myunisa & mylife basics

myUnisa & myLife Basics

Digital Learning Workshop

Unisa Cape Town Campus

What is myLife and myUnisa

myUnisa myLife

myUnisa is the official student

portal for students where you can

access your module resources,

submit assignments, interact with

other students and with your e-

tutor or group.

myLife is your official Unisa

email account for all

communication with Unisa and

your lecturers. Only email from

your myLife email address will be

accepted.

How to access myUnisa

2. Click on myUnisa

1. Visit www.unisa.ac.za in a internet browser.

Activity 01: Claim your myUnisa account

• Get your password for myUnisa

• Access myUnisa for the first time.


1. Click on

Claim UNISA Login


2.Complete the form by entering

your student number and

press Continue

3.Complete the form by entering

your personal information and

press Continue.

Note: Your personal information

needs to be entered as per the

info you entered on registration.


4. Click on the select blocks to

acknowledge all the information.

5. Write down your password to

log into myUnisa.

Note: The password is case

sensitive. Write down your

password for future use.


6. Fill in your student number as

User Name and Password

received and click login.

Note: Check your Caps Lock for

case sensitive passwords.

Activity 02: Retrieve forgotten password.

• Retrieve your forgotten password for myUnisa

1. Click on

Forgotten UNISA

Password

2. Follow Steps 2 to 3 from Activity 01 before proceeding.

Note:

The new password will be

sent to you via an SMS

text message.

You should always ensure

that, prior to requesting a

new password, you have

your cell phone in your

possession and that your

cell phone number

corresponds with the one

you have registered and is

up to date with student

administration.

The myUnisa Interface

Portals Menu


Main Sites Menu

Site navigation


The More Sites menu lists

all your modules, groups

and e-tutor sites.

Note: COS2621 has

an official module

site and a e-tutor site

with the 1E referring to

the group number.

Module Official vs Group / e-Tutor Site

Official Site e-Tutor Site

This is the lecture official

module site

eg. COS3701-17-S1

(Read as COS3701

registered in 2017 [17] in

semester 1 [S1].

In module site the

lectures has control of

and it is where you can

access your official

study material, submit

assignment etc.

This is the e-tutor official

site that you can use to

communicate with your

e-tutor and students

allocated to your group.

Some modules, such as

EUP1501, have group

sites where students are

divided into groups, with

each student having

unique assignments.

The group site will also

be your e-tutor site.

Group Site

Module Official vs e-Tutor Site

Official Site e-Tutor Site

Differences between the

official and e-tutor sites.

Signature Modules

What are signature modules?

Signature modules were specially developed at UNISA, are taught fully

online and have the support of Teaching Assistants (e-tutors) to help

the students in small groups.

• AFL1501 - College of Human Sciences

• EUP1501 – College of Science Engineering and Technology

• SUS1501 – College of Economic and Management Science

• SJD1501 – College of Law

• BPT1501 – College of Education

• GGH3708 – College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Activity 03: Check Your Calendar

• View all your assignment due dates and exam dates

on a calendar.

2. Click on Schedule form the site

navigation menu.

1. Select My Workspace from the Sites Menu.

Activity 03: Check Your Schedule

3. Select Calendar by Month

from the Dropdown Menu

The My Admin Site Tools

Course and Personal Information

• Academic Record:

– Records of all your courses.

• Biographical Details

– View and update biographical information.

• Change Password

– Change your myUnisa and myLife password.

• Edit Registration

• Financial Details

• Parcel Tracking

– Track your study material.

• Study Fees Quotation

The My Admin Site Tools

Assignments and Exam Information

• Assignments

– View and Submit all your assignments of all

your modules .

• Examination Results

• Examination Timetable

The My Admin Site Tools: Changing Your

Password

Note the confirmation message on successful

change → the screen does not change.

Avoid pressing Submit multiple times.

1. Click Change

Password.

2. Complete the change

password form.

3. Click Submit

4. View confirmation

message.

The Module Site

• Lecturer official site.

• Announcements from

lecturer.

• Assignment

Submissions.

• Official Study Material

• Discussion forum for

all registered students.

The Module Site: Study Material

Study Material and

Tutorial Letters

Past Exam Papers

Note: Tutorial Letter 101

contains the most important

course information.

• Tutorial Letter

– Course overview

– Assignments

– Assignment feedback

– Etc.

• Study Guides

• Past Exam papers

where available.

