GGH3704/101/3/2024

Tutorial Letter 101/3/2024

Development of Urban Space

GGH3704

Semesters 1 and 2

Department of Geography

Please register on myUnisa, activate your myLife e-mail account and

make sure that you have regular access to the module website,
GGH3704-2024-S1/S2, as well as your group website on myUnisa.

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

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 CONTENTS

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1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 4
2 MODULE OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 5
2.1 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................ 5
2.2 Outcomes ..................................................................................................................................... 5
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ........................................................................................... 7
4 LECTURERS AND CONTACT DETAILS ..................................................................................... 7
4.1 Lecturers....................................................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Department ................................................................................................................................... 7
4.3 University ...................................................................................................................................... 7
5 RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................... 8
5.1 Prescribed books .......................................................................................................................... 8
5.2 Recommended books ................................................................................................................... 8
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves) ................................................................................................ 8
5.4 Glossary of terms ....................................................................................................................... 9
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES .............................................................................................. 10
6.1 First-Year Experience Programme .............................................................................................. 11
7. STUDY PLAN ............................................................................................................................. 11
8 STUDYING ONLINE ................................................................................................................... 12
9. ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................................... 12
9.1 Assessment criteria..................................................................................................................... 12
9.2 Assessment plan ........................................................................................................................ 13
9.3 Assessment due dates ................................................................................................................ 13
9.4 Submission of assessments ........................................................................................................ 13
9.5 Types of assignments ................................................................................................................. 14
9.6 The assessments ........................................................................................................................ 15
9.7 Other assessment methods ........................................................................................................ 15
9.8 The examination ......................................................................................................................... 15
9.9 Invigilation/proctoring .................................................................................................................. 15
10. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY ........................................................................................................ 16
10.1 Plagiarism ................................................................................................................................... 16
10.2 Cheating ..................................................................................................................................... 16
For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below: ................................................................. 16

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11. STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES .................................................................................. 16

12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ........................................................................................ 17
13. IN CLOSING ............................................................................................................................... 17
14. ANNEXURE................................................................................................................................ 18

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Dear Student

1 INTRODUCTION
Welcome to GGH3704, Development of Urban Space. The Department of Geography hopes
that you will find this module informative, interesting and useful in your academic development
within the field of geography.
This is an online module, which means that all your study material, including the study guide,
tutorial letters and additional resources, will be uploaded on the module website. You therefore
need to visit the website for GGH3704 frequently.
To be successful in this module, you also need to access the recommended reading material;
these resources are available in Unisa libraries. You must also be registered on the module
website s o a s to be able to submit your assignments, gain access to the library functions
and various learning resources, communicate with your lecturers and fellow students about
your studies and the problems that you may encounter, and participate in online discussion
forums. Please acquaint yourself with the various links on the website as soon as possible.
In addition to registering on the module website, you need to activate your myLife e-mail
account, as all your official correspondence regarding this module will be sent to your myLife
address, not t o your private e-mail address. Please consult the Study @ Unisa site for
more information about activating your myLife e-mail account and how to access the module
site.
Unisa is a comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) higher education institution. The
comprehensiveness of our curricula finds expression in a range of offerings, from strictly
vocational to strictly academic certificates, diplomas and degrees. Unisa's openness and its
distance e-learning character encourage many students who might not otherwise have had the
opportunity to enrol for a higher education qualification to register at Unisa. 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 to fully online learning. All postgraduate programmes are offered fully online, with no
printed study materials being issued, while undergraduate programmes involve blended
learning, with printed study materials being augmented with online teaching and learning via
myUnisa, Unisa’s learning management system. Some undergraduate programmes are
offered fully online, however.

Our programmes are aligned with the vision, mission and values of the university. Unisa's
commitment to serving humanity and shaping futures is combined with a clear appreciation of
our location on the African continent, and Unisa graduates have the following qualities:

• They are 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.

• They have a critical understanding of their location on the African continent with its
histories, challenges and potential in relation to globally diverse contexts.

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• They have 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.

• They know how to apply their discipline-specific knowledges competently, ethically and
creatively to solve real-world problems.

• They have an awareness of their own learning and developmental needs and future
potential.

