10 Important Updates from Learning Services (Jan 2018) Table of Contents

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1 Table of Contents 1. Update of Website Address (change from UniSIM -> SUSS) About Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) How to access Canvas? How to use Canvas? How to attend Canvas workshops? Where to get Help? Where to locate Important Information posted about Canvas? Where to access my Courses in Canvas? About ibookstore (Study Guide & etextbook) Important note about etextbook SUSS BackPack Learning Services Support Portal Microsoft Imagine Academic Integrity Note & Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) Update to Marked Assignments (replaced with SUSS Gradebook) Enable Flash Classroom Recording Special Note to Re-sit Students... 17

2 1. Change of Website Address (change from UniSIM -> SUSS) Our websites addresses have been updated from UniSIM to SUSS. If you have bookmarked our websites in your browser, please update the URLs. Here is the list of frequently used websites for students: SUSS website (Access to Student Portal, SUSS ) Canvas (Learning Management System) Canvas.suss.edu.sg ibookstore (Retrieval of Study Guide & etextbook*) ibookstore.suss.edu.sg Microsoft Imagine (Download of Microsoft software except for Microsoft Office) msimagine.suss.edu.sg *Please take note that only selected courses are using etextbook. 2. About Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) SUSS adopted the use of Canvas as our Learning Management System in Jan It is an online platform whereby students retrieve learning content, collaborate with classmates and instructors, submit assignments and perform quizzes, retrieve marked assignments as well as grades. 2.1 How to access Canvas? Please login to using your SUSS username and password.

3 2.2 How to use Canvas? Canvas resources such as user guide, videos and answers to frequently asked questions are located at How to sign up for Canvas workshops? Canvas hands-on workshops are also available to help you get familiarised with retrieving your course materials, attempting quizzes as well as submission of assignments. If you have not signed up for any of our workshops, please proceed to do so using this link: Where to get Help? If you need technical assistance with the use of Canvas, please contact our Learning Services Support helpdesk: Operating Hours: Mon Fri, 8.30am to 7.30pm, Sat 9.00am 1.00pm Online: via (Recommended!)

4 Phone: (Option 1 followed by Option 2) 2.5 Where to locate Important Information posted about Canvas? We have enhanced the login page of Canvas to provide timely information about maintenance and course accessibility. In addition, you will be able to locate the Learning Services Support contact details as well as Canvas resources in a single location.

5 2.6 Where to access my Courses in Canvas? Upon successful login to Canvas, you will see your courses appearing on the Dashboard. Please note that NOT all your courses will appear in the Dashboard. To access all your courses, please click on Courses just below Dashboard.

6 A list of courses will appear. Scroll down the list till you see ALL Courses Click on it and you will see all your courses appearing. For information on when your previous and new semester courses will be removed or added, please navigate to click on Important Dates -

7 3. About ibookstore (Study Guide & etextbook) ibookstore contains interactive study guides of SUSS courses. The Interactive Study Guide (istudyguide) provides students with a convenient single point-of-access to all critical learning resources. These learning activities and references are sequenced according to the course structure. As a downloadable resource, it enables students to learn anytime, anywhere even when there is no network connectivity. The istudyguide is accessible across multiple devices (i.e. desktop, laptop, tablet and smartphone) running different operating systems (i.e. ios, Android, Windows & Mac). To find out about how to install and launch the istudyguide, click on What s this? besides the download icon.

8 ibookstore is accessible at or in your Canvas courses, on the left menu - ibookstore. In addition to the Study Guides, non-related course materials such as Additional Readings are available within ibookstore. Additional Readings contains a wide collection of reference books, ranging from management skills to counselling and even media related topics. Students may loan out these complimentary online resources for a period of 14 days. Only up to 10 copies per book can be loaned out at one time.

