UNISA SUS1501 Assessment 05 Study Guide and Submission Rules

Previous Focus: Prior assessments focused outward on societal figures and socio-economic demographics, such as Patrice Motsepe, South Africans living below the food poverty line, and figures on the economic sidelines like Elon Musk.
Current Focus: Assessment 05 shifts focus entirely onto the individual student. It demands systematic self-reflection regarding where the student fits into the broader economic landscape without pointing fingers at, criticizing, or celebrating others.
Privacy: Because Assessment 05 is a deeply personal reflection, no public discussion is conducted regarding student responses.

Prerequisite Completion: Students must complete Assessment 1 prior to attempting Assessment 5.
Penalty Warning: Students who have not submitted Assessment 1 may receive a score of 0 (zero) for Assessment 5.

Mandatory Template: Students must download and complete the official Assessment 5 template provided on the module platform. Failure to use the correct template results in heavy penalties.
Template Content Retention: Students must not delete pre-existing template text or prompts in an effort to lower their Turnitin similarity score. Markers do not evaluate the overall percentage score; they inspect only the student-authored responses within the detailed Turnitin report.

Accepted File Type: Assignments must be submitted strictly as a typed Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).
Prohibition of Image Scans: Pasting scanned images of text into a Word document is strictly prohibited. Assignments that Turnitin cannot parse as text will not be marked.
Turnitin End User License Agreement (EULA): If prompted, students MUST accept the Turnitin EULA. Assignments that fail to submit to Turnitin due to an unaccepted EULA will not be marked.
Verification of Submission: Students must complete all steps in the submission workflow and verify that the file was uploaded correctly.
Proof of Submission: Students must take and retain a screen grab of the final submission screen as proof of completion.
Workstation Security: Students must never leave a copy of their completed assignment on any public workstation or shared computer, especially computers located in UNISA computer labs.

Excellences and Virtues: The reflection requires incorporating key virtues or excellences, represented by the Greek concept of arête ( $\text{arête}$ ), necessary to cultivate a good life.
Doctrine of the Mean: Students must evaluate potential ethical or practical failure modes associated with these virtues, analyzing the problems that arise when an excellence is carried too far (excess) or not far enough (deficiency).

Minimum Word Count: At least 200 words.
Macroeconomic Placement: Evaluate where you fit into the economic landscape outlined by background factual data.
Objective Evaluation Tool: Utilize the simulator available at https://wid.world/simulator/ to analyze personal economic standing objectively.
Day-to-Day Life Context: Describe the practical reality of this economic location in terms of daily privileges and daily challenges.
Subjective Reflection: Evaluate personal feelings and intellectual reactions toward this assigned economic location.

Word Count: 300 words.
Predictive Legacy: Project the future to define the legacy you hope to leave behind.
Achievements and Remembrance: Outline the specific accomplishments you hope to achieve during your lifetime and the qualities or impacts for which people will remember you after your time on Earth has ended.

Strict AI Ban: Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may not be used in any capacity for this assignment.
Language Editing Prohibited: Using AI for proofreading, editing, rephrasing, or polishing language is strictly forbidden.
Turnitin Detection: Turnitin will be used to detect both AI-generated content and AI-edited text.
Penalties: Detection of AI usage or editing will result in severe penalties.

Authenticity of Narrative: Because Assessment 05 requests a personal story, copying, adapting, or submitting someone else's personal narrative ("dumping someone else's story") is strictly forbidden and tracked via Turnitin plagiarism algorithms.