|
|
School of Health Sciences Student Support Page
This is a student support page for School of Health Sciences Graduate-level students, including the MA is Disability Management, PhD Students, and MA Community Health Students. It is mainly for Online Distance Students, but some of the information may be useful to others. If you have a question that isn't covered here, please see the contact list at the bottom of the page.
Table of Contents
First-time students will have registration information sent to them with
their letter of admission. Once registered for their first course they will be
officially be considered a student at UNBC. It is recommended that all students
register for courses as early as possible.
|
Grad Students are required to submit a registration form every semester. (Semesters start at the beginning of September,
January and May of each year).
If DISM students are not taking a specific course in a semester, they must still register for a 'placeholder' course of either the Comprehensive Exam or Thesis, depending on your intentions. Registering for these does not mean you will be taking the Comprehensive Exam or defending a Thesis, it just maintains your status as a graduate student.
|
MA Disability Management Students: Graduate course registration cannot be completed online, please fax,
e-mail or mail your registration attention: Shauna Stanyer and she
will ensure all required signatures are gathered and submit
it to the Registrar’s office on your behalf. This procedure takes a minimum of a
few days. Please see the registration hints below to ensure that your form can
be processed in a timely manner.
Fax: (250)-960-5744
Mailing Address:
Shauna Stanyer
Disability Management
UNBC School of Health Sciences
3333 University Way
Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9
Fees are due on the first day of classes. There are several ways to
submit your fees with the most usual being online payment through Student Online Services. You can also check
your registration status online. If you have any other questions regarding
registration you can contact Shannon Norum at the Registrar’s office.
Shannon Norum
Graduate Studies Assistant, Registrar's Office
Phone: (250)-960-6329
E-mail: norums@unbc.ca Registration Hints:
Print the name of your supervisor in the space to the left of their
signature line.
If you are registering for a directed studies course (DISM 798) you must
have discussed this with your Academic Advisor/Supervisor and the proposed instructor ahead of
time. You will need a course title that does not exceed 30 characters. The
title will not be "Directed Studies". Every directed
studies course has its own title. You and the instructor will need to provide a
course outline before you send in the registration form.
Your outline must
include:
-
instructor’s
name
-
credit
hours
-
title that
does not exceed 30 characters
-
start and
end dates
-
and all
other information the instructor normally includes as a description of
course content and expectations of student.
Please include the name of the instructor in your fax so that we know whose signature to request. All directed studies courses require the signature of the
instructor. Please see Instruction #3 on the registration form.
If you wish to register in a course that is not on your program of study you
should discuss this with your supervisor and if they agree make the required
change to your program of study.
Purchasing
Books
Books for our courses can be purchased through the UNBC Bookstore. Textbook
lists can be found at http://www.bookstore.unbc.ca/.
Scroll down the page to the "Buy Textbooks" section and select your
semester/term, and click "Go". You can order books by phone using Visa or Mastercard. The bookstore also
accepts cheques and money orders. There is a very reasonable shipping and
handling fee depending on where you live and the size of the order.
Bookstore phone: (250) 960-6424
Distance
Library Services
Graduate
Student Orientation
Graduate
Student Society
The Northern British Columbia Graduate Student Society represents graduate
students at UNBC. The office administrator is Corrine and she would be pleased if you gave
her a call or sent an email and said hi. Her number is (250) 960-5671 and her
email address is gssoffice@unbc.ca. The society has a webpage at http://web.unbc.ca/grads/
E-Mail
Lists
Both the Graduate
Student Society (GSS) and the Office of Graduate Studies maintain mailing
lists for graduate students. If you wish to subscribe or get information about the lists administered by
the GSS please contact their office administrator, Corrine at (250) 960-5671 or via email
at gssoffice@unbc.ca. The Office of Graduate Studies uses the grads-admin mailing list to send out
important information including deadlines, announcements of thesis and project
defenses as well as meetings and conferences. This mail will automatically be
sent to your UNBC email address. The Dean’s office will expect you to activate
and check this email address on a regular basis. They will not use any other
email address. You may forward mail from this account to another account. For
help with this contact ISS Help Desk.
UNBC Web
Access & PIN
UNBC Online Services
The UNBC Online Services will allow you access to your personal
account at UNBC. You will be able to view your timetable, course descriptions,
unofficial transcripts, financial account, holds, and data from your T2202A
Canadian Tax form. You can make payments on your student account using
Mastercard or Visa. You can also view and update some personal information
including your address and telephone number.
To access the UNBC Online Services you will need your student number (9
digits) and pin number (6 digits). When your UNBC account is created at the
Office of the Registrar your pin is preset to your birthdate in the form
ddmmyy. Because of the sensitive nature of the information available you should
change this pin number as soon as possible.
Changing your PIN
To change your pin number go to the login page by using the link above or by
going to http://www.unbc.ca/students/
and clicking on Student Online Services. From there you click on Course
Registration. After entering your User ID (student number) and pin
number one of two things will happen. Either you will be taken to the Main Menu
or you will be prompted to change your pin. If you get the Main Menu simply
select Change PIN and then fill in your old pin and your new pin twice
and click on the Change PIN button. If your pin has expired and you are
prompted to change it just follow the directions given. You should also create
a security question so that if you forget your pin you can reset it yourself. Note: The system will disable your pin after three unsuccessful login
attempts.
