HFL1501 ASSESSMENT PACK

Semester 1 of 2023
This document contains important information regarding
the HFL1501 assessments for this semester

Table of Contents
1. General HFL1501 assessment information 2
2. The HFL1501 Assessments 3
2.1 Assessment due dates 3
2.2 Format and scope of the assessments 4
3. Information on the assessments 6
3.1 File-upload (written) assessments 6
3.2 Online quiz assessments 8
4. Assessment submission instructions 10
4.1 Instructions for the submission of a file-upload assessment 10
4.2 Instructions for the submission of an online quiz 12
5. Calculation of your final mark 14
6. Tips and tricks to perform well in the assessments 15
7. Information regarding examinations and further assessment
opportunities in this module 17

Very Important:
From 2023, the module HFL1501 is offered as a continuous assessment
module. This means that there is no examination for HFL1501. To pass this
module, you must submit four of the six online assignments before the
respective due dates.

Please read all the information below very carefully to make sure you understand
the assessment policy for this module. Please register on myUnisa, activate your
myLife e-mail address and make sure that you have regular access to the
myUnisa module website, HFL1501-2023-S1.
1 GENERAL HFL1501 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

1.1 Assessment criteria

From 2023, the module HFL1501 is a continuous assessment module. This means
that there is no examination for this module. In order to pass this module, you must
work continuously throughout the semester, and submit four of the six assessments
before their due dates, of which Assessment 3 is compulsory.

Please note that the method of tuition and assessment in this module was
changed after TL101 was produced. The information on assessments in this
module, as provided in the Tutorial Letter 101 is incorrect.

How does this affect the way in which you should approach this module? To be able
to pass a continuous assessment module, you must continuously work on this module.
This means that you cannot leave this module until the last few weeks of the semester.
You should start working on this module as soon as you are registered by doing the
following:

✓ Read through your Study Guide

✓ Do the Activities and self-assessment questions in your Study Guide
✓ Visit the module site regularly and read the Announcements
✓ Complete the online lessons available on the module site
✓ Participate in the Discussions forum on the module site
✓ Read the frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the module site
✓ Study and prepare in advance for each assessment.

There is no examination or a portfolio for this module. Your year mark for this
module will be your final mark and will be calculated as follows:

o Assessment 01: 25% Elective/optional

o Assessment 02: 25% Elective/optional
o Assessment 03: 25% Compulsory
o Assessment 04: 25% Elective/optional
o Assessment 05: 25% Elective/optional
o Assessment 06: 25% Elective/optional

For more information on the calculation of the final mark, please see paragraph 5
on page 14, below.

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1.2 Assessment plan

• To complete this module, you will be required to submit four of the six
assessments, of which Assessment 3 is compulsory.
• All information about where to submit your assessments will be made available to
you via the myModules site for your module.
• Due dates for assessments appear below and are also available on the HFL1501-
2023-S1 module site
• The actual assessments are not available in this assessment pack
document. You will receive the questions to written assignments two weeks
before the assessment is due and quiz questions are only available once you
attempt the quiz.
• Each assessment will be available on the HFL1501-2023-S1 myModules site
when the portal for submission of that assessment opens.
• At the end of the semester, your final results will not be released if you did not
submit Assessment 3 before its due date. This means that you will fail the
module if you do not submit the compulsory assignment.
• Your final mark is calculated from your four best assessment marks, making up
a total of 100%. We explain this in more detail on page 14 of this document.
• There is no examination for this module.

2 THE HFL1501 ASSESSMENTS

2.1 Assessment due dates
The due dates for all the assignments are available below. Please also take note that
any changes to the due dates will be communicated via the Announcements
forum on the HFL1501-2023-S1 module site. For this reason, you MUST visit the
module site at least twice a week to keep up to date with any important administrative
information regarding this module.

Please start working through your Study Guide as soon as you have registered for the
module. Please complete the online lessons before you attempt to submit your
assessments.

