Student Guide 2012

Higher Education Student Guide 2012

Enrolment procedure and unit availability

Once you have accepted your offer from SATAC you are now ready to enrol for 2012.
Charles Darwin University (CDU) encourages students to enrol online. It is an easy process and gives you an instant confirmation of your enrolment.

Find out more about the online enrolment procedure

Check your course study plan

Before enrolling, please check your course study plan. This will help guide you with unit selection. Your study plan can be found at www.cdu.edu.au/courses and enter your course code or course title. If you wish to defer your course, visit deferment information

Common units

Common units
All students starting an undergraduate course are required to complete two common units in their first year of study.
These units provide you with the opportunity to:

Develop contextual and cultural knowledge to apply to your course of study and your proposed profession. Issues relevant to the social, cultural and physical environment of the Northern Territory are examined
Develop practical skills required for university study and assume responsibility for your learning, both within the university and beyond
Develop graduate skills including: social responsibility, communication, critical thinking and flexibility

Units can be selected from the following:

The core unit dealing with Culture
CUC107 - Cultural Intelligence and Capability

And either one of the following Academic Communication Units:

CUC100 - Academic Literacies
(Humanities/Social Sciences students)
or
CUC106 - Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology
(Technology/Science/IT students)

For further information about common units, visit learnline.cdu.edu.au/commonunits

Unit availability

Not all units are available in all teaching periods. When you are choosing units, it is necessary to check that the units you wish to take are available in the teaching period in which you wish to study them. For example, some units may be available in Semester 1 but not available in Semester 2.
The availability listing of units will determine how the university offers each unit. Go to the listing and then enter your unit code or a keyword in the search box. The listing will show teaching periods (eg Semester 1), mode (eg internal or external) and learning method (eg OL - supplementary material will be provided on-line through Learnline or PB – print-based).

Timetables

Unit timetables are available at W: www.cdu.edu.au/timetables. Click the “Understanding the Timetable” link for a guide on how to retrieve Unit/Course timetables.

If you have any problems or queries regarding the timetable, use the email link facility which will send your communication directly to the Timetabling team. Please note that the published timetable will be subject to changes, although the university will attempt to keep these to a minimum. Changes will be updated automatically to the web and it is your responsibility to check this information periodically. If you do not have access to the web, please contact the Information Centre on T: 1800 061 963.

External units

Units of study for which the student is enrolled involve special arrangements whereby lesson materials, assignments, etc. are delivered to the student, and any associated attendance at the institution is of an incidental, irregular, special or voluntary nature. Attendance on campus is not required. Depending on the unit, students will either be sent written material, and /or be given access to an online learning management system (Learnline).

All Higher Education units offered by the university are categorised as OLR, OL, or PB. Some external units are delivered online 100 per cent of the time and have no print based materials. These units are marked as Online Reliant (OLR). Whilst other units are offered partially online and may have some print-based materials. These are marked as Online (OL).

OLR	Online Reliant	Units identified as only OLR are 100 per cent online. Students require internet access to successfully complete this unit.
OL	Online	Units identified as only OL are partly delivered online and students will require internet to access this material
PB	Print Based	Units identified as only PB are print based. Students will be sent print based, or other learning materials e.g. CDs, via Australia Post to the address CDU has recorded.

To find out how a specific unit will be delivered go to W: www.cdu.edu.au/units then enter your unit code or a keyword in the search box.

All Learnline units are made available on the first day of semester. If a unit shows both OLR and PB, the student should access Learnline on the first day of semester to start studies. Print-based materials are supplementary, and students should not wait to begin their Learnline activities until the print-based materials arrive by post.

Students enrolling in external units must submit their enrolment by the dates advised to ensure a timely dispatch of study materials. Students who are enrolled in external units and who have not received study materials by the end of the ﬁrst week of semester should contact Materials Dispatch on T: 8946 6483 without delay.

For queries regarding the following areas:

study materials dispatch
receipt and dispatch of hard copy assignments
Open Universities Australia students
external/off-campus examinations

Visit learnline.cdu.edu.au/support/index.html or email ess@cdu.edu.au.
T: (08) 8946 6483
F: in Australia: (08) 8946 6549
F: from overseas: +61 8 8946 6549

Learnline

CDU's Online learning environment is known as Learnline and includes the Learning Management System Blackboard, WIMBA Classroom and Wimba Voice tools, CDU's web and media streaming servers.
Online learning is an important part of many units of study at CDU. While each unit is different, where Learnline is used you will be able to do one or more of the following:

View and download content, including unit outlines
Interact with your lecturer and fellow students via a range of communication tools
Undertake assessments and upload assignments
Track your progress and grades
Join live classrooms with Wimba collaboration tools
Listen to lecture podcasts

Text books are often required for units provided through Learnline, visit the bookshop.

For help using Learnline, T: 1800 55 9347 (24 hour/7 days a week service) or E: learnlinesupport@cdu.edu.au or visit the Online Student Support Centre from the ‘For Students’ tab located at W: online.cdu.edu.au.