**For off campus students, I am excited to announce that some weeks will be 'synchronous' (live over Zoom) and some 'asynchronous' (completing the week's activities in your own time), depending on the content covered for that week. You will remain in the same online class group for the whole unit, so you can get to know your tutor and your online class. This change for 2025 is based on feedback from previous cohorts about the best online delivery model to support your transition to university life.
Some classes will be timetabled to be during business hours, and some will be scheduled out of hours, to provide as much flexibility for you as possible. You need to select and commit to one of these class times for the duration of this unit, and then refer to the weekly schedule to determine which weeks are synchronous or asynchronous. The weekly schedule will be outlined when the CANVAS site for this unit opens (not until two weeks before the unit commences). However, you will be sent an email with the schedule earlier than this time, to assist with your planning.
**In the meantime, please enrol in the class time you would prefer (if enrolling for the first time) or change your enrolment in SIMO from 'off campus' to your preferred 'synchronous' class time (if you are already enrolled) as soon as possible to secure the time and day that you prefer. Once the unit commences you will be able to access these classes from the calendar in CANVAS at the scheduled class time that you have selected. More details to be provided once the CANVAS site opens on the 10th February.
Many thanks. Dr Rikki James, Unit Coordinator