Essential tips for online examinations

To all students who will be writing examinations, we have compiled some essential tips to help you succeed in the examinations ahead.  See below guides for the various types of examinations and some other rules and information you might need.

Student guides

• Navigating the myExams Portal
• Take-Home/File Upload Exam on Assignment Activity on myExams
• Randomised MCQ and/or Paragraph Examination on Quiz Activity on myExams

Invigilation

• Proctoring Tools: Moodle Proctoring [PDF]
• Proctoring Tools: Invigilator App [PDF]
• Proctoring Tools: IRIS [PDF]
• myModules Profile Photo [PDF]
• Find out what proctoring tool is used in your exam
• Activating your camera for Moodle Proctoring Tool for MCQ examinations [PDF]

Special examination arrangements

• Students with special needs, mobility or physical disabilities [PDF]
• Special arrangements for students who are unable to write their examinations scheduled on Religious/Holy Days [PDF]

Examination rules

• Examination rules for online examinations - October/November 2023  [PDF]

Student training for Online Examinations (MOOC)

• Course: Basic Skills for Online Exams (May/June 2023)
• Training Schedule
• RSVP here to book your place in the Basic Skills for Online Exams course

Student Exam Video Tutorial

• Academic Dishonesty
• myExams - How to complete a MCQ assessment
• myExams - How to complete a Take-Home assessment
• myExams - Exam dos and don'ts 2022
• myExams - Finding your exam from myExams
• myExams - Types of cheating
• Assessment: Essay Questions
• Assessment: Multiple Choice Questions
• The Invigilator App:  How to Use The Invigilator App as a Student

Podcasts

Podcast by ADOVH on “What every student needs to know about online assessments”

Spotify: http://ow.ly/OtuH50KKghI 
Anchor: http://ow.ly/jOoN50KKghJ

Find some additional technical resources below:

• Dealing with technical challenges uploading your examination papers
• How to scan, prepare handwritten examination answers for upload on myUnisa or myExams
• How to reduce the file size or compress a PDF
• How to scan & prepare handwritten exam answers using Microsoft Office Lens_Android
• How to scan & prepare handwritten exam answers using Microsoft Office Lens_iOS
• Procedure to reset your myUnisa password
• About corrupt files

Also note that you must comply with important rules around plagiarism and cheating.

• Plagiarism during the examinations
• Unisa students – Take action against contract cheating
• Unisa has a zero tolerance for any form of dishonesty or cheating activity related to exams

Contact information

• Get help during the examinations by contacting the Student Communication Service Centre
• Additional measures at the Unisa Student Communication Service Centre to deal with high volumes