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The due dates for the HFL1501 assessments are as follows:

Compulsory
Type Opening date Due date
or optional
A01 Optional File upload 8 March at 08:00 AM 22 March at 12:00 (noon)
A02 Optional File upload 29 March at 08:00 AM 12 April at 12:00 (noon)
A03 Compulsory Quiz 1 March at 08:00 AM 20 April at 12:00 (noon)
A04 Optional Quiz 1 March at 08:00 AM 3 May at 12:00 (noon)
A05 Optional Quiz 1 March at 08:00 AM 17 May at 12:00 (noon)
A06 Optional File upload 10 May at 08:00 AM 24 May at 10:00 AM

Very important:

Please note that no extension is possible. Please ensure that you submit your
assignments before their respective due dates. The system allows ample time for
submission. Please diarise these dates and plan ahead.

2.2 Format and scope of the HFL1501 assessments

Please read the following information on each assessment very carefully:

Assessment 1
This is a written (file upload) assessment. This assessment will cover the content of
Part 1 of the Study Guide and counts out of 25 marks. The assessment dates are
provided on page 4 of this document and submission instructions on pages 10–12.
This assessment is an elective assessment.

Assessment 2
This is a written (file upload) assessment. This assessment will cover the content of
Learning unit 3 of Part 2 of the Study Guide and counts out of 25 marks. The
assessment dates are provided on page 4 of this document and submission
instructions on pages 10–12. This assessment is an elective assessment.

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Assessment 3

This assessment is compulsory. This means that if you do not submit

Assessment 3 before the due date, you will not pass this module and you will
have to register for it again in future.

This is a quiz assessment, consisting of ten randomised MCQs. This assessment will
cover the content of Part 1 of the Study Guide. The assessment dates are provided
on page 4 of this document and submission instructions on pages 12–13.

Assessment 4
This is a quiz assessment, consisting of ten randomised MCQs. This assessment will
cover the content of Learning units 1 and 2 of Part 2 of the Study Guide. The
assessment dates are provided on page 4 of this document and submission
instructions on pages 12–13. This is an elective assessment.

Assessment 5
This is a quiz assessment, consisting of ten randomised MCQs. This assessment will
cover the content of Learning unit 4 of Part 2 of the Study Guide. Please note that
you will be tested on your knowledge of Latin terminology in this assessment.
Also, since the contents of Learning unit 4 builds on your understanding of Learning
unit 3, we strongly advise you to work through both Learning units 3 and 4 of Part 2 of
the Study Guide before attempting this quiz. The submission dates are provided on
page 4 of this document and submission instructions on pages 12–13. This
assessment is an elective assessment.

Assessment 6
This is a written (file upload) assessment. This assessment will cover the content of
the entire Study Guide and counts out of 25 marks. The assessment dates are
provided on page 4 of this document and submission instructions on pages 10–12.
This assessment is an elective assessment.

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3 INFORMATION ON THE ASSESSMENTS
In this module you will be required to submit two types of assessments, namely file
upload and quiz assessments. Please read the following information carefully for
details on each assessment type, as well as how to complete them:

3.1 File-upload (or written) assessments

• What is a file upload assessment?

A file upload assessment is a written assessment. Please note that Assessments 1,
2 and 6 are written assignments. To complete such an assessment, you will access
the questions you have to answer on the module site. The questions will be made
available to you once each assessment opens. You will have two weeks to complete
each written assessment. You may access the questions and download them by
opening the specific assessment on the module home page. The questions will also
be posted in an announcement on myUnisa on the day the assessment opens. Each
written assessment will count 25 marks, which will then make up 25% of your final
mark.

For these written assessments, you will not be typing your answers onscreen on the
myUnisa system. You will complete these assessments by answering the questions
offline in your own time. You will answer these questions by typing or writing out your
answers, save your work as a PDF file, and upload this file with your answers online
on myUnisa. You may only submit online on myUnisa, on the HFL1501 module site.
Submissions cannot be accepted on any other platform. For example, no emailed
submissions will be accepted. Your answers will be marked onscreen, and you will
receive feedback, as well as your results, once the marking process is complete. This
process usually takes several weeks, as we have to mark thousands of assignments.
As soon as you have received the commentary, please compare your answers to our
feedback. Doing an assignment, and then carefully studying the commentary on it,
constitute an important part of your learning and should help you to be better
understand the content of the study material.

The written assignments will cover the sections of the contents of the Study Guide, as
indicated on pages 4–5, above. The questions will count between one and five marks.
The length, and amount of information to be included in your answer, should be guided
by the number of marks allocated to each question. So, it is not advisable to provide
a one sentence answer to a five-mark question.

