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w1z4rd

w1z4rd

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/sigh (need to get my economics assignment uploaded)

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https://my.unisa.ac.za/portal/


:/
 
Apparently there's an assignment due today :P

Useless fckers.
 
People never learn (me included). Do not wait till last day to submit your assisgnment
 
Sinbad said:
Apparently there's an assignment due today :P

Useless fckers.
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I have so many other commitments. A contracted job, my own company, charity group community services portfolio, political education course (which is extensive) and running a local ward. I totally procrastinate on my UNISA stuff until the last day.
 
Although today DOES count as a submission day - the site SHOULD be available, I completely forgot an assignment a while back - sigh
 
thestaggy said:
In fairness they warn you not to leave it late. Can't blame them when they explicitly tell you to get things in early.
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I don't care. Deadline is deadline (I submitted mine yesterday btw). Their infrastructure should be scalable to cope with peak demand. Human nature being what it is...
 
thestaggy said:
In fairness they warn you not to leave it late. Can't blame them when they explicitly tell you to get things in early.
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Thats not fairness. Thats like saying its fair for Eskom to complain about us using more electricity because they havent planned correctly for the right capacity.
 
NOTE:myUnisa service interruption (Monday 11 March 2013)

Please note that there may be intermittent interruption of service availability on myUnisa on Monday 11 March 2013. Students who have assignments due on 11 March, will be accommodated. We apologize for the inconvenience
 
ghoti said:
Thats not fairness. Thats like saying its fair for Eskom to complain about us using more electricity because they havent planned correctly for the right capacity.
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If you are going to procrastinate as you have already admitted to doing, it is your fault if you leave your assignment until the due date and you can't get through. Quite simple. Could UNISA do a lot of things better? Yes. BUT, where they have identified a shortfall (server overload in the days approaching assignments deadlines) they have warned their students about it.
 
thestaggy said:
If you are going to procrastinate as you have already admitted to doing, it is your fault if you leave your assignment until the due date and you can't get through. Quite simple. Could UNISA do a lot of things better? Yes. BUT, where they have identified a shortfall (server overload in the days approaching assignments deadlines) they have warned their students about it.
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I call bull. I'll tell you why - my.unisa has been creaking under the strain ever since I registered this year. Repeated errors on the assignment pages... DOG slow responses all round.
This isn't a load related issue - there's an underlying problem that the load may have exacerbated. Anyway, not all modules have assignments due on the same day - they are pretty spread out.
 
Sinbad said:
I call bull. I'll tell you why - my.unisa has been creaking under the strain ever since I registered this year. Repeated errors on the assignment pages... DOG slow responses all round.
This isn't a load related issue - there's an underlying problem that the load may have exacerbated. Anyway, not all modules have assignments due on the same day - they are pretty spread out.
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All I am saying is that while they are not perfect they tell you in EVERY tutorial letter they hand out that you should not leave assignment submissions until the last moment so you can avoid any potential service issues.
 
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