SCA How to Guide PDF

Communications & Arts
First Year Coordinator
Dr Hanadi Haddad
Orientation:
Induction
ML Room 3.269
Ph: 9370-6521
email: h.haddad@ecu.edu.au
Semester 1 | 2015
Find these useful slides by searching ECU
site: Orientation SCA How To Guide.
HoS & Program Directors
Student Central
Head of School
Professor Clive Barstow
Associate Head of
School: Bachelor of
Communications
Associate Professor Trevor
Cullen
Associate Head of
School: Bachelor of
Creative Industries
Dr Stuart Medley
Associate Head of School:
Bachelor of Arts and
Arts Double Degrees
The Student Central office on each campus is the first point of reference for all
student enquiries, including:
•  Academic Information
•  Access Cards
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Enrolments
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Student Support Services; and
• 
Lodgement of Forms
Campus
Location
Contacts
Joondalup
Building 18
enquries@ecu.edu.au
Mt Lawley
Building 3
(08) 6304 2000
South West
Building 1
Professor Quentin
Beresford
The offices are open from 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Thursday and 8:30am - 3:00pm
on Friday.
Faculty of Education and Arts (FEA)
Student Information Office
Student Information Office
Bachelor of Communications
Bachelor of Creative Industries
Bachelor of Arts
BA Double Degrees
Diploma of Language Studies
Faculty of Education and Arts
Student Information Office
JO Building 8A Rm 8A.204
ML Building 13 Rm 3.148
Ph:134328
The Faculty of Education and Arts Student Information Office provides:
•  Course and unit information and advice
•  Guidance if you require access to academic support
•  Assistance with advanced standing - exemptions and recognition of
prior learning
•  Assessment of potential graduates
•  Resolution of complex course related queries
Mount Lawley Campus:
Building 13, Room 13.148
Telephone: 134 ECU (134 328)
Office hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm
Email:
educationandarts@ecu.edu.au
Joondalup Campus:
Building 8A, Room 8A.204
Telephone: 134 ECU (134 328)
Office hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm
Email:
educationandarts@ecu.edu.au
Web: https://www.ecu.edu.au/faculties/education-and-arts/about/student-information-office
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What help, where?
Your Learning Advisers Head of School Program Director Course/Major Coordinator •  Course/major related issues •  Academic •  Approvals •  Advice on careers and further study Unit Coordinator •  Unit related issues •  Academic •  Unit related approvals •  Advice on careers and further study Lecturers/Tutors Student Informa;on Office •  Unit content •  Course/major administraAon •  For concerns about •  Assist with unit choice Assignments, Extensions, to meet course/unit set You
Exams, Assessments requirements Learning Advisors •  Guide students on advanced •  For workshops and standing requirements and policies reading groups •  Other course-­‐related enquiries
•  For one/one advice on Peer Mentors assessments tasks, referencing, •  Assistance and support wriAng •  Meet other new students, build networks, social events •  Bethany Andersson b.andersson@ecu.edu.au •  Ann Beveridge a.beveridge@ecu.edu.au •  Michael Stein m.stein@ecu.edu.au To find out more informaAon about us and what we offer, follow the links through Blackboard to the FEA Academic Skills Centre Academic Skills Workshops Helpful Aps and guides running throughout the semester, covering: •  Reading & tutorials Aps •  Referencing •  Making notes •  ConducAng research •  EdiAng •  Planning & draTing assessments •  Exam preparaAon *Details on FEA Academic Skills Centre site* Grammar workshops
Embarrassed by:
•  Run-on sentences
•  Split infinitives
•  Sentence fragments
•  Comma splices
•  Dangling modifiers &
•  Phrasal verbs?
