Mrs Zuzeka Mkra

STUDENT RETENTION UNIT (SRU)

A FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE (FYE)

INITIATIVE

27 February 2019

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Welcome to SRU live broadcast

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STUDENT RETENTION UNIT

(SRU)

in collaboration with the

Library Client Services, Study

Material, Production and Delivery

(SMPD) and Registration As part

of the

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE (FYE)

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Providing extended support for students entering ODeL for the first

time for the duration of their first year at Unisa

Integrating the broad range of support services to ensure timely and relevant support

for students during their first year of study

Supporting collaboration efforts between Unisa departments

and directorates to ensure effective service delivery within the programme

We’d like to help you navigate your

new study environment…

andintegrate the broad range of support

services, to ensure you receive timely

and relevant support

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What are we currently doing ?

These emails have been designed

with the first-year student in

mind, aimed at providing

pertinent information at key

points through your student walk.

Please check your myLife email

accounts on a regular basis to

stay abreast of important

information

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Weekly emails

Live Broadcasts Schedule…

Lunch hour: 12h00-13h00

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Live Broadcast Topic Date

LB3 Preparing for Assignments & Student

Funding

06 March 2019

LB4 Exploring myUnisa and e-tutors 20 March 2019

LB5 Student Support (Assignments,

assessments, semester marks)

17 April 2019

LB6 Preparing for Examinations 24 April 2019

LB7 After Exam results: Planning for next

year

26 June 2019

My First Year 101

MOOC

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The FYE MOOC aims to assist first-time

entering students to successfully

transition into Unisa.

Unisa Readiness Tool

Preparation for ODeL

Digital Literacy for ODeL

Numeracy for ODeL

Career Management Skills

Using myUnisa

Library Orientation

Study Skills

Academic Literacy

Student Affairs Services for ODeL

ShadowMatch (Habits and Behaviours Assessment)

My First Year 101

How to access FYE MOOC?

mooc.unisa.ac.za

Create your own log in details: click the tab on the left: “New

Account”

Join your MOOC: First click on Membership

Click “Joinable sites”

Find the “My first year 101”

Complete the MOOC

Give us feedback by completing the student survey

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Welcome our guest

presenter

Mr Joe Sukazi

SMPD

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SMPD updates: 25.02.2019

SMPD

Mr J. Sukazi

27 February 2019

Picking snapshot

Domestic Performance

International Performance

THANK YOU

Welcome our guest

presenter

Mrs Lizelle Stemmet

Directorate Student

Admissions &

Registrations

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DSAR – Directorate Student

Admissions &

Registrations

Applications

Who must apply?

Any person who have never studied for a formal qualification at Unisa

before

Any person who intends to change to a different qualification than

what they were registered for before

How does one apply?

Application can only be done online at: www.unisa.ac.za

Make sure that you meet the admission requirements for the

qualification you intend to apply for.

When does one apply?

Application dates will be advertised on our web.

Documents required & to be uploaded

Copy of the identity document/passport

Matric certificate

Academic record & Certificate of conduct where applicable

Additional documents may be required, depending on the

qualification applied for

Application can only be processed once payment is received

Registration

You may register only once you have accepted your offer

Registration is done online or at a self-help facility at any one

of our regional centers

Registration for semester 1 opened in the first week of

January and closed on 25 January 2019

Registration for students who wrote exams during January

and February for year modules, closes on 8 March 2019

Registration for semester will take place from10 June until 12

July 2019

Preparing for examinations

You will be required to submit a number of

assignments throughout a semester to obtain

exam entry

You need to obtain sufficient credits to be

admitted to the exams

If you have any queries, please email us at:

Study-info@unisa.ac.za

Welcome our guest

presenter

Ms Mokgadi Senyolo

Library Client Services

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Introduction

Library Orientation is to provide you with

information on how to access the Library

services, electronic resources and collections of

the Unisa Libraries.

Unisa Libraries are found in all the regional

offices of Unisa. If the Regional Library of Unisa

does not have the book or any material that you

are asking for, the Librarian in the Region will

request the material or book from the main

library so that you can be assisted with your

request.

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Introduction cont…

The Library consists of 13 Branches across

the country including one in Ethiopia.

As a Registered Library User, you are expected to

carry your activated Library access card when

entering any Unisa Library.

As a Registered Student, you can access resources

from all the regional branches of the Unisa Library,

and also online and from our Mobile bus Libraries

available in Limpopo and Western Cape.

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Collections in the Library

Study collections

Open shelf or Research Reference

Journal collections

Audio-visual collections

Archives & Special collections (only @

Muckleneuk campus)

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Where to begin?

• Live demonstration on navigating through

library website from myUnisa

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Encore Quick & Easy Search Is an in-house federated search engine which enables

you to download your prescribed and recommended

books reading from the E-Reserves.

The Encore Duet enables the Unisa Library users

search across multiple databases via one search

interface. The databases searched by Encore Duet

include:

• the Library Catalogue, and

• a selection of the major subject databases to which

the Library subscribes.

Note that an Encore search will not encompass all the resources to which the

Library provides access.

Electronic Reserves

• E-Reserves are materials prescribed or

recommended for your course.

• E-reserves include journal articles, law cases

and chapters from books.

• You may use the course code or title to access

or download the required material, e.g.

PVL2602, IOP3703 or title, ‘Assessment in

organisations’

Note that: You need the Adobe Reader to view Recommended materials in PDF format!

Borrowing Materials

• Students registered for any undergraduate degree may

borrow books up to 8 items, and 4 audio-visual items at

a time for a period of 21 working days whereas the

postgraduate students may borrow up to 16 items for 42

working days.

• In the case of the music devices, the undergraduate

students may borrow up to 12 items and postgraduate

students music students up to 20 items. Only students

registered for short learning courses may borrow up to 4

items. Note that loan periods differ according to:

– the type of library material

– whether items were issued by post or being borrowed in person

Delivery of Books or Devices

Unisa Library uses three ways to deliver

your requested books or devices to you:

South African Post Office (you can track the

status of your parcel via myUnisa)

Any of the Unisa partner libraries; and

Courier to a preferred address (only available to

students with disabilities).

Renewals of Library materials

You can renew library material in the following ways:

• online via the Encore catalogue:

http://encore.unisa.ac.za/

• via your mobile device: http://m.oasis.unisa.ac.za

• via the Library app

• telephonically via +27 12 429 3313

• at your nearest branch libraryPlease note that renewals will not be granted if there is a hold on the item or if

there is an outstanding library fine.

Only two renewals are allowed. Items that cannot be renewed must be returned to

the library immediately.

Thank You

• Trainings are offered

in all the Unisa

Regional branches for

more information.

• Thank you for your

participation. We look

forward to be of

service to you.

• Remember: We are

here to help you.

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Do you require any information on the

mentioned

student support initiatives

(or any of the others available)?

Please send us an email on fye@unisa.ac.za

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