
forum activities via the following link: https://dtls-qa.unisa.ac.za/course/view.php?id=32130

Registered Unisa students get a free myLife e-mail account. Important information, notices and updates
are sent exclusively to this account. Please note that it can take up to 24 hours for your account to be
activated after you have claimed it. Please do this immediately after registering at Unisa, by following
this link: [email protected]

Your myLife account is the only e-mail account recognised by Unisa for official correspondence with
the university, and will remain the official primary e-mail address on record at Unisa. You remain
responsible for the management of this e-mail account.

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6.1 First-Year Experience Programme

Many students find the transition from school education to tertiary education stressful. This is also true in
the case of students enrolling at Unisa for the first time. Unisa is a dedicated open distance and e-learning
institution, and it is very different from face-to-face/contact institutions. It is a mega university, and all our
programmes are offered through either blended learning or fully online learning. It is for this reason that
we thought it necessary to offer first-time students additional/extended support to help them seamlessly
navigate the Unisa teaching and learning journey with little difficulty and few barriers. We therefore offer a
specialised student support programme to students enrolling at Unisa for the first time – this is Unisa’s
First-Year Experience (FYE) Programme, designed to provide you with prompt and helpful information
about services that the institution offers and how you can access information. The following FYE services
are currently offered:

FYE Website Email Support

www.unisa.ac.za/FYE [email protected]

FYE1500
Post
myUnisa; Study
Registration
Referrals to Skills; Academic &
Orientation Digital Literacies;
other support
services i.e. etc
Counselling;
Reading & Writing
workshops

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

7. STUDY PLAN
This is a suggestion only, but we think that by using a work schedule you can structure your learning
activities for this module. Remember that you are responsible for your own learning and you have to be
disciplined in your study approach.

We advise you to follow a schedule, as due dates can catch you by surprise if you are unprepared. Try to
study one learning unit each week, rather than trying to cram in a lot of work two weeks before an
assessment due date.

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Also, study Lesson 1, “Overview of the Module”, on myUnisa to form an overview of the outcomes-based
learning rationale we follow in this module.

Use the brochure, Study @ Unisa, for general time management and planning skills.

8 HOW TO STUDY ONLINE

8.1 What does it mean to study fully online?

Studying fully online modules differs completely from studying some of your other modules at Unisa.

• All your study material and learning activities for online modules are designed to be
delivered online on myUnisa.
• All your assessments must be submitted online. This means that you will do all your activities
and submit all your assessments on myUnisa. In other words, you may NOT post your
assessments to Unisa using the South African Post Office.
• All communication between you and the University takes place online. Lecturers will
communicate with you via e-mail and SMS, and use the Announcements, the Discussion
Forums and the Questions and Answers tools. You can also use all of these platforms to ask
questions and contact your lecturers.

8.2 myUnisa tools

The main tool that we will use is Lessons. This will provide the content of and the assessments for your
module. It is very important that you log on to myUnisa regularly. We recommend that you log in at least
once a week to do the following:

• Check for new announcements. You can also set your myLife e-mail account so that you receive
the announcement e-mails on your cellphone.
• Discussion Forum activities. Activities will be posted as and when necessary for you to
participate in.
• Do other online activities. For some of the study unit activities you might need to take a quiz
under Self-Assessment. Do not skip these activities because they will help you complete the
assessments and the activities for the module.

We hope that by giving you extra ways to study the material and practise all the activities, this will help you
succeed in the online module. To get the most out of the online module, you MUST go online regularly to
complete any activities and the assessments on time.

9. ASSESSMENT

9.1 Assessment criteria

See module outcomes in section 2.2 above.

The assessment practice in this module is continuous assessment. This means that students will NOT
write an examination. Your final mark will be an accumulation of all the marks obtained for all the

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assessments. It is therefore imperative to complete all the assessments to obtain a good mark for this
module and this means that you will have to work throughout the semester.

9.2 Assessment plan

• To complete this module, you will be required to submit four (4) assessments.
• All information about when and where to submit your assessments will be made available to you
via the myModules site for your module.
• Due dates for assessments, as well as the actual assessments are available on the myModules
site for this module.
• Your assessments will comprise a combination of MCQs as well as written work that consist of
short questions.
• You need to obtain a final mark average of at least 50% on the assessments.
• As previously indicated, you need to complete ALL four (4) assessments for this module. Details
on the assessments are as follows:

Assessments no. Type of Assessment Lessons Marks Weights

Assessment 1 MCQs 2-3 15 15%
Assessment 2 Written assessment 4–6 30 25%
Assessment 3 MCQs 7-9 20 20%
Assessment 4 Written assessment Integration of all lessons 50 40%

Please note: Assessment unique numbers will be communicated on the online platform.

9.3 Assessment due dates

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

• 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.

9.4 Submission of assessments

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

becoming an online institution. You will therefore see that all your study material, assessments and
engagements with your lecturer and fellow students will take place online. We use myUnisa as our
virtual campus.
• The myUnisa virtual campus will offer students access to the myModules site, where learning
material will be available online and where assessments should be completed. This is an online
system that is used to administer, document, and deliver educational material to students and
support engagement between academics and students.
• The myUnisa platform can be accessed via https://my.unisa.ac.za. Click on the myModules 2024
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 the 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.