When answering the written questions, you do not need to type out the questions
again, only the answers. Make sure to number your answers according to the
numbering provided in the assignment. Always make sure to answer all the questions.
converting the document containing your answers to a PDF document, and by
uploading this file to the myUnisa system. Please note that no other file type will be

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accepted. Please also note that this file should not be password-protected or
purposefully corrupted.

• Preparing your file for upload

Once you have answered all the questions, it is important that you follow all the steps
to create a valid file, which will be accepted for upload by the myUnisa system. You
may write your answers out on paper, but we prefer typed submissions.

If you type out your answers: Please save your electronic file as a .pdf file. You can
do this by using the Save As function in Microsoft Word and changing the file type to
PDF. The myUnisa system will not accept any other file types. Only .pdf filed may be
submitted. If you wish to scan printed pages, please see the instructions in the next
paragraph.

If you write out your answers: Please make use of a black pen and write clearly and
neatly. If we cannot read your submission, we cannot mark it. Please visit the
Additional Resources section on the HFL1501 module site and open the file on
Assessment Information. Here you will find information on how to convert written
pages to a PDF file with the help of your electronic device. It is absolutely crucial that
you take clear photos of each page. Each photo should be of one page of your written
work. Your photos must be taken in a well-lit area and should not be blurry. Check
your photos before converting them to PDF. If you cannot read the wording, we will
not be able to read the wording. Make very sure to include each page in the file you
submit. Please follow all the instructions provided in the documentation available on
myUnisa.

• Referencing and plagiarism in Assessments 1, 2 and 6

All written assignments submitted to Unisa require that you should reference the
sources used to complete the assignment. This means that you should include
references (also known as citations) in your document, next to the information you
obtained from a source. The HFL1501 Study Guide is an example of such a source. If
you do not include references in your assignment, you will be guilty of plagiarism. It is,
however, also important to note that you may also be guilty of plagiarism (even if you
have included references in your assignment) if you have copied word-for-word from
a source. To safeguard yourself against being found guilty of academic dishonesty
(such as plagiarism), you need to paraphrase the information you have obtained from
a source used when completing an assignment. For more information on plagiarism

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and paraphrasing, please see the Assignment Information folder, under Additional
Resources on the module’s myUnisa site.

In the field of law, references are inserted in footnotes.1 The School of Law makes use
of a specific prescribed referencing style, namely OSCOLA. Tutorial Letter 302
provides the requirements for and examples of how to apply this style. Although you
will not be penalised if you don’t follow the referencing style, we encourage you to start
doing so from your first year of studying law. Learning how to include references and
footnotes is a skill that takes practice and some attention to detail. The sooner you
master this skill, the better it will serve you later on in your studies. Please visit the
Additional Resources folder on the HFL1501 module site where we have conveniently
uploaded various documents containing helpful information, such as guidelines on
how to create footnotes and tips on the OSCOLA referencing style guidelines.

When completing the written assessments, it is not necessary to include a written

academic honesty declaration with your submission. The online submission process
requires that you accept an online acknowledgement of the Unisa plagiarism policy
before your submission may be completed.

Please visit the HFL1501-2023-S1 module site, where you will find various other
helpful documents available under “Additional Resources” to assist you when
completing your written assessments. These documents include information on how
to convert a document to PDF; the College of Law’s policy on plagiarism; the formal
requirements for written submissions; the referencing style of the College of Law and
other relevant matters.

3.2 Online quiz assessments

• What is an online quiz assessment?

All quiz assessments for HFL1501 are completed online. Each quiz consists of ten
randomized multiple-choice questions (MCQs). An MCQ (or “monkey puzzle”
question) provides you with a question and four possible answers, and then requires
you to select only one correct answer. “Randomised” means that the system will
select different questions for different students at random. There are more than a
hundred questions uploaded to the system for each quiz, but each student will receive
only ten randomly selected questions of these for answering. In other words, no two
students will receive the same questions. This means that you cannot work with a
friend or your fellow students when answering your own questions, because each
student will be required to complete different questions. When completing an online
quiz, you will only see the questions once you start the quiz, Therefore, you will not
have access to the questions beforehand. This further means that you have to

1 This is an example of what a footnote looks like.

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prepare for this assignment in advance and be familiar with the study material
before the assignment commences if you want to pass or do well in this assignment.

