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What Happens If You Miss First Assignment At Unisa 2024/2025

Navigating the Aftermath: Missing Your First Assignment at UNISA 2024/2025:

Unisa encourages all of its students to excel academically and be well-prepared for their exams. For this reason, before allowing a student to take an exam, it requires that they complete a predetermined amount of assignments for each subject. Usually, the assignment questions are described in detail in Tutorial Letter 101 (or 102 for first-year B Com). The lecturers will provide more information regarding the assignment requirements.

Students must still make sure that their assignment is sent to Unisa by the due date or earlier. Students must turn in assignments on time in order to meet the due date (submission/closing). If you don’t follow these instructions, your assignment won’t be graded, and you won’t get any admissions points for it.

Students must grasp the specifics of the university’s assessment procedure as we enter the 2024–2025 academic year. The implications of skipping the first assignment are a common problem. This article explains what occurs when the initial assignment deadline is missed.

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When To Submit UNISA Assignment 2024

Please keep in mind that submissions must be made ON or BEFORE the deadline date. If there is a consistent difficulty with the Unisa servers two days before the due date, it automatically extends the due date by a week (also see the section on Potential Problems). Remember that the automatic extension of one assignment does NOT imply an extension of the subsequent assignments; therefore, you must continue with your study programme as planned and not change your timetable to accommodate the new date.

Electronic submission Of UNISA Assignment

• Using this method, the assignment must be admitted through the SOL server (https://sol.unisa.ac.za). Do NOT e-mail your assignment to the lecturers please since it cannot be marked by the computer program which marks the incoming assignments.

Postal To Submit UNISA Assignment 2024

• Put your assignment in a Unisa envelope and post it to Unisa. (Use the services and procedures booklet, that you have received with your registration papers if you have any queries in this regard.

Marking Of Unisa Assignment In 2024

• On a predetermined date, all multiple-choice assignments are electronically designated as a batch. The system does not mark assignments as they are submitted but rather marks them all at once as a batch. This means that if your assignment is not part of the batch, it will not be marked. The Assignment Department posts the outcomes of marked assignments on SOL or mails them to correspondence students.

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Consequences When You Miss First Assignment At UNISA 2024

If you miss an assignment, please start working on the next assignment. The date of marking is usually set THREE days after the due date. As explained in the previous section, we can unfortunately also not accept any late submissions for Assignment 3. Please be on time to be eligible for improving your term mark.

UNISA Assignment Deadlines Rules

• It remains your responsibility to ensure that your assignment reaches Unisa on or before the closing date.
• It is ESSENTIAL that you submit an assignment in time to meet the deadline (submission/closing) date. If you fail to do this, the assignment will not be marked and you will therefore receive NO ADMISSION CREDITS for the assignment.
• If you are UNABLE to hand in a COMPULSORY assignment on time, you must apply IN ADVANCE to the academic department in question (eg the Department of Criminology) for an extension of time. Such an extension will be granted only in EXCEPTIONAL cases.
• NO assignments handed in after the closing date will be marked unless special permission has been obtained IN ADVANCE from the head of the relevant academic department.
• Although assignments may be submitted before the deadline (submission/closing) date, it is not always possible to mark them before the submission date. Assignments submitted early (eg by students who enrolled in November) will not be marked until February.

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Missing your first assignment at UNISA can be stressful, but it’s vital to remain proactive and seek solutions. Prompt communication with your course lecturer, understanding the late submission penalties, and exploring possible alternatives like make-up assignments or resubmissions can help you navigate the situation successfully. Visit the Official Website Of Unisa For More Details.

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Assignment 2

Description.

This book contains all of the information required to complete all aspects of Assignment 2

Table of contents

Submission and extensions, marking and return, academic integrity, practice problem analysis, problem analysis 1, problem analysis 2, additional resources.

