Part of Space Creation & Admin Category
A Space is an online area in VU Collaborate that can be used for teaching and learning activities with students, for collaboration with staff, and for personal use.
There are five main types of spaces, outlined below.
Unit Master Spaces are the primary templates for every delivery space. Students are not enrolled in these spaces. This is where your content is prepared, which is then automatically copied to a Unit Delivery Space two weeks before the semester or block begins.
Read more: Delivery Space Creation (Higher Education).
Example: RBF2620 AUSTRALIAN PLANTS (1) (4Week Block)
Unit Delivery Spaces are for teaching purposes, where students are enrolled. A new space is created for every running unit two weeks before the semester or block begins, pre-populated with a copy of the content from its Unit Master Space.
Note for TAFE staff: your space will be set for you via a differnet process.
Example: (RBF2620) Australian Plants - F
Sandpit Spaces are personal online spaces where you can learn about and experiment with VU Collaborate. They are not used for teaching, so students are not enrolled in these spaces.
By default, you are given one Sandpit, and you can create additional ones (up to five), see Creating New Sandpits, to learn how.
Example: e1234567 SANDPIT 1
Course Communication Spaces can be created to communicate with and support all students in the same course (across all years), or all students across several related courses (e.g. all nursing courses).
To request a new space, submit a 'Course Communication Space Request' form via the VU Support Hub (external link).
Example: COMM- Bachelor of Chiropractic Science (HBCS)
Support and Collaboration Spaces are not for teaching and assessment purposes and are not associated with award units. Rather, these spaces are online areas where staff can collaborate with each other or support and interact with students.
To request a new space, submit a 'Collaboration Space Request' form via the VU Support Hub (external link).
Example: VU Collaborate Essentials