THE STUDENT PORTAL

GETTING STARTED GUIDE

portal.unimelb.edu.au

THE STUDENT PORTAL

Getting Started Guide

This document has been created to provide a brief summary of the key features of the Student Portal. It is aimed at students who are unfamiliar with the Student Portal. Students with specific queries or problems should consult the Portal Support FAQs available from the Student Portal login page. Introduction to your Student Portal...................................................................................... 3 Glossary of Terms 4 Logging in to your Student Portal... 5

Minimum System Requirements 6 Logging out of your Student Portal... 7 Navigating through your Student Portal 8 Portal Tabs: Home Tab. 9 Notices Tab..10 Email Tab...................................................................................................................11 Admin Tab 12 Library Tab.. 13 Info Tab 14

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INTRODUCTION TO YOUR STUDENT PORTAL

Your University of Melbourne Student Portal has been created to make it easier for you to complete your studies, whilst also enhancing your Melbourne Experience. As a student, you can use your Student Portal to access your subject materials online, check your student email, access library services, complete administration requirements, find out about other services offered which are not directly related to your studies and much, much more. Some useful features include: Easy access to your administrative and study-related information, allowing you to view and update your personal details online to ensure you dont miss any important University correspondence. The Information Directory helps you to locate administrative and study-related resources, policies and information, as well as services to enhance your Melbourne Experience. Access to your student email account, allowing you to send and receive email messages. Access to your student notices, allowing you to see the notices relevant to you as well as sending your own notices. Access to your own Personal Links. Save your favourite websites in the Quick Links portlet of the Home page in your Student Portal so you can access them from any computer. Links to your subject learning tool pages (e.g. LMS) are conveniently located in one place. Access to todays weather: a useful tool to help you plan your day. Front page summaries of your email, notices and library accounts for quick access. Access to library services online. Conduct catalogue searches, view past exam papers and find other key services from one location. Remember, you can access your Student Portal from any computer within the University or off-campus at anytime, provided you have an Internet connection and a University of Melbourne email account.

Additional functionality is progressively added to your Student Portal. As this happens, please feel free to submit comments/feedback about the portal by clicking the Portal Feedback button located at the top right-hand corner of your portal.

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Admin Online direct access to the administrative services and information that you need as a student. Use this section of your portal to complete online functions such as updating enrolment or contact details. Information Directory - serves to address the how do I? questions common amongst students. You can use this directory when you dont know how to do something or what resources or functions you need to do them or you need to find a student service. Learning Tools online applications which assist in the teaching of your subjects such as LMS. Notices System allows user to locate, view and maintain official university information in a personalised manner as well as submit notices to student-specific cohort groups. Personal Links You can create personal links within your portal which act in the same way as your Favourites in web browsers. You can access your stored links from any computer with Internet access. Portlet Sections of a Tab containing relevant information and functions for a particular area of University life. Examples of portlets on the Home Tab include Course and subjects, News and Weather, and Quick Links. Tab Pages of your Student Portal which can be accessed via the tab navigation bar on each portal page. Examples include Home, Admin, and Info.

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LOGGING IN TO YOUR STUDENT PORTAL

logging in to your Student Portal is easy! Open a web browser (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox) and enter the URL in the address bar: o http://portal.unimelb.edu.au/

You can also access your Student Portal via the University of Melbournes website by clicking Current Students. This will take you to your Student Portal login page. In the text boxes, enter your single sign-on username and password (this is the same as your central University student email username and password), then click Login. Your username will not have a dot in it. For example, "j.bloggs" will not work; this is your email alias. You can set up a new account, view your username, set or change your password from the Accounts Registration System page. You will need to have your student card with you when you activate your account or change your password. If you are having difficulties logging in, you can access help by clicking need help logging in?

enter your central University username and password here

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MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

to use the Student Portal you need: PC users: Windows 2000, XP or Vista Mac users: MacOS X 10.3.9 Hardware: 64 MB of RAM, 50-100 MB of free memory space Javascript enabled Cookies enabled If accessing the Student Portal from outside the University, you will need a minimum 56 K modem

you can use the Student Portal on the following web browsers: Internet Explorer 6+ Mozilla Firefox 1.5+

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LOGGING OUT OF YOUR STUDENT PORTAL

it is important to logout of your Student Portal correctly: To ensure the security of your personal information, it is important that you logout of your Student Portal correctly. To log out correctly, you need to click:

This button is located in the top right-hand corner of your Student Portal. If your Student Portal session is idle for 55 minutes, you will be prompted to reactivate the session with a log out warning pop-up box. If you press OK, your session will be extended. If you press Cancel you will be logged out. If you do not make a selection, you will be automatically logged out after 5 minutes.

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NAVIGATING THROUGH YOUR STUDENT PORTAL

move easily between sections of your Student Portal The portal is organised much like a common filing cabinet. Clicking on one of these tabs takes you to all the important online services that you need relating to that tab.

view a snapshot of your online life at the University

access your personal and enrolment details, administrative services & information online access your borrowing record and search the library catalogue

locate, view and maintain official university information in a personalised manner

find the answers to your most commonly asked questions and information on University support services, clubs and societies

To keep your Student Portal up to date, click on the tabs rather than clicking the forward and back icons in the navigation toolbar of your browser.

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HOME TAB
view a snapshot of your online life at the University The Home tab is the first page you will see once you have successfully logged into your portal. From this page, you can access all the online services you require as part of your University life.
view a quick snapshot of your current emails, notices and library accounts / borrowing alerts get quick access to online admin functions

navigate through the portal using these tabs

you can save and store your favourite links for easy access no matter what computer you use!

get easy access to LMS subjects view a summary of your enrolment with links to the Handbook entries access the relevant learning tool for your subjects (i.e. LMS)

check the weather or news headlines need help using your portal? Browse this category listing of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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NOTICES TAB
locate, view and maintain official university information in a personalised manner

easily locate legitimate University information

create your own notice by clicking on the manage tab and select submit new notice notices will be automatically deleted once the expiry date for that notice has passed selected notices can be printed or deleted once opened.

sort and view notices by category

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EMAIL TAB
manage, read, compose and send your email messages, using your central University account inside the portal

create new emails

view received emails

For help regarding email click the Help icon in your email tab or visit: http://www.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/email/student/faq.html

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ADMIN TAB
access your personal and enrolment details, administrative services and information online Access key administrative services and information from one easy location. For instance, you can find your enrolment details, results, special consideration and leave of absence applications, timetables, etc.

view, edit and update personal and enrolment details here

quick access to services such as applying for a leave of absence. Need to check your results at release date, for instance? You can find the link here

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LIBRARY TAB
access your borrowing record, search the library catalogue and link to library services

view a summary of your library borrowing record, including items on loan, overdue items and fines

renew your borrowed library items

conduct a range of library catalogue searches

quick access to important library services online such as past exam papers, opening hours and maps

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INFO TAB
access the resources you need to do things and find out how to go about doing them or get involved in University life; find support services, clubs and societies Browse or search FAQs related to your study, including links to study-related support services. Find things you never knew existed relating to the extra-curricular aspects of your University life.

you can also search the Information directory by typing a keyword above

select one of these categories to find information relating to that topic

want to enhance your Melbourne Experience? Select one of these categories to help find services not directly related to your studies or administration

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Selecting a category or sub-category will display the associated questions in a new Internet browser window. From here, you can conduct a search for a particular function:

search or browse categories and subcategories

cant find what youre looking for in the categories? Try searching for it

select the question you want for more information

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