2 MODULE OVERVIEW

2.1 Purpose

More than half of the world’s population is living in cities, and even those who do not live in a
city are influenced by cities in one way or another. This module explores t h e development
of cities and focuses on urban structural and social morphologies, urban processes,
environmental issues within urban areas, and urban development. In your summative
assessment (the examination), you will be required to apply these concepts to a
South African situation. Students who complete this module should be able to apply a
geographical perspective to cities and their development both globally and in South Africa.
The geographical perspective is essentially spatio-temporal, which implies that one needs to
be able to identify spatial patterns in cities and how they change over time, interpret them,
and provide solutions to developmental problems in cities, particularly those in developing
countries such as South Africa.
2.2 Outcomes

There are five outcomes that we hope you will be able to achieve by completing this module
successfully:

Specific outcome 1:

Compare the levels, growth, and patterns of urbanisation across the globe.

Assessment criterion 1:
A student who has achieved the above specific outcome is able to:

(a) Analyse, compare and interpret data and information relating to the levels, growth, and
patterns of urbanisation at the world, continental, regional and national level.
(b) Predict future changes in the levels, growth rates and patterns of urbanisation at
different scales and anticipate their implications.
(c) Explain the functions of cities and the hierarchies of urban systems.
(d) Differentiate between the approaches to the explanation of urban forms and the
development of cities.
Specific outcome 2:

Apply theories, models, concepts and processes to urbanisation and urban form.
Assessment criterion 2:
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 A student who has achieved the above specific outcome is able to:

(a) Apply classic theories such as central place theory and its variations to explain the
distribution of cities in a national framework as well as the distribution of various
competitive functions within cities.
(b) Compare the classical models of the monocentric city of the past with the large
polycentric city of today.
(c) Interpret the changing form of South African cities during the past century.
(d) Explain the flux of intra-urban social and physical structure by means of relevant
urban concepts and processes.
Specific outcome 3:
Observe the urban environment and identify patterns or geographical problems related
to the development of urban space.
Assessment criterion 3:
A student who has achieved the above specific outcome is able to:

(a) Apply the geographical perspective to identify patterns and problems in the urban
context.
(b) Support geographical applications with evidence from a wide variety of sources such
as direct observation, the media, land use maps, published material and the internet.
(c) Present and communicate information and own ideas and opinions in well-structured
geographical arguments.

(d) Present or describe specific geographic issues and problems through the effective
application of geographical language.

Specific outcome 4:

Place urban problems within a geographical contextual framework.

Assessment criterion 4:

A student who has achieved the above specific outcome is able to:

(a) Identify spatial patterns in urban areas.

(b) Identify social, economic, political and environmental processes influencing the
development of urban space.

(c) Interpret local conditions in relation to international conditions.

(d) Use theory-driven arguments to support the above.

Specific outcome 5:

Gather and use data and information related to the development of urban space to make
recommendations to overcome specified urban social and spatial problems.

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Assessment criterion 5:

A student who has achieved the above specific outcome is able to:
(a) Identify spatial patterns on maps or remote sensing images.
(b) Collect and apply numerical and graphically presented data.
(c) Effectively present relevant spatial data on thematic maps.
(d) Interpret thematic maps.
(e) Apply basic geographical techniques.
(f) Provide creative, evidence-based solutions to social and environmental problems.

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 LECTURERS AND CONTACT DETAILS

4.1 Lecturers

You will find the names and contact details of the lecturers responsible for this module in 2024
on the module site. Whenever you write or send an e-mail to a lecturer, please include your
student number to enable the lecturer to help you more effectively. It also makes it easier for
lecturers if you include the module code in the subject field if you are sending an e-mail. If
you phone the lecturer, be able to quote your student number should the lecturer require it.

4.2 Department

For enquiries that are not related to a specific module, you can contact the Department of
Geography at 011 471 3549 (international: +27 11 471 3549).

4.3 University
You will find all general Unisa contact details on the Study @ Unisa site.
Direct all administrative enquiries related specifically to the College of Agriculture and
Environmental Science to caesenquiries@unisa.ac.za; alternatively, consult
http://my.unisa.ac.za.

Please include your student number in all correspondence with Unisa.

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 Directorate/Section Type of enquiry SMS code E-mail address

Student Admissions Applications and 43578 Study-info@unisa.ac.za

and Registrations registrations
Student Assessment Assignments 43584 For assignments:
Administration Assign@unisa.ac.za
Student Assessment Examinations 43584 For examinations:
Administration Exams@unisa.ac.za
Despatch Study material 43579 despatch@unisa.ac.za
Finance Student accounts 43583 finan@unisa.ac.za

5 RESOURCES
5.1 Prescribed books

There is no prescribed textbook for this module.

