UNISA CEM101 vs ICDL issuses

Please be aware that even though UNISA says one can do ICDL and receive CEM101 credit it is not a slam dunk.
I did ICDL in Canada last year and have now been trying to get a credit towards CEM since November 2008 with no avail.
It seems that the documentation issued for a ICDL not done in RSA is not sufficient for UNISA. Not even an official transcript from the Canadian ICDL president could do the trick.

Thanks for the CEM lecturer who tried to help out even if it is not your problem.

10 CEM101A is about money
20 goto 10

Have you sorted it out in the end? I have the same problem, did the ICDL in New Zealand and have sent the completed logbook to ICDL Africa last year and am still waiting to be credited.Contacted CEM101 contact person, they then gave me a number of a Mr Molefe in Acreditations, he said he needed to speak to his manager who was on lunch and would get back to me.....I am still waiting 4 days later!

Unfortunately I'm still trying to get CEM.
Because of this I am not allowed to graduate this year even though I had the ICDL done. UNISA says that ICDL will be credited but when I asked what the issue was I got a response saying the following

"We regret that we are unable to credit CEM101 as you need to complete 7 modules.
You have completed 7 modules and need to complete the outstanding 3 before credit is granted."

7+3 = 7? Huh

This whole process is flawed. Why is an ICDL certificate not good enough?


I wonder if one of the ICDL lecturers can maybe answer?

man that is ridiculous!

The disc i recieved with my CEM101A study material does not install in my system.When i run the SETUP it give a message: "E:\Access.WW\OSETUP.DLL.digital siganture does not validate or is not present."

Pease help me on this one. I only have a STUDENT 2007 package so I don't have MS Access.

Why don't they just include the CEM101A fees with all the registration amount to reduce complications?

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Well - if it will make you feel better - I wrote some of the ICDL manuals and training software in 1999/2000. It was still early days.

Granted - my stuff was based on Office 97, but you would think that it plus more then 20 years industry experience would help. Further I gave the ICDL training at another "competing" university in 2000 and 2001.

I still don't qualify... You have got to love the system

I have given up - much to the delight of the powers that be (I'm sure). I just don't have the energy to keep on fighting the issue.

Anyway - best of luck,and if you manage to get something right please let me know who you talked to - if you don't mind

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I must buy a copy of ms office 2007 - this module forces me to use it, but unisa only provides access. Why don't they provide a trial version? I have to download +-400MB from microsoft. Bandwidth in south Africa is not cheap. Otherwise I must make a few trips to the Unisa labs. Since office 2007 applications has a wow-factor less intuitive horrible interface I need to be familiar with it.

It is infuriating. I don't want to interfere with my existing office xp installation - it works fine as a word processor/spreadsheet and I have no fkng need to pay +R1800 to upgrade every few years. So I have to install a virtual machine and install 30 day trial of windows xp ( unless there is a way past that - installing with the same key as the native pc and registering that with MS) and then after downloading the office trial version I have to install that. What a nightmare. The alternative is driving to the unisa labs in Durban just to get familiar with the interface.

This course is easily the most expensive module I have encountered ( on my 28th-30th modules this year). I have to take leave for tests and use fuel for a stupid module that I am familiar with. I have to either buy or download a trial of software I don't need because of the interface differences. I have no choice in chosing not to buy the textbook - one is provided at an inflated cost, and you can't sell it next year. The book looks like it was laser printed on demand.

I wonder if the decision makers for this module are running the Future managers company as well. Because nothing else makes sense.

Sorry if I am out of line, i am just getting angry and venting.

have you forgotten the primer tests?

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You should be able to do the ICDL in any software you wish. If you can find a center that does office 2003 or earlier, try that instead.

Guys how long does it take to recieve the certificate after you've posted ithe log book?

two years or so.

Got mine in just less than a month (3-4weeks).

I'm still waiting for mine and I posted the logbook last week. see? a year has gone by already!

It takes as long as a piece of string .... if you have only handed in your Log book now with all the mayhem of last minute completions then it takes a bit longer. I completed mine last year September (5 days to spare) and I got my certificate in December. Makes as an awesome coffee cup coaster like my A+.

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