The document outlines various roles and functions that staff can utilize on the myUnisa online learning platform to enhance teaching and learning, including posting announcements, creating blogs, listing course contact information, hosting discussion forums, uploading learning units and tutorials, adding podcasts and vodcasts, providing additional resources, holding online meetings, including information about prescribed books, schedules, self-assessments and assignments through Samigo. It concludes that standard tools like announcements and learning units have higher student uptake than lesser used tools and that increased use of available tools by all staff can further increase student utilization of the online resources.

1. Using myUnisa to
enhance teaching and
learning: some roles and
functions of staff

2. Home Page

3. Announcements
• 24 Pre-set
Announcements sent
• What to do/study each
week
• Revision
• Public Holidays
• Important information

4. Blogs

5. Blogs

6. Course Contact

7. Discussion Forums

8. Learning Units
• Tutorial Letters
• Study Guide

9. Podcasts/Vodcasts
• 84 vodcasts
• 1 per activity

10. Additional Resources

11. Online Meetings
• Big Blue Button
• 2 meetings
• Practical assignment
• Examination

12. Prescribed Book

13. Schedule

14. Samigo - Self Assessment and Assignments

15. Samigo - Self Assessment and Assignments

16. Samigo (Self Assessment)
Assignments

17. Uptake of myUnisa Functions by students

18. Conclusion
• Uptake of “normal”/”standard” tools good to
high
• Uptake of “lesser used” tools low
• The more tools used by all will increase
uptake of tools