Sessional Academic Staff Online Directory
Quick Start Guide
This is a summary of the information available to sessional academic staff members via the Sessional Staff Directory. To access further information, please visit the full directory.
- Before you commence Work
- Day One
- Day Two
- Day Three
- First Week
- First Month
- End of Casual Work Contract
Before you commence work
Key contacts
Pre-employment documents
As part of you accepting your employment at CSU you will have received and been asked to complete some or all of the following.
- Academic contract
- Australian Taxation Declaration / Canadian equivalent
- UniSuper application
- Banking form
About your campus
Staff ID
The CSU Card is your Identity Card, it provides building access and can also be used for Financial Transactions on campus. Your Staff ID will be sent to you by the administrative contact at your School.
DAY ONE
Your CSU
YourCSU has been developed as a means of describing the complexity of the University. In short, this is the Who, What, Where, When, Why, & How of CSU.
CSU When
CSU When is a summary of Key Dates, Calendars and scheduled events at CSU.
Induction
Watch the Sessional Staff Induction Presentation (Captivate presentation)
IT access
- To activate your CSU Login, go to the login page of My.CSU
- Click on the link, Activate my account and follow the prompts.
- This will provide a Username and temporary Password
- Your password must be changed within 12 hours
- To activate your account you will require your Staff ID No. which will be provided to you by your School Administration contact.
DAY TWO
Code of Conduct
CSU Code of Conduct for Staff [DOC]
Student Charter
The purpose of the CSU Student Charter is to help students understand what it means to be a student member of the CSU community, including the expectations students and the University may have of each other.
my.csu
- my.csu is your personalised portal to the full range of online services and facilities for CSU students and staff.
- This web portal is the front door to the CSU online environment and provides links to a broad variety of online services necessary for staff, such as personal details, CSU discussion forums, Interact, Email, IT Services, Library and other administrative areas of the University.
- An online tutorial about using my.csu is available at and there is also a dedicated web site to assist you.
Email setup
- If you are on campus, email can be accessed via the Microsoft Outlook application, full details of this service can be found here
- If you are located off-campus, email can be accessed via WebOutlook
CSU Interact
CSU Interact is the name of the online learning platform used at CSU. All subjects will have an Interact site. Different cohorts in the same subjects (e.g. offshore and onshore) are usually merged, so that all students in a subject, in a particular session, view and participate in the same site. Within the site, students can access the Subject Outline, announcements posted by the Subject Coordinator or markers, and the subject forum, where interactive discussion on the various topics takes place.
Sessional staff may need, or may wish to have, access to their subject/s Interact site. Please contact your Subject Coordinator if this is the case, and they can arrange for this to happen.
Support in using Interact effectively is available from the links below:
- What is CSU Interact?
- Beginners Guide to Interact - 63KB [PDF]
- CSU Interact Support for Casual and Sessional Staff
DAY THREE
Academic Manual
Office of Academic Governance Academic Manual
Assessment
- Faculty Assessment Guidelines 216Kb [DOC]
- Grades awarded at CSU 57Kb [RTF]
- Assessment Regulations
Electronic Assignment Submission Tracking System (EASTS)
EASTS is the web-based application distance education students use to submit their assignment(s) online to the University. Unless the assignments are also marked online, they are then printed out and dispatched to the Subject Coordinator and/or other members of staff as assigned.
Mark/Grade Review
Student Application for the Review of a Mark/Grade Awarded for a Specific Assessment Task 39Kb [DOC]
Learning and Teaching culture and practices at CSU
Foundations of University Learning & Teaching (FULT) provides an induction into the distinctive learning and teaching culture and practices at CSU.
FIRST WEEK
Getting Paid
- Salary Rates
- Web Kiosk is a self service function of the university's Human Resources Information System. It enables staff members to access information online regarding payslips, pay disbursements, personal details, emergency contacts, job related details and internal training details. Learn more about the web self service kiosk
- Pay Calendar 2013 [PDF]
Timetables
Subject Availabilty and Timetable Information
Learning and Teaching Services
- Division of Learning and Teaching Services
- Educational Technologies
- Learning and Teaching policies
- Your Academic Practice
- For more information, contact your School's Educational Designer
FIRST MONTH
Occupational Health and Safety
Equal Employment Opportunity
Privacy
Privacy - Your Responsibilities [PDF]
Risk Management
Introduction to CSU Risk Management (.ppt)
Copyright
- Copyright - Your Responsibilities [PDF]
- Avoiding Plagiarism at CSU - includes information about the software, Turnitin that can detect instances of plagiarism.
Accessing Library Services
END OF CASUAL WORK CONTRACT
Feedback on your experience at CSU
Evaluating practice
