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UoW offers four different ways of administering yourself on the Internet during the course of your degree. Many people class all four as just SOLS (Student OnLine Services), however, this is not the case.
Note, on the website http://www.uow.edu.au/student at the top of the page, on the left hand column, everyone (including general public) have access to most of those pages. If you wish to check your timetable, and you're not yet enrolled (I think enrollment is next week, isn't it?) then you can use the above link, and choose Subject Timetables.
SOLS is one of the four. In fact, SOLS is the main administration centre for students. Students can enroll in their degree, and into subjects, and subject tutorials. They can withdraw from subjects, see their fee statement, fill out surveys for statistical information, view their personal timetable (in a really bad format), change their HECS-HELP preference, and apply for special considerations.
Whenever the university sends important messages to students, they send it through a system known as SOLSMail. When a student logs into SOLS and has SOLSMail, they cannot progress into the menu until they have read and acknowledged that they have read whatever the sender has deemed important.
You must ensure nobody knows your password, since they can log into SOLS and withdraw you from all your subjects, or change your HECS-HELP preference. They wouldn't be very nice, would it?
SOLS is accessible at https://www.uow.edu.au/student (note the s in https can be omitted, but then it's not secure).
The next most important web-service the university provides is sometimes known as Mirapoint or Webmail. The unversity provides every student with an email address in the form of <username>@uow.edu.au and when a SOLS mail is sent to you, you will receive an email instructing you to go to SOLS. The university policy is that every student must check their Webmail at least once a week. If you're doing a degree where you don't need your webmail (anyone doing an ECTE degree or a SITACS degree need their webmail, other degrees might as well), you can change a setting in the setup to forward your UoW addressed mail to another email address (your primary one).
Also note, lecturers and staff get a lot of spam. Therefore when you send email to lecturers, tutors or other staff, you should send using your UoW Webmail. Also, if you wish to get in contact with other institutions, they're far less likely to regard email from UoW as spam, then they are, say hotmail or gmail.
Webmail can be accessed at https://mirapoint.uow.edu.au (again the s in https is for secure) or at https://www.uow.edu.au/student (use the drop down box and select Webmail).
WebCT or Learning Online (LOL) is optional for each subject. WebCT provides not only communication between lecturers and students, but in some cases a way to submit assignments (using the drop box), a way to be assessed, formally or informally (through quizzes), and some lecturers deposit lecture notes online for students to download and read. WebCT also provides forums as a means of communication between the students. I can assure you, sometimes these are interesting to read. The existance of WebCT, mind you, is completely up to the subject coordinator. Some subjects have WebCT, others don't. If you are enrolled in subjects that have WebCT then you should use it. However, as advice, if you need to ask the lecturer something, email him/her. Don't wait for a reply on WebCT. Post their reply on WebCT if the query is common among a few students.
Some lecturers decide that WebCT sucks and creates a website of their own for the subject. It's completely up the the lecturer.
WebCT can be found in SOLS ( https://www.uow.edu.au/student ) as one of the menu options inside your SOLS panel, or http://lol.uow.edu.au for the unsecure login page.
The final online study service is one that the Library. You'll learn to use this service mainly because you have to complete ILIP100 before April. ILIP100 is a small online quiz that all students are required to do to understand how the library works. If you fail, you can do it again... and again.
The library offers its indexing service online (so you can see if a book is in before you travel to uni), and also allow students to access e-journals. There are also some e-readings that the library offers. In order to use the e-journals or e-readings, you must log into the library service. There's an login screen if you try to access something only library members or students can access.
The library website is at http://www-library.uow.edu.au and if you want to access e-readings for your subject, if there's a link in WebCT for them, it's easier to do that.
Or in the catalogue, put the subject code.
Note, on the website http://www.uow.edu.au/student at the top of the page, on the left hand column, everyone (including general public) have access to most of those pages. If you wish to check your timetable, and you're not yet enrolled (I think enrollment is next week, isn't it?) then you can use the above link, and choose Subject Timetables.
SOLS is one of the four. In fact, SOLS is the main administration centre for students. Students can enroll in their degree, and into subjects, and subject tutorials. They can withdraw from subjects, see their fee statement, fill out surveys for statistical information, view their personal timetable (in a really bad format), change their HECS-HELP preference, and apply for special considerations.
Whenever the university sends important messages to students, they send it through a system known as SOLSMail. When a student logs into SOLS and has SOLSMail, they cannot progress into the menu until they have read and acknowledged that they have read whatever the sender has deemed important.
You must ensure nobody knows your password, since they can log into SOLS and withdraw you from all your subjects, or change your HECS-HELP preference. They wouldn't be very nice, would it?
SOLS is accessible at https://www.uow.edu.au/student (note the s in https can be omitted, but then it's not secure).
The next most important web-service the university provides is sometimes known as Mirapoint or Webmail. The unversity provides every student with an email address in the form of <username>@uow.edu.au and when a SOLS mail is sent to you, you will receive an email instructing you to go to SOLS. The university policy is that every student must check their Webmail at least once a week. If you're doing a degree where you don't need your webmail (anyone doing an ECTE degree or a SITACS degree need their webmail, other degrees might as well), you can change a setting in the setup to forward your UoW addressed mail to another email address (your primary one).
Also note, lecturers and staff get a lot of spam. Therefore when you send email to lecturers, tutors or other staff, you should send using your UoW Webmail. Also, if you wish to get in contact with other institutions, they're far less likely to regard email from UoW as spam, then they are, say hotmail or gmail.
Webmail can be accessed at https://mirapoint.uow.edu.au (again the s in https is for secure) or at https://www.uow.edu.au/student (use the drop down box and select Webmail).
WebCT or Learning Online (LOL) is optional for each subject. WebCT provides not only communication between lecturers and students, but in some cases a way to submit assignments (using the drop box), a way to be assessed, formally or informally (through quizzes), and some lecturers deposit lecture notes online for students to download and read. WebCT also provides forums as a means of communication between the students. I can assure you, sometimes these are interesting to read. The existance of WebCT, mind you, is completely up to the subject coordinator. Some subjects have WebCT, others don't. If you are enrolled in subjects that have WebCT then you should use it. However, as advice, if you need to ask the lecturer something, email him/her. Don't wait for a reply on WebCT. Post their reply on WebCT if the query is common among a few students.
Some lecturers decide that WebCT sucks and creates a website of their own for the subject. It's completely up the the lecturer.
WebCT can be found in SOLS ( https://www.uow.edu.au/student ) as one of the menu options inside your SOLS panel, or http://lol.uow.edu.au for the unsecure login page.
The final online study service is one that the Library. You'll learn to use this service mainly because you have to complete ILIP100 before April. ILIP100 is a small online quiz that all students are required to do to understand how the library works. If you fail, you can do it again... and again.
The library offers its indexing service online (so you can see if a book is in before you travel to uni), and also allow students to access e-journals. There are also some e-readings that the library offers. In order to use the e-journals or e-readings, you must log into the library service. There's an login screen if you try to access something only library members or students can access.
The library website is at http://www-library.uow.edu.au and if you want to access e-readings for your subject, if there's a link in WebCT for them, it's easier to do that.
Or in the catalogue, put the subject code.