9 In addition to Addition Reading, selected courses would have their etextbooks made available in Canvas. etextbooks are the electronic versions of the textbooks for students and instructors. For these selected courses, students enrolled to the course will be able to launch their etextbook online by going into their Canvas course and clicking on Modules located at the left menu. Thereafter, clicking on VitalSoure etextbook will bring you to the online textbook. For a detailed user guide, please refer to 1.amazonaws.com/unisim.elearning.documents.prod/LSA101/others/LSA101_Canvas_Part- Time_Student_Guide.pdf 3.1 Important note about etextbook With the change of University name from UniSIM to SUSS, your address domain will also be updated to reflect the domain. If you have redeemed etextbook (VitalSource) for your courses previously, your account might be reflected as username@unisim.edu.sg. To access these etextbooks on your SUSS account, you would need to contact VitalSource support via Details to provide: 1. UniSIM (which acts as the username) 2. SUSS 3. Transfer the etextbooks from UniSIM account to SUSS account 4. Delete the UniSIM account

10 4. SUSS BackPack SUSS Backpack is the mobile application launched for our students to access their learning materials (interactive study guides, recorded lectures and past year exam papers), conveniently via their Android or ios mobile devices. The app also enables users to receive important notifications from the University instantaneously on their mobile devices and it comes installed with useful student resources (e.g. academic writing, essential skills etc) that help improve their learning experience in SUSS. SUSS Backpack is downloadable free of charge from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

11 Important Note - If you can t see the new courses you are enrolled to, please log out and log in again. 5. Learning Services Support Portal We have revamped our Learning Services Support Community to serve you better! The design has been simplified to emphasise on the support provided on the use of Canvas LMS. You will be able to 1. Find answers to frequently asked technical questions 2. Access Canvas resources such as user guides and videos for various products like Canvas LMS, Collaborate, Turnitin, istudyguide and etextbook 3. Submit a technical case online and track the status 4. Register for workshop to familiarise yourself with the use of Canvas for submission of assignments 5. View contact details and operating hours of Learning Services Support (Technical Heldpesk)

12 How to access Learning Services Support Portal? We have made it easy for you to access the portal. There are three access points that are available from 22 Jan onwards. 1st Access Point Please login to using your SUSS username and password. 2nd Access Point Look out for LS Support on the left menu after successful login to Canvas. 3rd Access Point Look out for Report a Problem on the left menu of your course site.

13 6. Microsoft Imagine Microsoft Imagine is an initiative of Microsoft to offer education institutions such as SUSS, free access to their software for learning, teaching and research purposes. Microsoft software found on this website can be used in your coursework and installed on up to two computers. Please look out for an account registration notification sent to your SUSS address by 22 Jan Please note that the will be triggered and it is NOT a spam . Thereafter, login to SUSS Microsoft Imagine portal ( and start searching for the Microsoft software titles that you need for your learning. 7. Academic Integrity Note & Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) As SUSS students, you must abide by, uphold and maintain absolute academic honesty and integrity in assignments and any required academic deliverables (collectively known as Academic Work ) during the course of your study at the University.

14 In addition, students are reminded NOT to include personal particulars such as NRIC, home address and mobile number in their assignment document in accordance to the personal data protection act. Every assignment submission page in Canvas is updated with the above important notes to remind you of your obligation in abiding to the academic integrity and the consequences for academic dishonesty as well as the need to comply with the personal data protection act. Example of an Assignment Submission Page Instructions (The links are confidential and will only be accessible in the actual assignment submission page) Important Information! Please ensure that you have read and understood the following on academic integrity, and are aware of the University s penalties for academic dishonesty under Section 5.2 of the following handbooks. 1. For Part-Time Students: Please click HERE to download (updated 13 Jul 2017). 2. For Full-Time Students: Please click HERE to download (updated 13 Jul 2017). 3. For Part-Time Graduate Programs Students: Please click HERE to download (updated 05 Sep 2017). 4. For School of LAW Students: Please click HERE to download (updated 05 Sep 2017)s Please read before submission. 1. In accordance to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), please DO NOT include personal particulars such as NRIC, home address and mobile number in your assignment document. 2. Compose your assignment using Microsoft Office Word, and save either as.doc or.docx (preferred). Submission via Canvas mobile app is not supported.

15 8. Update to Marked Assignments (replaced with SUSS Gradebook) In Canvas, students retrieved the marked assignments by their instructors via a menu called Marked Assignments. Starting from 22 Jan 2018, the Marked Assignments * menu will be replaced by SUSS Gradebook. OLD NEW *except for 12-months & above duration type of courses that are still running

16 9. Enable Flash Classroom Recording Selected courses would have their evening classes recorded. The recordings are accessible via Canvas. To playback the recordings successfully, Google Chrome browser is recommended, together with the enabling of Flash. The steps to enable Flash are available here.

17 10. Special Note to Re-sit Students For re-sit students, please note that you are not required to perform quizzes/assignments submissions (OCAS) in the courses.