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Pearson MyITLab South Africa How to Work on Assignments

Question.

How do I go about completing my assignments and submitting them for grading.

Answer.

This guide line helps students to understand how to start an assignment and upload it for grading. Students please go through this document prior to starting assignments.

Step 1: Sign in.

Student need to login to University of South Africa (UNISA) Learning Management System (LMS) using the login credentials provided by the University.

Click on the following link to go to UNISA, LMS http://unisa.ac.za.mylabsplus.com and Sign in.

Sign In

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Step 2: Navigate to Course.

Upon Signing in student will be taken to the following screen. Click on the course link as showed below.

Upon clicking on the course link the student will be taken to the following screen. Here click “Course Materials”.

Course list is displayed here

Click on the correct course

Click on “Course Materials”

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Upon completing above step, on the next page once again click on “Course Materials” as shown below.

Step 3: Go to Assignments.

Click on “Assignments” to view assignments.

Click on “Course Materials”

Click on “Assignments

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Upon completing the above step student will be navigated to this page. Here make sure you are on the “To DO” tab as shown.

Step 4: Start the Assignment.

Once you are here select the assignment you need to work on and Click “Start” as shown below.

Ensure you are on “To Do” tab

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Step 5: Download Files Required for Completing the Assignment.

A Pop-Up window similar to the one below will show, here Click on “Download Files” as shown below.

Click on “Download Files”

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The following window Pop-Up will be shown with support files that are required for the student to complete the assignment. Here the student has an option to download all files at once as a zip file by

clicking or separately as individual files by Clicking on the .

Download the file or files to your computer by following the relevant Windows prompts. These files will be saved in the students default downloads folder set for the browser.

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Upon successfully downloading your files should be located in the relevant folder similar to below. Note this is only an example your file names will vary according to the assignment you are working on.

A Microsoft Word document containing the instructions will be provided with these downloaded set of files. Open the instructions document and work on your assignment as explained in the document. Upon completing the assignment pay attention and Save your work to the Desktop or to any other location that will be easy for you to remember and retrieve during submission for grading.

Very Important: When saving the file remember to save the file with the same default file name. Do not rename the file when you save it.

Example: In this illustration the default name of the file that the student needs to work on is “GO_p01_Grader_IR.pptx”. After the student completes the assignment and saves the file remember to save the file in the same name as “GO_p01_Grader_IR.pptx”. This same file with the default name needs to be submitted for grading. Students who change the default file name will have their submissions not graded or rejected.

Note after downloading the files to your computer students can work on the assignment leisurely. Students need not be connected to MyLabsPlus and can close all windows related to it.

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Step 6: Upload the Completed File (Assignment).

Once the student completes the assignment and is ready to be submitted for grading follow the below steps. If the student is not connected to MyLabsPlus please connect and navigate to the following

screen and Click on “Upload Completed File” button .

After completing the assignment Click On

“Upload Completed File” to submit the document for grading

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The following Pop-Up will be shown here,

1. Browse to the location you saved your file by clicking “Browse” and select the correct file. 2. Click on the “Upload” button to upload your assignment.

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Step 7: Submit Assignment for Grading.

Upon successfully uploading your assignment students make sure to submit your assignment for

grading by clicking the button as shown in the following screen shot.

Students ensure you perform this step as the final step when you have completed the assignment and ready for submission.

Steps to Complete an Assignment

1. Sign in. 2. Navigate to course. 3. Go to assignments. 4. Start the assignment. 5. Download files required for completing the assignment. 6. Upload the completed file (Assignment). 7. Submit assignment for grading.

Important Things to Remember

1. Select the correct assignment and download the files required to complete the assignment. 2. When saving save the file same as its default file name. 3. Upload the assignment and finally submit it for grading.

Wish you all the very best on your assignments and course work!