Navigating Around VU Collaborate Home

VU Collaborate Home is your starting point when you log in. It is where you can access your Spaces, organisation-level content, and other available resources.

 

VU Collaborate Home

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The Minibar and Announcements

The minibar at the top of the screen is always available to you, announcements only appear when an announcment is made.

1.  VU Collaborate Home – Clicking here will bring you back to the VU Collaborate homepage.
2. The Waffle - Your spaces are listed when you click here.
3. Message Alerts – Email, instant messages, My ePortfolio invitations.
4. Subscription Alerts – New discussion posts and My ePortfolio subscription notifications.
5. Updates – New and updated news posts, due dates, grades, and My ePortfolio item. 
   An orange circle appears on the appropriate alert icon if you have unread alerts. The notifications from the Messages, Subscriptions and Updates icons in the minibar contain alerts from the last 90 days. However, only the five most recent alerts will appear. To expand the list, click Load More.
6. Personal Menu – Click here to adjust your notification settings and log out.
7. Help Information – Contains Help resources, links to ITS service desk, Library and other resources.
8. Announcements Widget - Only appears when an announcement is to be made like a VU Collaborate issue or block updates.

VU Collaborate access delivery and master spaces

On the VU Collaborate homepage, you will see:

1. My Delivery Spaces Widget – Links to all your delivery and sandpit spaces. Delivery Spaces are separated by teaching periods; click the appropriate tab to search units by teaching period.
2. Calendar Widget - Shows upcoming events like online classroom and assignment due dates or quizzes.
3. Staff Support - Chat Widget - If you have any questions related to VU Collaborate, use this widget to chat instantly with VU Collaborate Help Team or leave them a message.
4. My Master Spaces Widget - Links to all your master spaces.
5. News Widget – Displays news from all your spaces plus organisational news.

 

Space Home

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Overview:

The navbar provides access to:

• Learning Space (or Content) - access your learning activites and resources 
• Communication - Discussions, email, news and Zoom classrooms
• Assessments - Dropboxes, Grades, Quizzes and Rubrics
• Tools - range of learning tools including attendance, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Video - Panopto Video 
• Help - guides and support services
• Space Admin

Space Homepage Widgets:

• Unit Guide Widget – displays assessments and provides a link to the full guide.
• Analytics - view how many people have accessed the space in the past week
• Staff Support Widget - Chat support and help guides from the VU Collaborate Help Team.
• Studiosity - feedback on written accessments
• News Widget - News items that you have posted within this particular Space.
• Updates Widget – Provides updates of new discussion posts, assessments submissions and more.
• Calendar Widget - Send your students reminders.