Unit-­‐specific reading groups •  CCA1102 (ML) •  HMN1101 (ML) •  POL1104(ML) Writing skills and grammar workshops
help you:
•  Recognise parts of speech
•  Construct good sentences
•  Punctuate correctly
•  Extend and refine your academic
vocabulary
Run throughout semester : see details on
flyer or FEA Academic Skills Centre site
*Details on FEA Academic Skills Centre site* 2
English Language proficiency units ELP1001 Wri;ng for Professionals •  For naAve speakers of English •  Teaches form and funcAon of English parts of speech (nouns, verbs, preposiAons) •  Teaches formal elements of sentences, paragraphs and texts •  Examines genre and register of academic texts •  Provides the knowledge/skills needed to produce and edit grammaAcally correct documents •  Starts week 3 ELP1002 University English (JO) •  For speakers of English as another language •  Builds on grammar skills with focus on arAcles, preposiAons, verb tense •  Develops students’ producAve and recepAve skills •  Examines genre, register and structure of academic and professional texts, both oral and wriaen •  Starts week 3 • 
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Drop-­‐in sessions turn up when you can bring a current assessment task (if possible) sign in and start work at a terminal At least two of us will be in the room to answer quesAons, show you how to find good resources, how to improve your wriAng, how to reference, and to give other academic-­‐related advice. Assignment drop-­‐in sessions (all FEA students) Every Mon (3 March unAl 9 June) ML Library 8.319 2 – 4pm Every Tues (4 March unAl 10 June) ML Library 8.319 10 – 12 midday Every Wed (5 March unAl 11 June) ML Library 8.319 2 – 4pm Every Fri (7 March unAl 13 June) ML Library 8.319 10 – 12 midday 5.30 – 6.30 pm Study Skills
CMM1105 Study skills:
•  Research and analyse information
•  Plan and structure assignments
•  Write better essays
•  Oral presentations
•  Starts week 3 Important Things to Remember
•  ECU Student Email -­‐ remember to check your email regularly (daily) and use it for all ECU correspondence (include full name, student number, unit name/number you are referring to) •  Academic and Financial Deadlines—remember to withdraw from your units before these dates to avoid academic and/or financial penalAes •  Major(s) and/or Minor(s)—remember to register your major(s) and/or minor(s) through SIO. (Also see SIO if you wish to change them). •  Advanced Standing—apply for any advanced standing as soon as possible with SIO as this may affect your course progression. •  Check your enrolments online and make sure the correct units are showing . If you are not enrolled or not enrolled in the correct units you need to see a Student InformaAon Officer today. What, where?
My studies > Withdrawal dates
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/my-studies/withdrawal-dates
Dates and Events
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/dates-and-events/home
23th February 2015
Semester 2 Lectures Commence
31st March 2015
Semester 1 Census Date
(Last day to withdraw from units without financial penalty for the standard semester)
•  Unit codes — the front number corresponds to the year code e.g. DES3208 is a third year level coded unit. •  Room numbers— e.g., Rm 3.201 3 (building number) 2 (level) 01 (room number) 3
ECU Student Guide
Security on Campus
ECU provides all new students
with a Student Guide USB containing
useful information.
Available on O'Day or at
Student Central from
February 20.
http://www.ecu.edu.au/new-students/
additional-information/student-guide
Security Officers operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Campus security services
include patrols of buildings and grounds, escorts for staff and students, first aid,
emergency response, alarms, conflict situations…
•  Student access cards and access card problems
•  Reporting an incident
•  Personal safety tips
•  Lost and found
•  Contact details (emergency and general enquiries)
Web: ecu.edu.au/about-ecu/security-on-campus
Web: ecu.edu.au/centres/facilities-and-services/our-services/security-on-campus/overview
For personal safety assistance, emergencies, incidents or building access,
contact Campus Security on:
Phone: (61 8) 6304 3333, (3333 when dialling from an internal phone)
Email: securityoperations@ecu.edu.au
Emergency (Fire, Police, Ambulance)
Phone: 000
SCA Library Team
Police communications
Phone: 131 444
What the Library offers
Lutie Sheridan
lutie.sheridan@ecu.edu.au
Amanda Myers
a.myers@ecu.edu.au
General Library Enquiries
library@ecu.edu.au
•  The Library collection includes over 600,000 print volumes
and access to over 30,000 electronic journal titles.
•  The Library subscribes to more than 200 subscription
databases.
•  The Library provides access to thousands of eBooks.
•  The Library also has an extensive collection of feature films
and non-feature films on DVD.
•  One of the most important things the library offers is
LIBRARIANS. Lutie and Amanda.
•  If you can gather 5 or more students that want the library to
hold a session on any library related subject contact the
FEA Library team and we will organise the session for you.
Information Services & How-to Guides
The Library provides a range of services and how-to guides
to assist with researching your assignment topics.
•  Access the library subject guides website to find
information sources specific to your area of study, how to
access online resources, referencing advice and library
services.
Web: http://ecu.au.libguides.com
•  The Library Learning Community Blackboard site has
self-paced online tutorials on information searching,
referencing and end note.
STUDY OVERSEAS
STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Study one or two semesters at an overseas
partner institution; units get credited toward ECU
degree
SHORT PROGRAMS
Spend 3-4 weeks on a short-term program
overseas
STUDY TOURS
Travel as a group with other ECU students and
an ECU lecturer; receive credit for 1 unit
*Funding may be available for study
overseas
Phone: 134 ECU (134 328)
Email: enquiries@ecu.edu.au
Web: http://www.ecu.edu.au/international/study-overseas
•  If you can gather 5 or more students that want the library to
hold a session on any library related subject contact the FEA
Library team and we will organise the session for you.
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Health
Provide you with psychosocial and physical health support, so that you may achieve
an optimal academic performance in the shortest possible time.
•  GP consultations;
•  sports medicine;
•  diving and pre-employment medicals;
•  vaccinations and immunisations;
•  contraception advice and pregnancy testing;
•  blood tests;
•  nursing; and
•  physiotherapy and massage
Counselling
The ECU Counselling Service provides a free, confidential service to all
current ECU students to address any personal issues that impact on your
studies.
