The following services may be accessed by the students at the telecentres:

 

• typing of assignments

• accessing myUnisa, including

• downloading study material, including tutorial letters and study guides

• submitting and tracking assignments and receiving assignment results

• joining discussion forums

• contacting lecturers

• reading material posted by the lecturers

• checking financial status at Unisa and paying fees using the credit card payment method

• updating personal details

• registering for additional modules during the registration period'

• finding e-resources

• checking examination timetable, changing exam venue and getting examination results

• accessing myLife student e-mail account

• accessing the online library

• accessing Unisa’s Facebook page and Twitter feeds

• searching for academic material (journals or articles) on the internet

• accessing career and academic counselling services, using the link http://www.unisa.ac.za/counselling

 

Conditions for students using the Telecentre  facilities

 

• This benefit is only for registered Unisa students; no other person may use this benefit on behalf of any Unisa student.

• Students should display a student card to the Telecentre Manager/Administrator on arrival at the Telecentre.

• The students must register their attendance online using Telecentres tools on MyUnisa to log their visits to the Telecentres. 

• This is to ensure efficient and verifiable information about each Telecentre and the visits by each student.

• The Telecentre Manager/Administrator will assist students during the login process.

• Each Telecentre have its own private centre code to enable the student login.

• The duration of a session is 2 hours at a time whereafter the student needs to login in again. When leaving the centre students must ensure that they end their access session by clicking “End Session” button on the system.

• Each student is allowed to spend a maximum of six hours per week.  The hours allocated per week per student must be used within a particular month, and will not accumulate nor carried over to another month.

• Students should allow other students a chance to also access the internet on the same computers. For this reason, you will not be allowed to browse the internet/use the computer at any Telecentre without making prior bookings/arrangements.

• If students browse the internet/use the computer for more than a maximum of six hours per week, students will be required to pay for the extra usage at a cost determined by the Telecentre. Should the student need more hours beyond what it has been allocated, she/he should write a motivation to the following email: CommTelecentre@unisa.ac.za to request for extended hours.

• Students may visit Unisa's website to register online, and to access information on myUnisa, the library and any other information related to student’s studies at Unisa. A postgraduate Unisa student, however, will also be allowed to access information in relation to the research topic of his or her studies.

• This benefit extends to internet access and general computer usage for academic purposes only; it is not applicable to the use of other services, such as telephone and fax usage, photocopying or any other service a student may require from the Telecentre.

• The Telecentre is an independent Contractor and operates for own risk and benefit and is not a UNISA Telecentre. Students are therefore bound by the rules and regulations of the Service Provider, and students are expected not to contravene any of the rules and regulations given to students by the Service Provider.

 

 

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