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• 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 tests, others written assessments, some 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 on which 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 only made available online. You must
therefore access the quiz online and complete it online where the quiz has been created.
• It is not advisable to use a cell phone to complete the quiz. Please use a desktop computer, tablet
or laptop when completing the quiz. Students who use a cell phone 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, cell phones are more vulnerable to dropped
internet connections than other devices. If at all possible, please do not use a cell phone for
this assessment type.
• For written assessments, please note the due date by which the assessment must be submitted.
Ensure that you follow the guidelines given by your lecturer to complete the assessment. Click on
the submission button on the relevant assessment shell on myModules. You will then be able to
upload your written assessment on the myModules site of the modules that you are registered for.
Before you finalise the upload, double check that you have selected the correct file for upload.
Remember, no marks can be allocated for incorrectly submitted assessments.

Feedback on the assessments will be available under the Online Assessment tool soon after the due
date of the assessment.

1. To view the feedback, access the Online Assessment tool. View the feedback under the list of
submitted assessments.
2. Assessment results are available under the Assessment Info tool only after the results have been
processed.

The following provide proof of assessment submissions:

• the notification you receive when you submit the assessment

• the notification forwarded to your myLife e-mail account
• a reflection of the submitted assessment in the list of submitted assessments under the Online
Assessment tool

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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.
• Compulsory assignments
- If not submitted, the result on the student’s academic record will be absent.
• Optional assignments
- You are encouraged as a student to do optional assignment so that it may benefit your
learning.

I. Elective assignments
a. the student is given a choice of which assignments within an identified group to submit, only
the best result(-s), the number of which is specified in advance, will contribute towards the year
mark.
b. elective assignments must also 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 must be provided to the student, such
as how many of the assignments must be submitted and how many of the assignment marks
should be combined into the year mark.
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:
o The best mark should be used, or
o 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.
o 0% is awarded to all non-submitted or unmarked assessments. A best mark is then
calculated from all items.

II. Mandatory assignments

a. 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 this assignment
when the final mark for the module is calculated.

III. Compulsory Assessment

a. when not submitted, the student will fail a Continuous Assessment module but will be shown
as absent from the examination in the case of other modules.

IV. Optional assignments – You are encouraged as a student to do optional assignment so that it
may benefit your learning.

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9.5 The assessments for 2024

As indicated in section 9.2, you need to complete four (4) assessments for this module. Details on the
assessments are as follows:

ASSESSMENTS

Assessment 01 15%
Assessment 02 25%
Assessment 03 20%
Assessment 04 40%
100%

Your final module mark is based on your average mark for the four (4) compulsory assessments. Each
assessment carries a different weight towards the total year mark.

The combined weighted average of your year mark must be 50% or higher for you to pass the module.
If you obtain less than 50% for your total year mark, you will fail the module.

There are no assessments included in this tutorial letter. Assessments 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.

There is no final exam/ supplementary exam for IOP3703. If you fail to obtain a 50% minimum final
mark for the assessments, you will need to re-register for another semester.

Remember that the better your assessment marks are, the better your final mark will be. It is therefore
imperative that you do well in all four assessments to benefit from good marks being added to your overall
mark of your qualification.

9.6 The examination

There is no examination for this module; marks obtained for all FOUR (4) assessments contribute 100%
towards your final mark. The combined weighted averages of your assessment marks must be 50% or
higher for you to pass the module. Remember that your mark for each assessment will contribute a
weighted percentage to your final mark.
Be sure that you access myUnisa regularly to keep yourself informed. It is advisable that you activate your
myLife e-mail account as all communication posted online will automatically generate an e-mail to this
account.

9.6.1 Invigilation/proctoring

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

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Turnitin is a 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 for utilisation of the Turnitin software.

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

The Invigilator “mobile application-based service does verification” of the identity of an assessment
participant. The Invigilator Mobile Application detects student dishonesty-by-proxy and ensures that the
assessment participant is the registered student. This invigilation tool requires students to download the
app from their Play Store (Google, Huawei and Apple) on their mobile devices (camera enabled) prior to
their assessment.

IRIS Invigilation software verifies the identity of a student during assessment and provides for both
manual and automated facial verification. It has the ability to record and review a student’s assessment
session. It flags suspicious behaviour by the students for review by an academic administrator. IRIS
software requires installation on students’ laptop devices that are enabled with a webcam.
Students who are identified and flagged for suspicious dishonest behaviour arising from the invigilation
and proctoring reports are referred to the disciplinary office for formal proceeding.

Please note:
Students must refer to their module assessment information on their myModule sites to determine which
proctoring or invigilation tool will be utilised 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 the source.
• Not including references or deliberately inserting incorrect bibliographic information.
• Paraphrasing without acknowledging the original 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 forms part of examination guidelines
• Buying completed answers from so-called “tutors” or internet sites (contract cheating).

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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.

If you are a student with a disability and would like additional support or need additional time for
assessments, you are invited to contact Dr C Tebele ([email protected]) or Prof KP Moalusi
([email protected]) to discuss the assistance that you need.

12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

FAQs are available on the module site.

13. IN CLOSING

Do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail if you are experiencing problems with the content of this tutorial
letter or with any academic aspect of the module.

We wish you a fascinating and satisfying journey through the learning material and trust that you will
complete the module successfully.

Enjoy the journey!

Your lecturers for IOP3703

Dr C Tebele
Prof KP Moalusi

©
Unisa 2024

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