• How does the quiz submission work?

We strongly advise you to complete the mock (practice) quiz available on the
HFL1501 module site. Completing this mock quiz will allow you to familiarise yourself
with the online quiz submission system. Your score for this practice quiz does not
contribute to your final mark. The purpose of the quiz is to allow you to practice using
the system.

Once you have prepared sufficiently for a specific quiz, you may access if on the
module site to complete it. More detailed instructions in this regard are provided on
page 12 of this document.

Please note that you will only have two hours to complete each quiz assessment
attempt. For example, you may choose when you want to submit your Assessment 3
(anytime between 08h00 on 1 March 2023 and 12h00 (noon) on 20 April 2023), but
once you start answering your assessment questions online, you will only have 2
hours to submit your answers. If you do not manage to submit all ten your answers
before the portal closes, the system will mark those answers that you have submitted
and calculate your result accordingly.

REMEMBER: Once you have started an attempt, do not close your

browser or app. You must finish the attempt in one sitting.

You will be granted three attempts to submit each quiz assessment successfully.
The purpose of this is to support students who experience technical challenges
during their submission. All students are not entitled to three successful
submissions. If you have used all three your allocated attempts and you were able to
submit successfully at least once, you will not be granted another attempt to try to
improve your marks. If you are able to submit the assessment successfully more than
once, your highest mark will count as your mark for this quiz assessment.

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4 ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

All assessments must be submitted online on myUnisa via the link to each
assessment on the HFL1501-23-S1 module site. The links to the assessments
are available under the Welcome message.

4.1 Instructions for the submission of a file-upload assessment

For written assessments (Assessments 1, 2 and 6), please note the due date by
which the assessment must be submitted. No submissions may be received after the
due date.

To submit a file upload assessment, please follow these instructions:

1. Login to the myUnisa site (https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/myunisa/default/) with

your student details.

2. At the top of the page, click on myModules:

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3. Select the HFL1501-23-S1 module site from the dropdown list.

4. On the module’s home page, scroll to the assessment links below the welcome
message and click on the link to the assessment you wish to submit:

5. Follow the onscreen instructions and upload your file.

6. Once you have uploaded your document, please click on the document,
download and open it, and confirm that you have in fact submitted the
correct document. Please also confirm that the document you have uploaded
opens normally and is legible. If a corrupt file is submitted, you will be awarded a
mark of ZERO (0%).

7. Please note that if you see the words “Submitted for grading” after you have
uploaded your submission, your submission has been successful:

Please read the following carefully:

• Written assessments must contain all the relevant pages in one PDF
document, which will be uploaded as your submission. We will only mark what
we receive – make sure that you submit a complete document.
• Make sure that you submit the correct document (that is, the correct assessment,
for the correct assessment number, for the correct module). We will only mark

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 what we receive, and no changes may be made to a submission after the due
date. If you submit any document that does not contain your answers to a specific
assignment, a mark of zero will be awarded.
• Do not submit your assessment via the incorrect link. Make 100% sure that
you, for example, submit your answers for Assessment 1 by clicking on the link
to Assessment 1. Do not submit your answers to Assessment 1 by clicking on
the link to Assessment 2.

IMPORTANT

Once you have uploaded a document as your assessment submission, please

click on the document, download and open it, and confirm that you have in
fact submitted the correct document. Please also confirm that the document
you have uploaded opens normally and is legible. If a corrupt file is submitted,
you will be awarded a mark of ZERO (0%).

Resubmissions
You will be allowed to resubmit your answers by deleting your existing submission
and uploading another file in its place. This means that you may replace your
submission with the correct document if you see that you have submitted an
incorrect file. You will be allowed to delete and replace your submitted file up
until the deadline of the examination. The file submitted at the time of the deadline
will be the file accepted from marking. No changes may be made to submissions
once the deadline has passed. If you delete a submission to resubmit another, please
make sure that your second submission is also successful. If is your responsibility
to ensure that you have submitted the correct file successfully. Open the file again to
check that the file opens correctly.