The Module Site: Assessment Info

Note the types of assignment :

• MCQ – Multiple Choice Question

• myUnisa / Written Assignment

• Discussion forum

Select Assessment Info

The module specific

assignments.

The Module Site: Submitting Assignments

Look at the assignment table list

and locate the module you want

to submit the assignment for

and click on the Submit button

for that particular assignment

Note ensure the Unique

No. matches with the one

provided in the tutorial

letter.

Selecting Assignments to Submit


MCQ –Multiple Choice Question

1. Select the number of questions your

assignment consist of as per your

tutorial letter.

2. Click Continue

3. On the form, select your answers (e.g if

your answer for question 1 is option 3, select

button 3 that corresponds to question 1).

4. Click Continue on completion.

Note: If you wish to start over, click on Clear

Form and make the selections again.




Example of a completed MCQ answer sheet.


Step 4: Verify your MCQ answers and click “continue” to submit.

6. Click Continue to proceed with

submission.


5. Verify your answers. Press back

if any mistakes are found.


MCQ – Multiple Choice Question

7. Take note of Reference No.

and Tracking record.

8. Click OK to finalise submission.


Note: It is recommended that you keep

a record of all details regarding your

submitted assessment, for example,

by making a printout of this page.


Written Assignments

2. Click Choose File to select the

document to be uploaded.

1. Prepare the assignment first in a MS Word

document or a equivalent program.


3. Browse to the

assignment document

and select the

document.

4. Click Open to proceed.

Written Assignments


Note: Ensure that the file you have uploaded is the same file

format you have selected. Also Assignment format specification(s)

will be stipulated in your Tutorial Letter 101. If none then select

PDF.

5. Select the File Format to be

uploaded. PDF is the preffered

file format.

6. Click Continue to proceed.

Written Assignments


7. Confirm the assignment

information. Click Back if you

find any errors to select a

different file.

8. Click Continue to proceed with

submission.

Written Assignments

Assignments: Save Word Document as PDF

1. Select File from the ribbon.


2. Select Save As

from the left menu.

3. Select PDF from the file

format dropdown menu.


4. Click the Save

button.

Note: The PDF version of your

document will be saved in the same

location as you original Word

document.

Assignments: Reduce PDF Size

TIP

The maximum file size of

assignment you can upload on

myUnisa is 10MB.

You can always use websites

such as smallpdf.com to try and

reduce the size of your

Assignment PDF.

The Module Site: Discussions

Interact with your Lecturer / e-tutor

and other students taking the module.

Submit discussion forum

assignments.

Activity 04: Writing and Introductory Post

• Write a post to introduce yourself to the lecturer / e-

tutor and other students.

2. Click General Discussion to view all

posts under this topic.

1. Browse to a Discussion Forum of

one of your modules.


1. Select Reply to the first.

2. Navigate to the text box that appears

and enter an introductory message.


3. Complete entering your introductory

message in the text box and click on

Post at the bottom of the page.

Accessing Your myLife Email Account

1. Click myLife email from the

my.unisa.ac.za landing page.

Accessing Your myLife Email Account

3. Click myLife Email Account will

open in a new browser window.

Note: You can also access your myLife

email account directly from

myLife.unisa.ac.za

Activity 06: Sending Your First Email

• Send a email to the student on your right-hand side.

1. Click on New to open the new

message panel.

Activity 06: Sending Your First Email

3. Enter a subject for your email.

2. Enter the student number of the student

next to you followed by

@mylife.unisa.ac.za

4. Enter a message to send in

the text area.

5. Click Send to send your email.

Note: Your email address will be

your student number followed

by @mylife.unisa.ac.za

[email protected]

Bonus Activity: Automatic Email Forwarding

• Automatically forward your emails to your existing

email address.

1. Click on Gear Icon to open the

settings menu.


1. Click on Gear Icon to open the

settings menu.


2. Select Mail to open the mail settings.

Activity 06: Forwarding emails From myLife

3. Select Forwarding from the mail

settings menu.

4. Click Start Forwarding and enter

your personal email address.

5. Click Keep a copy to always have a

backup copy.

Activity 06: Forwarding emails From myLife

6. Click Save to save the forwarding

settings.6. Click Save to save the forwarding

settings.

Getting Help

Online:

unisa.ac.za/wcservices(Online Training Resources)

At the George and Cape Town

computer labs during office

hours.

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @wcunisa

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