MyUni Top Tips for Staff
Start your semester off on the right track with our top tips for using MyUni. Here are some tips and tricks for making MyUni work for you.
Choose the right tools
You have the ability to customise your course navigation menu by adding a range of tools to suit your needs. You can also remove tools you’re not using. You can find this inSettingsunder theNavigationtab.
Stay in touch
Communicate with your students throughout the semester by sending them messages using theInboxin MyUni orAnnouncementsin your course. You can only send messages and announcements to students in published courses between the course start and end dates.
Custom Due Dates
You can set different assessment due dates and availability dates for individual students or class sections by using theAdd(+) button when editing an assignment or quiz.
Set the Date
When you set your assignment due dates, MyUni will automatically add them to the course calendar. You can also set up reminders and notifications for other important events and deadlines.
Hiding grades
Use Grade Posting Policies in the Gradebook to control grade visibility for students until you have finished marking. Remember to post the grades when you are ready for students to see their results.
Student Perspective
See your course from a student perspective by creating your own Student View (“SV”) account. Create your SV account at.
Publish your course
When you are ready to publish your course, make sure your content is visible to students by pressing thePublishbutton. Don’t forget to check your course is published before teaching starts so that your students are able to access the content.
Add more
You are able to add non-teaching staff and auditing students to your course usingLMS Add Peopleand activate extra Echo360 features usingEcho Schedule Manager, you’ll find these underToolkitin the course menu.
Check out our newwhich outlines all of the basics on how to use MyUni, including:
- Getting started in MyUni
- Building a course in MyUni
- Assessing and providing feedback, and
- Publishing your course
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Want to know more about MyUni? We are here to help.
There are many ways you can contact MyUni Support with your questions.
- Phone:(08) 8313 3000 (Option 3 (MyUni), Option 1 (Staff).
Support is provided by the Adelaide-based MyUni Support team on weekdays from 9am to 5pm. Calls are directed to the International Canvas Support team outside of business hours. - Email:myunisupport@adelaide.edu.au
- In-Person:Drop-in centre atThe Cogon weekdays from 10am to 4pm (Level 7, Kenneth Wills building)