This is an individual piece of work Each Problem Analysis will be undertaken using a different scenario however the task and format will remain the same for both of the analyses to be undertaken . Task:

• Students will work through the required scenario (similar to the practice scenario undertaken in class during week 3)
• As students make decisions within the scenario they will document the decision making process that they undertake and justify the choices made.
• Students will write a reflection on the decisions made and the outcomes achieved with continual reference to the theories studied in previous weeks.
• Note that any theory studied as part of this course prior to the assessment due date may be included in the reflection. The scenarios are not specific to one particular topic.
• 750 words (+/- 10%) not including tables, figures, reference list or appendices  for each problem analysis
• Submission will only be available for files with .doc or .docx extensions
• A minimum of 2 references must be used, higher marks will be achieved where references are from academic journals
• Reference list and in-text references must comply with Harvard (UniSA) referencing style (http://resource.unisa.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1572&topic=4)
• You must include a title page with student name, student ID number, course name and appropriate title for your paper
• Do not include a table of contents for this piece of assessment
• This assignment must be submitted through Gradebook on or before the due date and time
• A standard penalty of 10% per day late will be applied to late submission without approved extensions
• Extensions must be applied for using the Extensions link on the course learnonline page.
• Extensions are not granted automatically
• Extension requests must be supported with appropriate documentation to justify extreme circumstances
• Assignments will be marked based on the criteria available on the course learnonline page
• Assignments will be returned through Gradebook no later than 14 days after the due date
• Late or extended submissions will be returned through Gradebook no later that 14 days after the date of submission
• All assignments are submitted to Turnitin text matching software for analysis
• Student assignments with high similarity indexes may be investigated for breaches of Academic Integrity
• Students who are under investigation for AI breaches will receive a score of zero for the assignment until the investigation is concluded.

Problem Analysis  - Click on this link to the Lesson.

Note - This lesson is based on the  Case Study covered in the week 2 tutorial and uses the personality descriptions from the end of the case study to determine decision style.

For this submission students are to write a 750 word reflection which considers the impact of decision style of the decision makers in the lesson on the outcome of each decision. You are required to work through each of the three starting points and reflect on the outcomes of each decision made.

You will only have ONE opportunity to make decisions in this analysis problem.  Make sure that you take notes about the decisions that you make and then write a 750 word reflection that discusses why you made the decisions and why you chose not to go with the other alternatives.

This final part of Assignment 2 will investigate Group Decision Support Systems, ie Electronic Meeting Systems (EMS) and Audience Response Systems (ARS).

Before you work through the lesson you need to research these two types of GDSS and write a 200 word comparison of the two systems, supported by your research. Once completed you will then work through the Problem Analysis 3 lesson , making decisions as you go and taking note of the decisions that you make.

You will then complete your reflection with a 300 word discussion of the decisions your made in the lesson and why you made them based on your research in the first part of this assignment.

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What should I do if I need to request an extension for an assignment?

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Extensions to assignment due dates

Extensions to assignment submission dates are not granted for some units. Please check your Unit Information book for specific unit/course requirements. For most units a standard 7-day extension policy is provided. Students should note the following:

• Extensions are only available for medical or compassionate grounds or special circumstances. Circumstances such as workload (university or employment), taking a holiday, being overseas or any situation within the control of the student do not qualify as grounds for an extension.
• Extensions must be requested via the extensions link found on the unit's home page, must be lodged prior to the due date of the assignment and be accompanied with documentation evidencing the circumstances requiring the extension.
• Requests for an extension of time for submission of an assignment should be made at least two days before the due date of the assignment.
• The Request for extension to assignment due date form and lodgement instructions are available on the Learnonline resource page for your unit.

Extension requests of more than 7 days

• The request for more than 7 day extension to assignment due date form is available on the Learnonline resource page for your unit.
• Requests for more than 7 days extension forms should be emailed to the Academic Unit Office for a decision (see address details in the Welcome section of your Unit Information booklet).
• In requesting an extension of more than 7 days, you are required to include a written statement which explains the reason why this extension is needed and any other supporting documentation. For example, if your reason is health-related, you should attach a medical certificate.

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What are the penalties for late assessment submission?

If an assessment item is submitted after the published deadline without an approved extension of time, the available mark will be reduced consequently.

Please refer to Section 4.3.4 Penalties for late submission  of the Assessment Procedure for further details. 