5.2 Recommended books

The following books are recommended for this module:

• Knox, PL & McCarthy, LM. 2014. An Introduction to Urban Geography (third edition).
Essex: Pearson.
• Pacione, M. 2009. Urban geography: a global perspective. London: Routledge.

5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves)

E-reserves can be downloaded from the library webpage Find e-reserves. More information is
available at: http://oasis.unisa.ac.za/search/r

e-Reserves

TITLE OF ARTICLE VOL NO SOURCE

COPYRIGHT HOLDER
AND NAME OF AUTHOR & PP (PERIODICAL/BOOK)
A historical exposition of spatial injustice and 25(2): Fundamina ©2019 Department of Public Law,
segregated urban settlement in South Africa Faculty of Law, Stellenbosch
135–168 University
Name(s): M. Strauss
Decomposing polarisation across developing 44–61 Asian-Pacific Economic © 2019 Crawford School of Public
countries: Case study of China, India, and Literature Policy
Indonesia

Name(s): Arip Muttaqien, Cathal O’Donoghue

and Denisa Sologon

Cities and development 1–8 The International © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Name(s): Garth A. Myers Encyclopedia of Geography

Global cities 1–9 The International © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Name(s): John Rennie Short Encyclopedia of Geography

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Urban inequality and polarization 17–28 Marginalization in Urban © 2010 Palgrave Macmillan, a
Name(s): Chris Hamnett China division of Macmillan Publishers
Limited
Form and meaning in the earliest cities: a new 6(1): Journal of Planning History © 2007 Sage Publications
approach to ancient urban planning
3–47
Name(s): Michael E. Smith
Residential segregation in South Africa and the 3(1): Safundi: The Journal of © 2002 Taylor and Francis Group
South African and American
United States: evaluating the sustainability of 1–29 Comparative Studies
comparative research
Name(s): Grant Saff
The nature of cities: the scope and limits of urban 1–15 International Journal of © 2014 Urban Research
theory Urban and Regional Publications Limited
Name(s): Allen J. Scott and Michael Storper Research
Urban geography 1–18 The International © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Name(s): Matthew B. Anderson Encyclopedia of Geography
The social dimension of sustainable 19: 289– Sustainable Development ©2009 Wiley Online Library
development: defining urban social sustainability 300

Name(s): Nicola Dempsey, Glen Bramley,

Sinéad Power and Caroline Brown
Urban morphology/urban form 1–6 The Wiley Blackwell © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Name(s): Alain J F Chiaradia Encyclopedia of Urban and
Regional Studies
World cities report 2020: The value of All UN-Habitat © 2020 United Nations Human
sustainable urbanization Settlements Programme
Name(s): UN-Habitat

OERs
https://books.openedition.org/irdeditions/1807?lang=en [contains a selection of reading material on urban geography]
https://www.sacities.net/state-of-cities-reports/ [contains a selection of research-based reports on South African cities]

5.4 Glossary of terms

You will find a glossary of geography terms under Additional Resources on the module site.

5.5 Library services and resources

The Unisa library offers a range of information services and resources. The library has
created numerous library guides, available at http://libguides.unisa.ac.za

Recommended guides:

• For brief information about the library, 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 frequently asked questions, go
to https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Frequently-Asked-Questions

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 • For research support and services such as the Personal Librarian service and the
Information Search Librarian's Literature
o Search Request service, go
to http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-
services/Research-support.
• For library training for undergraduate students, go to
o https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-services/Training
• For lending services, go to
o https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-services/Lending-
services
• For services for postgraduate students, go to
o https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Services-for-Postgraduates
• For support and services for students living with disabilities, go to
o https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Services-for-students-with-
special-needs
• For library technology support, go to https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/techsupport
• For finding and using library resources and tools, go to
o http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/Research_skills
• For an A–Z list of library databases, go to https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/az.php

Important contact information:

• Technical problems encountered in accessing library online services: Lib-
help@unisa.ac.za
• General library-related queries: Library-enquiries@unisa.ac.za
• Queries related to library fines and payments: Library-fines@unisa.ac.za
• Interlibrary loan service for postgraduate students: libr-ill@unisa.ac.za
• Literature search service: Lib-search@unisa.ac.za
• Social media channels: Facebook: UnisaLibrary and Twitter: @UnisaLibrary

6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

The Study @ Unisa site provides 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: mymodule22@unisa.ac.za or myUnisaHelp@unisa.ac.za

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 assessments
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: myLifeHelp@unisa.ac.za

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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 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 Email Support

www.unisa.ac.za/FYE fye@unisa.ac.za

FYE1500
Post
myUnisa; Study
Registration
Referrals to Skills; Academic &
Orientation Digital Literacies;
other support
services e.g. etc
Counselling;
Reading & Writing
workshops

To ensure that you do not miss out on important academic and support communication from
the Student Retention Unit, please check your myLife inbox regularly.