4.2 Instructions for the submission of an online quiz

No documentation can be uploaded for this assessment type, as the answers are
selected and submitted onscreen and online. Remember, you will have two hours to
complete each quiz attempt, and you have three attempts to ensure that you submit
successfully once.

REMEMBER: Once you have started an attempt, do not close your browser or app.
You must finish the attempt in one sitting.

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To submit a quiz assessment, please follow these instructions:
1. Login to the myUnisa site (https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/myunisa/default/) with
your student details.

2. At the top of the page, click on myModules:

3. Select the HFL1501-23-S1 module site from the dropdown list.

4. On the module’s home page, scroll to the assessment links below the welcome
message and click on the link to the assessment you wish to submit:

5. Follow the onscreen instructions to answer the questions. You will complete the
ten questions randomly selected for you by clicking the correct options on the
screen. Read the questions carefully.

6. Make sure to complete the submission process after answering all the questions
to finalise your submissions.

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5 CALCULATION OF YOUR FINAL MARK
Please read the following information carefully to ensure that you understand how your
mark will be calculated for this year.

5.1 How are my assessment marks converted to contribute to my final mark?

Quiz assessments
Each quiz assessment will count a total of 10 marks. This mark out of 10 is converted
to a mark out of 25. To convert you mark, you have to multiply it by 2.5. For example:
Jane scores 6/10 for Assignment 2. Her converted mark out of 25 is (6 x 2.5=) 15/25.
This mark out of 25 is the mark that will contribute to her year mark.

File upload assessments

Each written assessment will count a total of 25 marks. This means that this mark does
not need to be converted. So, if Jane scores 18/25 for Assessment 1, this mark of 18
will contribute to her year mark.

5.2 Which marks make up my final mark?

Four of your assessment marks (out of 25) will make up your final mark out of 100.

Look at the following examples to better understand how this calculation works in
practice:

• Lucy submits only Assessment 3 and Assessment 4 and then loses interest in the
module HFL1501. Her assessment marks out of 25 are 13/25 and 21/25
respectively. Because Lucy didn’t submit at least four assessments, she fails the
module. Her final mark is 13 + 21 + 0 + 0 = 36% Lucy will have to register for
HFL1501 again in future.
• Jane submits Assessments 1, 2, 4 and 5, but not Assessment 3. Jane fails this
module because she didn’t submit the compulsory assessment, Assessment 3.
Even if Jane score 25/25 for each of these four assessments, her final mark is 0%.
Jane will have to register for HFL1501 again in future.
• Matt submits Assessments 1, 2, 3 and 6 and receives very good results for all four
of them. Matt will pass the module if his year mark is 50% or higher.
• Thandi starts working on the module HFL1501 very late in the semester, and
submits Assessments 3, 4, 5 and 6. However, because she didn’t sufficiently
prepare for the assessments, she obtains very low results for all four the
assessments. If Thandi’s year mark is lower than 50%, she will fail this module and
will have to register for the module again in future.

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• S’bu submits Assessments 1, 2 and 3. His marks out of 25 are 20, 10, and 22,
respectively. After this, he falls ill and is not able to submit the last three
assessments. His four best marks are thus 20 + 10 + 22 + 0 = 52%. Because his
final mark is higher than 50%, S’bu passes the module.
• Phulani submits all six assessments and she scores 11/25 for all six assessments.
Her four best results are considered and her final mark is 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 = 44%.
Her final mark is not 66%, because only her four best marks are considered. There
are no additional assessment opportunities for this module (such as aegrotat or
supplementary exams). Pholani fails the module, because her final mark is lower
than 50%.
• Charles submits all six the assessments. The system calculates his year mark by
taking into account the result for Assessment 3, as well as the three highest
results for the other assessments. Let’s look at the calculation:

Mark awarded Converted mark

Assessment 1 Elective 13/25 13%
Assessment 2 Elective 20/25 20%
Assessment 3 Compulsory 2/10 5%
Assessment 4 Elective 4/10 10%
Assessment 5 Elective 7/10 17.5%
Assessment 6 Elective 21/25 21%
Final mark: 20 + 5 (compulsory) + 17.5 + 21 = 63.5 = 64%

Charles will pass HFL1501 with a final mark of 64%.

