Course Coordinators

Getting Started

When first appointed as Course Coordinator you should:

  • discuss the course and its relationship to other courses within the
    program with the Program Director
  • obtain a copy of the course statement and previous course outline
  • check that the correct Course Coordinator name and course offerings
    are recorded in Medici

Key Contacts:

  • Program Director
  • General Manager
  • Academic Unit Medici contact

Further Information:

Who should I get to know?

Relationships should be established with:

  • Program Director and Year Coordinator (if applicable)
  • Members of the teaching team
  • Academic Unit administrative staff
  • Academic Unit Library Service
  • Academic Unit Executive Officer or General Manager
  • Teaching Innovation Unit
  • Student Engagement Unit
  • Campus Central Team Leader
  • Students enrolled in your course
  • Local learnonline advisor (Technology Enhanced Learning Team)

Further Information:

You should to be aware of the following:

  • Assessment Policies and Procedures Manual
  • Codes of Good Practice
  • Confidentiality of student information
  • Students with disabilities
  • Copyright

Further Information:

You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with the following systems:

BI Reporting and BI Hub

MyUniSA (Staff Portal)

  • My Teaching
  • My Courses
  • Student Course List

Program and Course Management System (PCMS)

A central repository for all Programs and Courses offered by the UniSA.


Course Outline

Provides students with all information about undertaking the course in which they have enrolled.

Learnonline

UniSA's primary environment for delivering and engaging students with online teaching and learning. It includes:

  • Course Site
  • Assessment and Gradebook
  • Turnitin
  • Lecture Recording System
  • ePortfolio
  • Virtual Classroom
  • myCourseExperience
  • Analytics Dashboards

Result Entry

The Teaching Innovation Unit’s Technology Enhanced Learning Team, local IT support and administrative staff in your Academic Unit can provide assistance with the above systems.

Further Information:

You should be aware of dates such as:

  • University dates (eg census, withdraw and withdraw fail dates)
  • Timelines for course review and amendment
  • Academic Unit dates (e.g. regular Academic Unit meetings)

Further Information:

  • Academic calendars (key dates and timetables)
  • Academic Unit dates and course amendment timelines – General
    Manager

Responsibilities in relation to...

Responsibilities include:

  • Developing course outline using the online Course Outline System
  • Developing study guides and readings, if required, using appropriate
    templates
  • Liaising with the Teaching Innovation Unit regarding the development
    and maintenance of online teaching materials via the course home
    page
  • Liaising with the Library regarding the provision of course readings or textbook

Further Information:

Responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring teaching practices are consistent with the Code of good
    practice for University teaching
  • Ensuring that the course is evaluated each time it is taught using tools
    such as the myCourseExperience tool
  • Reporting on processes and outcomes
  • Ensuring assessment practices are consistent with University policies
    and procedures and
  • Code of good practice: principles of student assessment

Further Information:

Responsibilities include:

  • People, Talent & Culture management and administration, in collaboration with the Program Director or Executive Dean, including:
    • Recruitment
    • Induction
    • Supervision and performance development and management of sessional staff
  • Managing workload allocations
  • Organising guest lecturers or workshops

Key Contacts:

  • Program Director
  • Executive Dean
  • General Manager
  • Academic Unit CAS (Casual Administration System) Administrator
  • Local PTC Manager/Officer

Further Information:

Responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring students understand course requirements e.g. class attendance
  • Providing academic counselling for individual students and referring to support services (e.g. Student Engagement Unit) and/or Program Director when required
  • Student Referrals (including e-referral). Students can be referred to the SEU when you are concerned about: 
    • their academic progress, or for language and learning support
    • their well-being or health, including mental health, a disability or medical condition that may be impacting their study

Further Information:

Responsibilities include:

  • Adherence to Assessment Policies and Procedures Manual
  • Notifying students about procedures for submission and return of assignments, such as the use of learnonline grade book.
  • Discussing assessment procedures with the teaching team, including moderation
  • Results entry
  • Examinations and supplementary examinations/assessments
  • Participation in academic review processes
  • Reporting of suspected academic misconduct to Executive Dean

Key Contacts:

  • Academic Unit Timetable Officer

Further Information:

Responsibilities may include:

  • Input regarding timetabling/scheduling
  • Making room bookings for meetings, etc.

Assistance can be provided by the Academic Unit Timetabler. For meeting room bookings contact FM Assist.

Key Contacts:

  • Academic Unit Timetabler

Further Information:

Responsibilities include:

  • Correct information in Medici
  • Course mediums established/maintained
  • Organisation of assessment activities and associated grade entry

Important dates available on the Student and Academic Services website.

Further Information:

Responsibilities may include:

  • Organising student placements in collaboration with the Clinical Coordinator or Field Placement Officer
  • Support and professional development for clinical/field placement supervisors
  • Informing students of clinical/field placement requirements (eg uniforms, name badges, police checks and vaccinations)

Key Contacts:

  • Clinical Coordinator or Field Placement Officer
  • Field Education for Psychology and Social Work disciplines
    contact your UniSA Justice and Society administration team

Further Information:

Support

Queries/issues regarding administration can be directed to:

  • General Manager
  • Administrative Officers
  • Program Director

Support from the Teaching Innovation Unit can include:

  • Learning Advisers and Online Education Support
  • Academic Development staff
  • Technology Enhanced Learning team

Further Information:

The SEU provides a wide variety of services and resources to enhance the university experience of all students at UniSA including:

  • Study support,
  • Counselling and wellbeing services,
  • Career and employment advice and a range of extracurricular activities such as UniSA Sport.

The SEU also offers specialised services for students with disabilities or medical conditions, international students and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students.

Students can be referred to the SEU when you are concerned about:

  • Their academic progress
  • Their well-being or health, including mental health, a disability or
    medical condition that may be impacting their study
  • You can save the eReferral form in your portal page for easy access Academic advisors are available on each of our campuses to provide advice and support and connect students with key services

Academic advisors are available on each of our campuses to provide advice and support and connect students with key services.

Further Information:

Each Academic Unit and research concentration has a team of librarians who are able to:

  • Identify, design and deliver training and resources to support the Academic Unit's teaching, learning and research activities
  • Provide support with selecting course readings and making them available to students via the eReserve reading list system
  • Ensure that academic programs are supported by appropriate information resources, e.g. databases, journals, books
  • Help academic staff keep up to date with electronic information products in their area of specialisation
  • Borrow resources from other libraries

Further Information:

As the frontline team for the Student and Academic Services Unit, Campus Central provides a ‘one-stop shop' of information for student enquiries.

Campus Central helps Course Coordinators and students with many processes including Academic review, eligibilities, policy advice, deferred and special consideration exams, and enrolments.

Further Information:

The following can assist with professional development:

  • Executive Dean/Program Director
  • Local PTC Manager/Officer
  • Teaching Innovation Unit
  • People, Talent & Culture’s Enterprising Essentials Program Library

Further Information: