FAC1503/101/3/2023

Tutorial Letter 101/3/2023

Financial Accounting Principles for Law

Practitioners
FAC1503

Semester 1 and 2

Department of Financial Accounting

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, FAC1503-2023-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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1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 4
2. MODULE OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Outcomes ....................................................................................................................................... 6
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ............................................................................................ 7
4 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS .................................................................................... 7
4.1 Lecturer(s) ...................................................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Department ..................................................................................................................................... 8
4.3 University ........................................................................................................................................ 8
5 RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................. 8
5.1 Prescribed book(s) .......................................................................................................................... 8
5.2 Recommended book(s) .................................................................................................................. 9
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves) ..................................................................................................... 9
5.4 Library services and resources ....................................................................................................... 9
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ............................................................................................... 10
6.1 First-Year Experience Programme ............................................................................................... 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 due dates ................................................................................................................. 13
9.4 Submission of assessments ......................................................................................................... 13
9.5 The assessments .......................................................................................................................... 14
9.6 Other assessment methods .......................................................................................................... 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 ................................................................................... 16
12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS .......................................................................................... 16
13. IN CLOSING ................................................................................................................................. 16

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1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student

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

FAC1503 is a fully online module. It is, therefore, only available on myUnisa.

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 the 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).

It is a pleasure to welcome you as a student for FAC1503. We hope that you will find your
studies particularly stimulating and rewarding this semester and that you will achieve success.
We will do our best to make your study of this module successful. You will be well on your way
to success if you start studying at the beginning of the semester and resolve to do the
assignments properly.

If you are faced with specific subject content problems in your studies, please do not hesitate
to contact your e-tutor (via the e-tutor group site on myUnisa) or your lecturers on the details
provided under section 4.1 of this tutorial letter..

This tutorial letter (TL101) or an announcement is our way of communicating with you about
teaching, learning and assessment. Right from the start we would like to point out that you must
read the tutorial letter and announcements you receive during the semester immediately
and carefully, as they always contain important and, sometimes, urgent information.
We urge you to read this tutorial letter carefully and to keep the tutorial letter at hand when
working through the study material, doing the assignments, and addressing questions to your e-
tutor or lecturers.
In this tutorial letter, you will find a scheme of work, resources available, information on your
assignments, assessment criteria as well as instructions for the preparation and submission
of the assignments. This tutorial letter also provides all the information you may need with
regard to the recommended study material and other resources and how to obtain it. We
have also included certain general and administrative information about this module.

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 FAC1503 on myUnisa frequently. The
website for your module is FAC1503-23-S1/S2.

We wish you every success with your studies!

2. MODULE OVERVIEW
2.1 Purpose

The purpose of this module is to provide law students with theoretical and practical knowledge
of the principles of financial accounting. Basic knowledge and an understanding of transactions
is essential to complete the accounting records encountered in a legal practice. This includes
thorough knowledge of the concept of trust money, including the applicable legislation, rules,
and accounting treatment of trust money.

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2.2 Outcomes

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

• Learning outcome 1
Know and understand the nature, functions and purpose of financial accounting and
demonstrate efficiency in the knowledge and application of financial accounting concepts
and principles, policies, procedures, and practices. Describe the different statements in
the financial statements, know and understand the double entry system, and the
elements of the basic accounting equation.

• Learning outcome 2
Know the different cash transactions, source documents used for different type of
transactions, and how to record different transaction.

• Learning outcome 3
Know and understand the principles of accounting for inventory as well as the related
inventory terminology. It is also necessary to know how to calculate and record inventory
in the accounting records. Know and understand the principles of accounting for
deprecation, and how to calculate and record deprecation in the accounting records.
Know and understand the principles of VAT, the VAT terminology, and how to calculate
and record VAT in the accounting records. Also, know what a bank reconciliation
statement is, its purpose and how to prepare the bank reconciliation statement.

• Learning outcome 4
Know and understand the accounting process and the different books of first entry used
for each type of transaction in a law practice’s business and trust sections, and how to
record each transaction.

• Learning outcome 5
Know the respective ledgers used in a law practice’s business and trust sections, how to
post transactions to the ledger accounts and how to prepare a trial balance, trust
creditors’ listings, client listings and business creditors’ listings.

• Learning outcome 6
Understand the purpose of the transfer procedures and what a transfer journal is used
for. Know how to comply with the transfer rules, requirements, and procedures in terms
of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 and the Rules for the Attorneys’ Profession. Know
how to calculate the amount that can be transferred from the trust creditors’ ledger to the
client ledger for each client and the amount that can be transferred from the trust bank
account to the business bank account.

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• Learning outcome 7
Know the differences between sections 86(2), 86(3) and 86(4) investments, as per the
Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014. Understand who the beneficiaries of the interest are, how
to treat the bank charges on the bank account and how to account for the investments,
interest received and bank charges.

• Learning outcome 8
Distinguish between the instructed attorney and the instructing attorney in instances
where an attorney’s practice makes use of a correspondent attorney to render services to
clients on behalf of the practice and to know how to account for transactions entered into
by the correspondent attorney in the accounting records of both the instructed attorney
and the instructing attorney.

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 lecturers for this module are:

Ms A van Niekerk
Mr A Baloyi
Ms B Segooa

Department: Financial Accounting

Telephone: (012) 429 4192
E-mail: [email protected]

Direct all queries about the content of this module that are not of an administrative nature to
your e-tutor (via the e-tutor group site on myUnisa) or alternatively to the lecturers at
[email protected]. Lecturers are available for inquiries from 08:00 until 16:00 on
weekdays.

Whenever you contact a lecturer via e-mail, please include your student number in the
subject line to enable the lecturer to help you more effectively.

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We will respond promptly to the e-mails forwarded to the FAC1503 e-mail address, in most
cases within one to two working days.

4.2 Department

You can contact the College of Accounting Sciences (CAS) for financial accounting related
queries, other than FAC1503 course content related queries as follows:

Telephone number: (012) 429 2982/4768

E-mail: [email protected]

Student Support Section (e-tutoring)

Mr J Sithole
Telephone number: (012) 429 8446
E-mail: [email protected]

Whenever you contact the college information centre or student support section via e-mail,
please include your student number in the subject line to ensure you are helped more
effectively.

4.3 University

For general resources: websites, and general SMS, and e-mail enquiries.
• All application, registration and study-related information is available on the Unisa
corporate website in both web and mobi formats.
o Unisa website (http://www.unisa.ac.za)
• The myUnisa website.
o myUnisa (https://my.unisa.ac.za/)

Student Communication Service Centre (SCSC) information

• [email protected]
• 080 000 1870

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

To assist Unisa to safeguard your personal information, please ensure that you use your
myLife e-mail account when communicating with the university and to include your student
number in all correspondence.

5 RESOURCES
5.1 Prescribed book(s)

There are no prescribed books for FAC1503.

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5.2 Recommended book(s)

You may consult the following book if you need additional explanations and exercises:

Gordon, A. 2019. Accounting for Attorneys. 3rd edition. LexisNexis. For other sources, refer to
those available at the library or on the library website.

Recommended books can be requested online, via the Library catalogue.

5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves)

There are no e-reserves for FAC1503.

5.4 Library services and resources

The Unisa library offers a range of information services and resources:

• For brief information, 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 research support and services (e.g. the services offered by personal librarians and
the request a literature search service offered by the information search librarians), 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

The library has created numerous library guides, available at http://libguides.unisa.ac.za

Recommended guides:
• Request and find library material/download recommended material:
http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/request/request
• Postgraduate information services: http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/request/postgrad
• Finding and using library resources and tools:
http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/Research_skills
• Frequently asked questions about the library:
http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/ask
• Services to students living with disabilities:
http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/disability
• A–Z of library databases:
https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/az.php

Important contact information:

• Ask a librarian: https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/ask
• Technical problems encountered in accessing library online services: Lib-
[email protected]
• General library-related queries: [email protected]

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 • Queries related to library fines and payments: [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.

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: All the guides and resources you need in order to navigate through your
first year at Unisa can be accessed using the following link: www.unisa.ac.za/FYE

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• FYE e-mails: You will receive regular e-mails to help you stay focused and motivated.

• FYE broadcasts: You will receive e-mails with links to broadcasts on various topics
related to your first-year studies (e.g. videos on how to submit assessments online).

• FYE mailbox: For assistance with queries related to your first year of study, send an e-
mail to [email protected] .

7. STUDY PLAN
Before attempting to answer assignment questions you must first draw up a study programme
for the semester to enable you to work systematically through the study units. You can use the
assessment due dates provided on the FAC1503 site as guidance when compiling your study
plan. It is strongly recommended that you draw up a study programme and that you adhere to
this. Your success with your studies depends on this.

You should spend at least ten hours per week on FAC1503. Remember that you have to take
your personal circumstances and needs into consideration when compiling your own study
programme.