To summarise:

• If, for whatever reason, you don’t submit Assessment 3, you will fail the module
HFL1501 and you will have to register for the module again in future.
• If your year mark is less than 50%, you will fail this module and you will have to
register for the module again in future.

6 TIPS AND TRICKS FOR PASSING THIS MODULE

Please read the following information carefully. We want every one of our students to
perform well in this module. To ensure that you know how to do that, please read the
following information, and take it to heart.

• Please note that no late submissions will be accepted. This means that it is
your duty to ensure that you submit your assessments on time. There are many
assessments in this module, make sure that you do not confuse the due dates.
Record the due dates in your calender and plan ahead to make sure that you have
enough time to complete and submit them all.
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• Complete all the assessments! Yes, your final mark will only be calculated with
four of your assessment marks, but your best four marks will count towards your
final mark. So, if you have six assessment marks, your best four will count, which
gives you a much better chance of performing well in this module.
• Prepare for each assignment in advance. We have been teaching this module
for several years, and when marking submissions, we can easily identify the
students who just paged around in the Study Guide, trying to find the answers.
You will perform much better in the written assessments if you read the study
material on the relevant section before starting the assessment. Naturally, you
must prepare for a quiz assessment before attempting it. It is stressful to complete
a timed online assessment. If you are familiar with the material before attempting
the questions, you will perform very well. We suggest reading through the learning
units covered in each quiz at least twice before attempting the quiz.
• Preparing for an assessment in advance includes completing the relevant online
lessons. The myUnisa online lessons in this module discuss the contents of the
learning units in the Study Guide in a different way. We provide videos, images
and infographics that explains the content clearly. By working through a learning
unit in the study guide and then completing the corresponding lesson, you ensure
that you are familiar with the content of the course. However, do not only study the
lessons and ignore the Study Guide. By doing so, you will not have enough
information to complete a specific assessment.
• Carefully read and follow the instructions for each assessment. Many
students lose marks in assessments, because they do not ensure that they know
exactly what is expected of them. When completing a quiz, make sure that you
know exactly how to finalise and complete your submission. When completing a
written assessment, make sure that you know how to prepare your file for upload,
and how to complete this process successfully.
• Read every question very carefully. It is crucial that you answer exactly what a
question asks, not what you think or assume the question is asking. It is advisable
that you read each question (both in a quiz or written assessment) twice before
answering it.
• Start early! We cannot stress this enough. We strongly advise you to submit your
assessments as early as possible. Every semester we have students who wait
until the last day, hour or minute to submit their answers and then miss the due
date. Remember, if you don’t submit your answers before the due date, you will
be marked as absent from that assessment, and this will impact on your final mark.
As indicated above, no late submissions will be accepted. Remember that none
of can foresee the future. You do not know what could happen in future that might
prevent you from completing an assessment. The current reality in South Africa is
that loadshedding could be announced at any time. You may fall ill or have a work
or personal emergency. By completing each assessment as soon as possible, you

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 are ensuring that you submit it on time. Remember, you may submit an
assignment at any time during the window that it is open for submission. You do
not have to (and should not!) wait for the last hour before an assessment is due to
submit it.
• Lastly, enjoy the module. Many students dislike studying history in any and all
forms. We can assure you that you will find the course content of this module
interesting. We take you on a legal historical journey, stretching over thousands
of years to explain where our legal rules come from, why we have them, and why
and how they change over time.

7 INFORMATION REGARDING EXAMINATIONS AND FURTHER

ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS MODULE

There are only six assessments for this module. There is no examination for the
module HFL1501. To pass this module you must submit at least four assignments, of
which one must be the compulsory assessment, Assessment 3.

Because there are no examinations, continuous assessment modules do not have

opportunities for aegrotat, supplementary, special, or FI concession examinations.
If you fail the module HFL1501 by scoring a final mark of less than 50%, or by
failing to submit the compulsory assignment, you will not have any further
opportunities to complete assessment for this module. You will have to register
for this module again in future.

Any questions?

Please read through the Frequently Asked Questions and the Announcements
forum on the HFL1501 module site. Most of your questions have already been
answered there. If, however, you have any further questions, please post it in the
Discussions forum where your lecturers will respond to you.

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