•  Balancing study, life and work;
•  Managing your time effectively;
•  Cultural adjustment and living away from home;
•  Anxiety and depression;
•  Difficulty studying, worrying about achievement, doing presentations
and exams; and/or
•  Problems in relationships with family, friends and partners
Contact
Phone: Joondalup 6304 5618, Rm 6.230
Mt Lawley 9370 6814, Rm 8.109
Web: www.ecu.edu.au/students/student-health
Contact
Web: www.ecu.edu.au/counselling
Phone: 9370 6706
Equity, Diversity and Disability Service
Equity, Diversity and Disability Service
Are your studies or exams affected by:
•  A learning disability or ADHD?
•  A sensory impairment, e.g. vision, hearing?
•  Restricted mobility or chronic pain?
•  A mental health condition?
•  Ongoing or temporary health issues?
•  Side effects of prescription medication?
•  Caring for a family member with a disability/ health condition?
•  Cultural or religious practices?
Appropriate assistance may include:
•  alternative examination conditions
•  resource information and advice
•  liaising with academic staff
•  library services
•  access to some aids, software and equipment
•  interpreting services
•  note-taking and transcription services
•  guidance for students with regards to note-takers' roles and responsibilities
Student Connect
Student Connect Officers assist in the development and delivery of successful
transition and orientation programs for all ECU students as well as offer
ongoing coordinated support to any student who may desire it.
This involves assisting students negotiate university life and offering one-onone appointments for the development of action plans designed to assist
students achieve success in their studies at ECU.
Also able to provide general visa advice to international students.
If you would like further information or would like to make an
appointment for a confidential discussion about your needs or
concerns:
Phone: 9370 6960
Email: studentequity@ecu.edu.au
Web: intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/home
Mt Lawley, Building 3, Rm 3.128
Joondalup, Building 18, Rm 18.421
Bunbury, Building 1, Rm 1.121
Student Guild
The Student Guild represents students on a range of academic and legal
issues. The Guild ensures that the University is aware of student concerns
and issues, such as protecting student rights, offering assistance and
support to students throughout their University life:
•  second hand book service;
•  social and cultural activities
•  clubs and associations
•  sporting, cultural, intellectual, artistic and social groups.
Appointments are available between 9:00am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday at:
Mount Lawley Campus, Building 3, or Joondalup Campus, Building 18.
Contact
Phone: 134 328 ask for a Student Connect Officer
Email: enquiries@ecu.edu.au; or in person by visiting Student Central;
Web: http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-connect
Visit the web for contact details
Web: intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/campus-life/student-guild
Web: ecuguild.org.au/
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Careers and Leadership Services
Our role is to support ECU students and graduates in
commencing and furthering their career journey
through:
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Career advice;
Volunteering;
Mentoring; and
Leadership programs.
Careers and Leadership Services
What you need to do today:
1. REGISTER ONLINE on CareerHub and
VolunteerHub
2. REGISTER for the Peer Mentoring Program
How to contact us:
Email: careers@ecu.edu.au
Phone: (08) 6304 5899
Website: ecu.edu.au/careers
What, where?
ECU Home Page
http://www.ecu.edu.au
–  ECU News
–  Ask Us
–  Student Handbook
–  VIP
–  Student portal
–  Campus Maps
–  Student portal
•  Blackboard > Unit portal
•  Simo
•  Access to email
•  Lots of student info…
What, where?
Unit Timetable
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/
my-studies/re-enrol/unit-timetable
Look up the day and time units are
available using the unit name or
unit code.
Handbook
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/
my-studies/re-enrol/handbook
Details of course structures, majors,
minors and units
SCA Home Page
http://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/
communications-and-arts/overview
-  SCA News
-  Course Information
–  School Staff
ECU Student Intranet
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/
student/news/overview
My Studies Page
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/
my-studies/home
–  Study Advice
–  Academic Calendars
–  Financial and Academic
Deadlines (withdrawals)
–  Announcements
–  Links to:
•  SIMO
•  Semester Timetable
•  Student Email
•  Important Forms
•  Student Support Services
What, where?
ECU Campus Life
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/campus-life/home
Campus Facilities
Accommodation
Bookshop
Childcare
Comp. labs and wireless internet
Food, cafés and taverns
Hairdresser
ECU Support
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/
student/support/home
IT Support >
Borrowing Equipment
Student ID and Access cards
Student Printing
Access to Networks
Health and counselling
Library
Multifaith office
Optometrist
ECU Sport & Fitness ECU Student Guild IT Support Counter
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/
student/support/it-services
Are there any questions before you go on
tour with your Mentors ?
http://www.sca.ecu.edu.au/
http://scaface.ecu.edu.au
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ3-GdRZLQQ&feature=youtu.be
(Student Services at ECU Video)
Telephone: (61 8) 6304 6000
Email: itservicedesk@ecu.edu.au
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