7. STUDY PLAN
This module requires 120 notional hours of study, which implies that you need to spend
approximately 8 hours per week over a 15-week period on your studies.

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Activity Description

1 Read through Tutorial Letter 101; familiarise yourself with the module
website and introduce yourself to your fellow students.

2 Read through the study guide/learning units.

Access the module website weekly to inform yourself about announcements,
and to participate in discussion forums.

3 Complete and submit Assignment 01.

4 Read and plan for Assignment 02.

5 Complete and submit Assignment 02.

6 Prepare for the examination.

7 Write the examination.

8 STUDYING ONLINE
Studying online means studying via the internet; it is also sometimes referred to as distance
learning, or e-learning. Studying online has many advantages. It is a more accessible form of
tuition (this is especially true for students living with disabilities), study material is readily available
online, and it is more cost effective and in general more convenient for students working full time
while they are studying to improve their livelihood or grow their career. Studying online generally
allows you more flexibility in terms of how you use your time, and you have the benefit of various
forms of technology to assist you in completing your studies. Although studying online generally
means that you are not required to attend physical classes, you are nevertheless able to
communicate with your lecturers using various tools and formats. However, there are inevitably
some disadvantages associated with studying online, since you are reliant on stable and regular
internet access as well as the appropriate ICT-related equipment. It also requires self-discipline,
as your online studies are mainly your responsibility. To be successful in online studies, you need
to work according to a regular schedule, and regularly access your material online. Be sure to
advise your lecturer of any difficulties you experience as soon as you encounter them. Unisa
offers various tools and online workshops to assist you in successfully navigating the online study
environment. Keep an eye on your myLife e-mail and the general myUnisa website for information
on these sessions and how you can attend them.

9. ASSESSMENT
9.1 Assessment criteria

There are two assessments to be completed during the semester, as set out below.

Assignment Total mark for assignment Contribution to year mark

Assignment 01 100 40%

Assignment 02 100 60%

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The table below shows that your year mark will contribute 30% to your final mark. We therefore
strongly encourage you to submit both assignments before their due dates. In order to be
admitted to the examination, you need to submit at least one of the assignments.

Component Percentage

Year mark 30%

Examination 70%

9.2 Assessment plan

• To complete this module, you will be required to submit two assignments.

• You will find all the information about when and where to submit your assessments on the
site for your module.
• Due dates for assessments, as well as the assessments themselves, are available on the
site for this module.
• To gain admission to the examination, you will be required to submit one assignment.
• To gain admission to the examination, you need to obtain a year mark average of 40% for
the assignments.
• The assignment weighting for the module is 30%.
• You will receive examination information via the module sites. Please be on the alert for
announcements about how examinations for the modules for which you are registered will
be conducted.
• The examination will contribute 70% towards the final mark for the module.

9.3 Assessment due dates

• We have not included any assignment due dates in this tutorial letter.

• Assignment due dates will be made available to you on the 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.

9.4 Submission of assessments

• Unisa, as a comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) institution, 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.

• myUnisa offers access to the myModules site, where learning material will be available
online and where assessments should be completed.

• The myUnisa platform can be accessed via https://my.unisa.ac.za. Click on the

myModules 2024 button to access the sites for the modules that you are registered for.
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 • 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 learning management
system. Please access the announcements on your module site regularly, as this is where
your lecturer will post important information.

• When you access the site for the module 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 on the respective
module platforms.

• In the case of written assessments, please adhere to the due date by which the
assessment must be submitted. Ensure that you follow the guidelines given by your
lecturer to complete the assessment. Click on the Submission button on the relevant
assessment shell on myModules. You will then be able to upload your written assessment.
Before you finalise the upload, double check that you have selected the correct file. We
cannot award marks if you submit the wrong file.

9.5 Types of assignments

All assignments are defined as either optional, mandatory, compulsory, or elective.

• Elective assignments
If a student does not submit an elective assignment, they receive no mark for this
item.
The best of the required submissions will count.
• Mandatory assignments
If a student does not submit a mandatory assignment, they receive no mark for this
item.
• Compulsory assignments
If a student does not submit a compulsory assignment, their academic record reflects
them as having been absent.
• Optional assignments – Students are encouraged to do optional assignments, as
these may benefit their learning.

