CHE3701/102/1/2020

Tutorial Letter 102/1/2020

Inorganic Chemistry III

CHE3701

Semester 1

Department of Chemistry

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This tutorial letter contains important information about the 2020
Semester 1 examination in this module.
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CONTENTS

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1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 3
2 PURPOSE OF TUTORIAL LETTER ............................................................................................. 3
3 FORMAT OF THE EXAM FOR SEMESTER 1 ............................................................................. 3
4 WHERE TO FIND THE EXAMINATION PAPER .......................................................................... 3
4.1 Steps to follow to access to the examination paper ....................................................................... 3
5 HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ANSWER FILE .................................................................................... 4
6 IRIS REMOTE INVIGILATION ...................................................................................................... 6
7 MOCK EXAM ............................................................................................................................... 6
8 CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................. 6

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1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the National State of Disaster requiring social distancing as
a means to avoid its spread. To this end the management of Unisa took a decision that there will
be no face-to-face contact activities during the first semester, including examinations. As such,
the examination of this module, like all other modules at Unisa, will be conducted online.

2 PURPOSE OF TUTORIAL LETTER

The purpose of this tutorial letter is to provide you with the changes to the format of the CHE3701
examination for Semester 1 of 2020.

3 FORMAT OF THE EXAM FOR SEMESTER 1

The module was initially scheduled for a venue-based examination. Due to the COVID-19
pandemic, the examination will now be conducted online as follows:
1. The examination will be conducted as a take-home examination based on an examination
question paper.
2. The examination will be managed on the myExams platform.
3. The date of the examination will be 06/07/2020 starting at 11H30.
4. The duration of the examination will be 2 hours.

4 WHERE TO FIND THE EXAMINATION PAPER

The examination question paper will be posted on myExams at the start of the session on the day
of the examination. A new examination question paper download tool will be available on the
myExams front page.
myExams is a Unisa system specifically created to support online examinations. You will be able
to access myExams at https://myexams.unisa.ac.za/portal using your student number and
myUnisa password only when informed by your lecturer.
Claim your myUnisa password before the start of the examination if you have not done so
already.

4.1 Steps to follow to access to the examination paper

On the day of the examination, do the following:
1. 15 minutes before the examination commences, access the myExams at
https://myexams.unisa.ac.za/portal
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2. Find the link Login and download my Exam Question Paper for May/June/July 2020
on the myExams landing page and login with your student number and password.

5 HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ANSWER FILE

Follow these steps to submit your examination answer file.

1. Access myExams at https://myexams.ac.za/portal and login using your student number

and myUnisa password.

2. Go to your specific examination site through the site tabs on the horizontal navigation
bar. Also check your Sites link in the top right-hand corner if you do not find the site on
the horizontal navigation bar.

3. Once the site has loaded, select the eAssessment tool from the left-navigation menu

4. The list of all available assessments in the site will be displayed.

5. Select the assessment for which you want to upload the examination answer file by
clicking on the title of the assessment in the list. A new page will open.

6. Submit your examination answer file

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Depending on the assessment criteria, you may be allowed to attach a file or perhaps
multiple files.
Under Attachments, click the Choose File button to browse for a file on your device.

Once you have attached your answer file, the name of the file, as well as the file size and
upload time stamp will be displayed under Attachments.

Tip: You may click Remove to remove the attachment if you selected the wrong file.

Tip: Select the honour pledge. Students MUST check the honour pledge before
submission if it appears on the screen. A student will not be able to submit the
assessment if he/she did not check the honour pledge

When you are ready and satisfied that you have correct answer file, click the Submit
button to complete your assessment submission.

Tip: If you are not yet ready to submit, you may click Preview to preview the submission,
or Save Draft to save your submission and submit it later. Click
Cancel to exit the assessment without saving or submitting.

7. Submission confirmation

Once you have submitted your assessment, you will receive a confirmation message on the
screen. Make a screen copy for your records. In addition, if you have opted to receive email
notifications, you will also receive an email confirmation of your submission.

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6 IRIS REMOTE INVIGILATION

This examination will be invigilated remotely using the IRIS invigilation system which is
already integrated into myExams. You will receive detailed guidelines on instructions that are
to be followed for the invigilation process. Since this examination is not online, you will still
have to write on paper while seated in front of the laptop for invigilation purposes. Please
note that you should have a laptop with a webcam and also sufficient data. If you have no
access to the relevant devices note that your examination will automatically be deferred to
Oct/Nov 2020 at no cost.

7 MOCK EXAM
To prepare you for the online examination environment, a mock examination will be available for
practice on 29/05/2020. Follow the steps outlined in section 4.1 on this day and complete the
mock examination.
The mock examination will not contribute to your final examination mark. It is used exclusively to
provide you with an experience of the online examination environment for the Semester 1
examination in this module.

8 CONCLUSION
Do not hesitate to contact us via email if you are experiencing problems with the content of this
tutorial letter or with any academic aspect of the module.
We wish you all the best in the examination.
The lecturer responsible for this module is
Lecturer’s name: Prof HS Clayton
Department of Chemistry
College of Science, Engineering & Technology
clayths@unisa.ac.za
011 670 9310

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
College of Science, Engineering & Technology
chemistry@unisa.ac.za
011 670 9318/9327