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BOT1501/201/2/2020

Tutorial Letter 201/2/2020

Plant Structure: Cytology, Morphology


and Anatomy
BOT1501

Semester 2

Department of Life and Consumer Sciences

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This tutorial letter contains important information about the 2020
Semester 2 examination in this module.

Open Rubric
BOT1501/201/2/2020

CONTENTS

Page

1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 3
2 PURPOSE OF TUTORIAL LETTER ............................................................................................. 3
3 FORMAT OF THE EXAM FOR SEMESTER 2.............................................................................. 3
4 HOW TO PREPARE FOR BOT1501 OCT/NOV 2020 .................................................................. 3
5 WHERE TO FIND THE EXAMINATION PAPER .......................................................................... 4
5.1 Steps to follow to access to the examination paper ....................................................................... 4
6 HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR MCQ ANSWERS ................................................................................. 4
7 CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................. 4

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BOT1501/201/2/2020

1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student,
You have progressed to the stage of summative assessment for the module BOT1501. This
Tutorial (TUT) letter serves the purpose of providing you with useful Examination Guidelines to
follow as you prepare for the upcoming examination.

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 second 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
examinations for Semester 2 of 2020.

3 FORMAT OF THE EXAM FOR SEMESTER 2


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 question paper will consist of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) ONLY.

2. The examination question paper consists of 50 questions and each question is equal to 2
marks which makes a total of 100 marks.
3. Kindly take note that the examination questions will be randomly distributed i.e. you will
not get the questions in the same sequence.
4. The examination will be managed on the myUnisa platform.
5. The date of the examination will be 14/11/2020 starting at 13H45.
6. The duration of the examination will be 2 hours.

4 HOW TO PREPARE FOR BOT1501 OCT/NOV 2020


It is important that you study all prescribed chapters for BOT1501 in your prescribed book (Plant
Biology: New International Edition, 2nd Edition, Graham et al., 2014) as well as the study guide.
The following are important:
✓ The exercises (questions) in your study guide are a good exercise to assist you in your
preparation. Revise them fully.
✓ The questions in your assignments. Revise them fully.
✓ The exercises in your learning study guide together with those in the prescribed book.
Revise them fully.

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BOT1501/201/2/2020

✓ IMPORTANT: The prescribed learning units can be found on myUnisa under “Learning
Units.” Do not be selective in your preparation. PLEASE STUDY ALL PRESCRIBED
SECTIONS.

5 WHERE TO FIND THE EXAMINATION PAPER


The examination question paper will be posted on myUnisa at the start of the session on the day
of the examination. A new examination question paper download tool will be available on the
myUnisa front page. Login with your student number and myUnisa password.
Claim your myUnisa password before the start of the examination if you have not done so already.
5.1 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 myUnisa


(https://my.unisa.ac.za/portal) site.

6 HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR MCQ ANSWERS


Follow the steps on how to submit your MCQ answers from the general guide.

1. The answers to the examination MCQ may only be submitted online.

2. Access myUnisa at https://my.unisa.ac.za/portal and login using your student number


and myUnisa password.

7 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!

Mr AR Mudau – lecturer for BOT1501


DEPARTMENT OF Life and Consumer Sciences

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