I. Elective assignments
a. The student is given a choice of which assignments within an identified group to submit,
with only the best results, the number of which is specified in advance, contributing
towards the year mark.
b. Elective assignments must be arranged into an elective group.
c. In order for the student to choose which assignment to submit, the elective assignments
must be grouped together. Relevant information must be provided, such as how many
of the assignments must be submitted and how many of the assignment marks will be
combined to make up the year mark.
d. The selection criteria define how marks received for assignments in an elective group
are to be combined to make up the year mark. Three different criteria may be used for
calculating the year mark:
• The best mark is used.
• If the student submits fewer than the required number of assignments per group or
no assignment in a group, a mark of 0% is used.

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• 0% is awarded for all non-submitted or unmarked assessments. A best mark is

then calculated from all the items.

II. Mandatory assignments

a. The marks achieved for mandatory assignments contribute to the year mark.
b. If a student fails to submit a mandatory assignment, no mark is awarded and the year
mark is calculated accordingly. The student will therefore forfeit the marks for this
assignment when the final mark for the module is calculated.
III. Compulsory assessment
If a student does not submit a compulsory assessment, they will fail a continuous
assessment module, but will be shown as having been absent from the examination in the
case of other modules.

IV. Optional assignments – Students are encouraged to do optional assignments, as these

may benefit their learning.

9.6 The assessments

As indicated in section 9.2, you need to complete two assignments for this module.

We have not included the assignments in this tutorial letter. You will find the assignments
and due dates on the site for this module.

9.7 Other assessment methods

Apart from the examination, there are no other assessment methods.

9.8 The examination

You will find examination information and details on the format of the examination on the module
site. Look out for information from your lecturer and e-tutors (where relevant) and for
communication from the university.

9.9 Invigilation/proctoring

Since 2020 Unisa has conducted all its assessments online. Given the stringent requirements set
by professional bodies and the increased solicitation of Unisa students by third parties offering 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 are used to authenticate
student identity and flag suspicious behaviour during assessments.

Turnitin is plagiarism detection 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 required to submit typed responses to Turnitin.

The Moodle Proctoring tool is 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 that their camera is activated in their browser settings prior to their
assessments.

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 The Invigilator mobile application-based service verifies the identity of an assessment
participant. It detects student dishonesty-by-proxy and ensures that the assessment participant
is indeed 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, and flags suspicious student behaviour for review by an academic
administrator. IRIS software requires installation on students’ laptop devices that are equipped
with a webcam.

Students who are identified and flagged for suspected dishonest behaviour on the basis of the
invigilation and proctoring reports are referred to the disciplinary office for formal proceedings.

Read the assessment information on the module site to find out which proctoring or invigilation
tool will be utilised for your formative and summative assessments.

10. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

10.1 Plagiarism
Plagiarism entails 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:

• 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.
• Buying completed answers from so-called “tutors” or internet sites (contract cheating).

For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below:

https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/myunisa/default/Study-@-Unisa/Student-values-and-rules

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.

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If you are a student living with a disability and would like additional support or need additional time
for assessments, you are invited to contact your lecturers to discuss the assistance that you need.
Lecturer contact details:
Prof AW Gunter at gunteaw@unisa.ac.za
Ms Mulibana at mulibl@unisa.ac.za

12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Consult the Study @ Unisa site for an A–Z guide of the most frequently asked questions and
answers to them.

13. IN CLOSING
Urban development in South Africa has been and always will be a topic of interest. In completing
this module, you will equip yourself to make a valuable contribution to these debates from
a geographical perspective. Applying this perspective will enable you to approach and analyse
urban development within a specific milieu and to provide context-specific solutions to problems
associated with it.

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14. ANNEXURE
Annexure A: Cover page and plagiarism template

GGH3704
Development of Urban Space

2024
Semester
Assignment

Unique assignment number: Due date:

Student number:
By checking the boxes below and/or signing (or writing my initials), I declare that I have not
plagiarised in this assignment.

 I understand what plagiarism is and am aware of the university’s policy in this regard.
 I declare that this assignment is my own, original work.
 I have acknowledged through in-text referencing i n s t a n c e s where someone else’s
work was used (whether from a printed source, the internet or any other source).
 I did not copy and paste any information directly from any source into my assignment.
 I have not copied another student’s work and submitted it as my own.
 I have not allowed and will not allow anyone to copy my work with the intention of presenting
it as their own work.

Signed:_

Date:_
©
Unisa 2024

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