Online student services are UNIFIED

Students at the University of Adelaide now have a single website from which they can access all of their student systems and personal information.

Called UNIFIED, the site is a gateway (or portal) to a wide range of services, information and resources that students need.

UNIFIED enables students to use their email and calendar, watch and listen to recordings of lectures, view the list of courses they're taking and the grades they've received, search the University's library catalogue and access information about loans they've made, receive uni news feeds and announcements, and use interactive campus maps - with many more services still to come.

Students are able to access all of this and more through a central website with a single login.

UNIFIED was launched on the first day of Orientation Week (O'Week) and has already been visited tens of thousands of times by students.

"UNIFIED, which in simple terms is a portal for students to access a range of services, is a significant change in the way we interact with and deliver services to our students," said Mr Paul Duldig, Vice President (Services and Resources).

"UNIFIED's launch means that new students in 2010 are able to benefit from a cleaner, simpler, and more relevant way of accessing the information and services they need, helping to make their first University experience a truly positive one.

"Today's students are busier than ever - with study, work, sport and social events keeping most students on the move. UNIFIED will help students save time if they're searching for information and accessing resources they need, because that information is now in one place. UNIFIED can also be customised to suit individual students' needs."

Mr Duldig said students were already providing all-important feedback on UNIFIED - "how it's working for them, what else they expect from it and how we can keep meeting their needs".

"With this kind of feedback, students will continue to benefit greatly from UNIFIED," Mr Duldig said.

One student wrote about UNIFIED: "Love this new site! It's so much better to only log in once and have everything I need on that site. Good job! It's easy to read and navigate too. Thank you."

Another wrote: "I'm so impressed with UNIFIED! Why didn't someone think of this earlier!"

Students can access UNIFIED via the Student Centre webpage or at: http://unified.adelaide.edu.au/

Story by David Ellis