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Extension of assignment due dates

We have been confronted with challenges relating to the implementation of the new learning management system. Of most concern has been the inability of our students to submit their assignments on the due dates. Consequently, management has taken the difficult decision to extend the all assignment due dates that were due before 8 April 2022. This is to provide additional opportunity to those students who have experienced challenges in their submissions and were unable to successfully submit their assignments. Students can expect to view their new extended dates from 12 April 2022.

We are however aware that some module lecturers have made alternative arrangements in providing students opportunities to submit their missed assignments through assignment electives. In some cases, the solution may have already be distributed to students. Extensions of assignments falling under these categories will be closed off by lecturers and students must continue submitting through elective assignments.

The extension of assignment due dates will be done on a staggered basis with the first closing date of the extension starting 16 April 2022 and ending by 27 April 2022. The first semester examination timetable will be made available on the  Unisa Examination Timetable Tool  and will be available as from 15 April 2022.   We anticipate the admission to the examinations will run from 29 April 2022, when students will receive their examination admission letters. The first semester examination period will commence on 16 May 2022.

Some courses are peculiar in their assessment structure. For this reason, the automated extension will exclude the Graduate School of Business Leadership, School of Engineering, CTA and Signature courses modules. Students are advised to visit their course sites to determine the due dates of their assignments. 

We thank students for their patience as we continue to navigate through these challenges.

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Consequences for late assignment submission, answer id 2711 | last updated on 10/10/2023 11.31 am.

If you hand in your assessment item after the due date/time a penalty of 5% of the total mark allocated for the assessment item is deducted per day for the first 7 days (including weekends and public holidays) after which the assigned work is not accepted. Each 24-hour block is recorded from the time the assessment item is due.

Where there are a number of tasks within an assessment item, the late penalty may be applied holistically to the assessment item after all tasks have been completed.

Assessments submitted later than 7 days after the deadline receive a mark of zero, unless an application for Special Consideration is approved. If you believe you are eligible for an extension, your  Special Consideration application must be lodged before the due date, or in unforeseen circumstances, within 3 working days of the due date.

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Penalties for late submission of coursework

Planning, time-management and the meeting of deadlines are part of the personal and professional skills expected of all graduates. For this reason, UCL expects students to submit all coursework by the published deadline date and time, after which penalties will be applied.

If you experience something which prevents you from meeting a deadline that is sudden, unexpected, significantly disruptive and beyond your control, you should s ubmit an Extenuating Circumstances (EC) claim via Portico . If the request is accepted, you may be granted an extension. If the deadline has already passed, the late submission may be condoned i.e. there will be no penalty for submitting late.

• If your work is submitted within two working days after the deadline, a penalty of 10 percentage marks, i.e. 10 marks, but no lower than the Pass mark of 40 (or 50 for modules at Level 7) will be applied. For example, if the submission deadline is 17.00 and you submit at 18.00 on the same day, a mark of 68 would become a mark of 58 after the penalty.
• If your work is submitted more than two working days but less than five working days after the deadline, your work will be capped at a Pass mark, i.e. 40 (or 50 for a Level 7 module), assuming the work merits a Pass. For example, if you submitted work at 16.00 four days after the deadline, you would be awarded a mark of 40 for modules at Levels 4-6 or a mark of 50 for modules at Level 7. If your work does not warrant a Pass mark, the Fail mark will be recorded.
• If your work is submitted more than five working days late but within one calendar month of the published deadline, you will be awarded a mark of 1 .
• If your work is submitted more than one calendar month after the published deadline, or two weeks before the Board of Examiners considers the marks for the assessment, whichever is the earlier date , you will be awarded a mark of zero.
• If coursework is submitted late and is also over-length , the greater of the two penalties will apply.
• Where there are extenuating circumstances that have been recognised by the BASc Extenuating Circumstances Panel, these penalties will not apply until the agreed mitigation period has been exceeded.

Further information on extenuating circumstances, including details on where and when to submit the form, can be found in the Arts and Sciences Student Handbook .

Further information:

• Academic Manual Chapter 4, Section 3: Module Assessment
• Academic Manual Chapter 2, Short-term Illness and other Extenuating Circumstances
• Arts and Sciences Student handbook (UCL username and password are required)
• Online reading lists
• UCL 24/7 Student Support Line