MyLearn

1. Click on the hamburger icon at the top of the screen to open the menu. This will show all your units.
2. Click on the unit code to filter the dashboard to show only that unit.
3. If you want to move back to viewing all of your units, click on All Units.
   

• Number of alerts - things you need to know about your units!
• Number of activities due soon - assessment tasks and other activities
• Number of new forum posts - keep up with conversations in your unit forums
  

Your current units are the units:

• in which you are enrolled on iLearn as a student, and
• that are running in your current teaching session.

That is, you won’t see units from previous sessions in the MyLearn dashboard, even if you still have access to them.

The Current Units table provides the following information:

• Unit code: The code that identifies your unit (ABCD1234)
• Unit fullname: Unit title with direct link to iLearn
• Last accessed: This is the number of days since you last accessed each unit's iLearn site.
  

This section shows the total number of new forum posts for each unit within the last 24 hours. Monitoring this report will help you prioritise and keep up with current conversations in your online discussion forums.

List of recent forum posts

This section breaks down the summary information in the Recent forum posts graph, to help you monitor discussions and follow specific topics and conversations that you are involved in or want to contribute to.

It lists the forums and topics of all the new posts in each unit over the last 24 hours, showing:

• Unit code: The code that identifies your unit (ABCD1234)
• Forum: The title of the forum, directly linked to the forum itself.
• Discussion: Name of topic and direct link to discussion topics within the forum that have received recent posts (24 hours).
• New post(s): Number of new posts within a discussion

The report provides direct links so that you can easily select the forums and discussion topics you want to read. As it provides 24-hour data, it's a good idea to check it regularly.

The Graded activities report has two tabs: Open and Closed - with different information on graded activities in your iLearn units.

MyLearn only lists iLearn activities. Not all graded activities in your units will necessarily have a corresponding iLearn activity, and not all will have a mark entered in the iLearn Gradebook (for example, participation in practical tasks conducted in laboratories, or other forms of classroom participation). Always check your Unit Guide for graded tasks that are conducted and/or have marks recorded outside iLearn.

The Open tab provides a list of graded activities that are currently open for submission(s). This tab also indicates the time remaining for submission and whether you have already made a submission. Remember that as the submission due date approaches, you will also receive notification in the Alerts Centre near the top of your MyLearn dashboard.

The report table shows the following information.

• Unit code: The code that identifies your unit (ABCD1234)
• Type: iLearn activity type
• Name: Name and direct link to the activity
• Time remaining: Time remaining until the activity's due date
• Submitted: This column shows a green tick if you have submitted the activity, and a red cross if you have not yet made a submission.

MyLearn can only show you the iLearn activities that your classmates are accessing. Remember to check your Unit Guide and Unit Information for unit activities that do not appear in iLearn (for example, on campus classes).

Graded Activities - Closed

The Closed tab provides a list of graded activities with past due dates. Note that activities will move from the Open tab to the Closed tab after their due dates, not after you submit your activity.

This tab also indicates your activity mark or grade relative to the class average. Remember that if you have not submitted a task by the due date, you will also receive notification in the Alerts Centre near the top of your MyLearn dashboard.

The report table shows the following information.

• Unit code: The code that identifies your unit (ABCD1234)
• Type: An iLearn activity
• Name: Name and direct link to the activity
• Relative to average gradebook mark: The graphic represents your mark relative to the average mark of your class (where this is recorded in iLearn). The length of the red bar (below the average) or blue bar (above the average) indicates the difference between your mark and the class average mark.
• Submitted: This column shows a green tick if you have submitted the activity, and a red cross if you have not yet made a submission.

MyLearn can only show you the iLearn activities that your classmates are accessing. Remember to check your Unit Guide and Unit Information for unit activities that do not appear in iLearn (for example, on campus classes).

This section provides a summary of approaching assessments, and flags units that you have not accessed over the last week. Check your iLearn units regularly to ensure that you stay on top of requirements.

• Unit code: Identifies the specific unit that the alert relates to.
• Description: Details of the alert including a direct link to the relevant iLearn activity and due date, where applicable.
• Rating: Flags relating to the importance and/or urgency of a particular alert. The rating flags are explained in the next article.

Overdue

This section provides a list of your overdue iLearn activities, which you have not submitted.

• Unit code: Identifies the specific unit that the alert relates to.
• Description: Title of activity not yet submitted, with direct link to iLearn
• Rating: Overdue - not submitted on time

You can activate cached data from this page, which will reduce the time it takes to load your MyLearn dashboard to your device(s). Learn more in the Page Loading articles in the Knowledge Base.

Collapse reports on loading

If you tick the checkbox for one or more reports (blocks), only the report header(s) will show when your dashboard loads. This makes it easier to scroll to a particular report you want to see, once you are familiar with the layout. Just click the down arrow to the right of the report title, and the full report will appear.

Note that the collapse function on loading can’t be done for Alerts and Important messages - we don’t want you to miss them! Once the page is loaded, however, you can click on the down arrow to tuck them out of the way while you browse your other reports!

Hide reports

If you wish, you can hide some of the larger graphical representations of your data, as the information is presented in table form elsewhere in dashboard. Ticking these checkboxes will hide, rather than collapse, the displays - so if you want to view one or more of them again, you'll have to untick the relevant checkboxes on the dashboard settings page.

Exclude units

Ticking a checkbox for a unit listed here will remove it altogether from the dashboard reports, summaries and notifications.

You should probably only do this if you are intending to withdraw from a unit, pending the implementation of the application to withdraw, or if you have low internet bandwidth and are having difficulty loading pages. See the Page Loading articles in the Knowledge Base for more information.

Remember that you can choose to look at your units one at a time in the dashboard - see How can I filter MyLearn dashboard to show a single unit? under ‘Available reports’ in the Knowledge Base.

Once you've made your selections, click the Submit button to activate them in your MyLearn dashboard.

It is very difficult to predict page load time as it depends on the number of units in your dashboard, number of activities, number of students and the time elapsed since the unit’s iLearn site was first opened to students. It may also depend on the device you are using and the available bandwidth on your internet service.

The MyLearn Dashboard calculates data during login – the more activities and interactions between students and units, the longer those calculations take, and this can lengthen the page load time for the Dashboard.

After you have logged in, the dashboard page load time is displayed at the bottom of the page. This can give you an estimate of the load time for subsequent logins.

Exclude units from your dashboard

Ticking a checkbox for a unit listed here will remove it altogether from the dashboard reports, summaries and notifications.

Activate cached data

You can reduce load time for the Dashboard page by activating cached data on the Dashboard settings page. This reduces repetitive calculation of dashboard displays.

If cached data is activated then MyLearn will only fetch and calculate data during login. This means page loading will be faster, but data is true as of last login time. You can deactivate cached data anytime and refresh the page to view recent data.