Accessing and Editing Unit Guides

The Unit Guide Generator creates a Unit Guide using information from the CAMS (Course Administration Management System). These guides can be edited to add staff teaching details, unit feedback, and other minor changes. One week before classes begin, editing is closed, and the guides are published. The published guides can then be accessed via a link from the VU Collaborate unit home page.
 

To access and edit a Unit Guide, follow these instructions:

• Log in
• Search by unit code
• Edit a unit guide
• View a unit guide
• Publish a unit guide

Watch how to Edit Unit Guides, or view the guide in Full View.

 

Step One: Log in

1. Log in to the Staff Portal, with your staff ID and password.

2. Select Access to Apps Dashboard.

3. Under Learning & Teaching, select VU Unit Guide Generator, and if prompted, log in with your staff id and password.

  

Step Two: Search by unit code

1. Enter a Unit Code and, if desired, select additional filters such as Year, Semester and Status.

2. Select Filter to view a list of unit guides. To clear your search, select Reset.

Step Three: Edit a unit guide

3.1 Enter edit mode

Option 1

1. Click on Edit in the row corresponding to the guide you wish to edit.

Option 2

2. Or, click on the unit guide title to enter view mode, then click on the Edit tab to enter edit mode. 

3.2 Import information from a previous unit guide (optional)

If required, you can import updates from a previous semester.

1. In Copy from previous teaching period, enter details in the format: <Year> Semester <Teaching Period>, e.g., 2024 Semester H2B1.
2. Then select Import.

3.3 Enter updates

1. If a text field is grey (e.g., Description), it is not editable.
2. If a text field is white (e.g., the Assessment criteria), you can click to enter and add information.

3.4 Save changes

1. When complete, scroll to the bottom of the page and select Save.

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View a unit guide

View mode lets you to preview the guide and provides options to print or save it as a PDF.

1. Scroll to the bottom of the page.

2. Select Save, then View to enter view mode.

Publish a unit guide (optional)

Guides will be published one week before class begins. However, if required, you may publish the unit guide early.

1. From the top navigation bar, select Unit Guides to return to the Unit Guide homepage.

2. Enter the unit code and additional filters to refine your search, then select Filter.

3. A list of unit guides will appear. Simply tick the box of the appropriate unit guide and select Publish.