8 HOW TO STUDY ONLINE

8.1 What does it mean to study fully online?

To study fully online means that, all your study material is designed and delivered online. You
will need to use myUnisa to study and complete the learning activities and assignments for this
module.
On the FAC1503 myUnisa page, you will find a section for each learning unit. Within these
sections we uploaded a pdf document, containing the compulsory reading (study guide material)
for the learning unit. You will also find videos, podcasts, and content summaries on certain
topics. After working through the content of the learning units, you will find quizzes available to
complete to assess your own knowledge of the content before commencing with the compulsory
assignments.

9. ASSESSMENT
9.1 Assessment criteria

The assessment criteria are presented as learning outcomes at the start of each learning unit of
the study guide. At the end of each learning unit, you must evaluate your knowledge of the
learning content of each learning unit and monitor your progress.

9.2 Assessment plan

• To complete this module, you will be required to submit six (6) online assessments.

• All information about when and where to submit your assessments will be made available
to you via the myModules site for your module.

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 • Due dates for assessments, as well as the actual assessments are available on the
myModules site for this module.

• Your assignments will comprise a combination of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs),

true/false, numeric response type of questions.

• This module follows a continuous assessment approach. You must submit six (6) online
compulsory assignments that will contribute towards your final mark.

• The mark obtained in the six compulsory assignments do not contribute equally towards
your final mark.

• The assignment weighting for the module is as follows:

Assignment Weighting
Group 1 (highest two marks from group contribute)
Assignment 1 (learning units 1 – 2) 5%
Assignment 2 (learning units 1 – 3) 5%
Elective Assignment 7 (learning units 1 – 3) 5%
Group 2 (highest two marks from group contribute)
Assignment 3 (learning units 4 – 5) 15%
Assignment 4 (learning units 6 – 8) 15%
Elective Assignment 8 (learning units 1 – 8) 15%
Group 3 (highest two marks from group contribute)
Assignment 5 (learning units 1 – 8) 30%
Assignment 6 (learning units 1 – 8) 30%
Elective Assignment 9 (learning units 1 – 8) 30%

• Your final mark is calculated as follows:

(5% x highest marks obtained for two of the three assignments in group 1 - Assignments
01, 02 and/or 7) + (15% x highest marks obtained for two of the three assignments in
group 2 - Assignments 03, 04 and/or 8) + (30% x highest marks obtained for two of the
three assignments in group 3 - Assignments 05, 06 and/or 9).
• You require a final mark of 50% to pass FAC1503. If you obtain a final mark which is
less than 50% for your compulsory assignments, you would have failed the module and
would have to reregister for the module in the following semester.
• There is no final examination, no supplementary and no FI-concession for this
module.

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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 2023 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.

• 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.

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 • 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.

9.5 The assessments

As indicated in section 9.2, you need to complete six (6) online assessments for this module.
Details on the assessments will be made available to you via the myModules site for your
module.

Assignments are numbered, starting from 01. The assignments are only available online on
myUnisa.

You will receive the correct answers to all your assignments automatically on myUnisa. You will
not be sent any tutorial letters with feedback.

As soon as you have received the feedback, please check your answers. The assignments and
the feedback to these assignments constitute an important part of your learning and should help
you to be better prepared for the next assignment.

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.

9.6 Other assessment methods

There are no other formal assessment methods for FAC1503.

9.7 The examination

There will be no final examination, no supplementary and no FI-concession for this module.
Only your compulsory assignments contribute towards your final mark.

9.7.1 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:

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.

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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).

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

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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 (name and e-mail address of the lecturer must be
inserted) to discuss the assistance that you need.

12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• “My assignment mark is incorrect.”
Answer: The marking of the compulsory assignments is an automated process and marking is
done once you submitted your assignment.

Although we try our best not to set questions that are ambiguous, we sometimes only realise
that a question or questions has/have been ambiguous after the due date of the assignments. In
this case the students will not be penalised.

• “I received my printed study material too late to submit my first assignment on time.”

Answer: This is a fully online module, and all your study material is designed and delivered
online. Please do not wait for printed material.

• “Where do I find my study material for FAC1503?”

Answer: You will find a section for each learning unit on the FAC1503 myUnisa page. Within
these sections we uploaded a pdf document, containing the compulsory reading (study guide
material) for the learning unit.

• “Whom do I contact if I have a problem with an online portal?”

Answer: Toll-free landline: 0800 00 1870 (Select option 7 for myModules)

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

13. IN CLOSING
In spite of the care taken to ensure that all the study material is correct you may still find errors.
Should you come across an error or find that parts of the study material are not clearly
expressed, kindly inform us to enable us to make the necessary corrections.

We trust that you will enjoy this module and wish you success with your studies.

Kind regards
LECTURERS: FAC1503

©
Unisa 2022

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