Your UNBC
Computer Account
UNBC uses a single username and password combination for most computer
systems available to students. This includes on-campus computer labs running MS
Windows, Blackboard (used for
distance courses), webmail,
and Unix machines (available for your use via telnet or ssh) that can be used for
student websites on web.unbc.ca.
Creating/Changing your UNBC Username and Password
As a new student, to determine your username and set your password you will
need your student number and pin
as included in your Admission Package from the Registrar’s Office .
Go to http://www.unbc.ca/its/iss/itsupport/useraccounttools.html
and select the option "I know my: Student ID and PIN". Type in the combo of letters or numbers that appear above the text box. Click "Continue". Enter your student number (9
digits) and pin number (6 digits) in the form indicated (your birthdate as
mmddyy) and click on Create/Change Password.
You will need to read the “Responsibilities and Terms of Use” page before
clicking on Accept at the bottom of the page. The top of the next page will list your UNBC username and
email address. Write these down and change your password using the form
provided.
Your password must be a minimum of 6 characters in length. You are encouraged
to pick a password that has numbers, upper and lower case letters. It should
not be a dictionary word, portion of a dictionary word, or even a common
misspelling of a dictionary word. It should not be a name or anagram of a name
or your userid. It should be as random looking as possible. These are general
suggestions for passwords that most people ignore and which most hacking
software exploits.
Changing Your UNBC Password
Select the option that says "I know my: Current User Name and Password". Type in the combo of letters or numbers that appear above the text box. Click "Continue". Type in your current username and password where prompted. Click Continue. Type in your new password in the box provided, and type it again in the second box. Click ok.
It is a
good idea to change your password from time to time and you must change it at
least every 400 days. If you fail to change it within this time frame it will
automatically be cancelled and you will have to use the pin number procedure
listed above to reset it.
Every student at UNBC is given an email address. Your address is
<username>@unbc.ca where <username> is replaced with your computer
account username. The Disability Management Program will use only this
address for email communication. We expect each of our students to read their
UNBC email on a regular basis.
There are other good reasons to use this account:
The Office
of Graduate Studies will only use this address to send announcements to
graduate students and they will expect you to check this mail.
Almost
nobody at UNBC has access to your personal files and hence almost nobody
knows your previous email address. They might try and contact you through
your UNBC account. Many students have missed messages because they did not
check their UNBC address.
Once you
graduate your email address is still active as an alumni account. This
means that you can use this address as a permanent email address and you
will not have to update everyone whenever you change jobs or mail providers.
You can have mail forwarded from your UNBC account to your existing account
or access it directly. For help forwarding your mail contact me or the ISS Help Desk.
Access your UNBC E-mail
To access your UNBC e-mail directly from a web browser go to https://webmail.unbc.ca. Login with your UNBC user name and password. You
can also access your mail directly by using telnet or ssh programs to connect
to the Unix server ugrad.unbc.ca or fang.unbc.ca (previously known as gpu.unbc.ca).
Blackboard
(Online Web Courses)
Blackboard is the program that UNBC uses to deliver most distance classes.
It can be accessed from most computers that are connected to the internet and
have a current Blackboard supported web browser. Some firewall programs can
interfere with Blackboard.
To access Blackboard go to http://learn.unbc.ca.
Click on Log in and then enter your username and password as indicated.
Your Course Index page will have your web courses
listed down center and announcements on the right. Courses you are registered
for may not show up until the first day of classes. To access a course simply
click on the course name.
To make sure that your computer meets the minimum requirements for
Blackboard there is a browser tune-up available at http://www.blackboard.com/tuneup
which has a list of currently supported internet browsers and recommended
plug-ins.
Blackboard Technical Support
If you have any problems with Blackboard contact Shauna Stanyer at (250)-960-6386 or dmweb@unbc.ca . If she is
unavailable try: Note: If you plan on using your employer's computers to access
Blackboard you must check with your system administrator to determine if such
use is permitted.
We currently have a Blackboard shell that is available to all Disability
Management Students. This shell is open year round and this allows all students
to communicate with each other even if they are not taking the same courses.
The community is also used to announce changes to the schedule, upcoming events
and other assorted announcements. It is our hope that as time progresses the
students will make suggestions for other ways that this community can be
utilized.
You can check this course by logging into http://learn.unbc.ca and choosing Disability Management Student
Community from your Blackboard Course Index page. Please check in
occasionally even if you are not using any other Blackboard course for the
term.
(Vacant)
Administrative Assistant
School of Health Sciences |
(250)
960-5363 |
fax: (250) 960-5744 | |
Shauna Stanyer
Instructional Design Technician &
DISM Student Support
|
(250) 960-6386
|
| |
ISS
Student Computer Help Desk |
(250) 960-5321
toll free in Canada:
(866) 960-5321 | support@unbc.ca
|
Shannon Norum
Graduate Studies Assistant Registrar’s Office
|
(250) 960-6327 |
| |
UNBC Bookstore
|
(250) 960-6424 |
| |
Distance
Library Assistant |
(250) 960-6604 |
| |
Bethany
Haffner |
(250) 960-5779 |
| |
Graduate Student Society
|
(250) 960-5671 |
| |
Grant Potter
E-learning Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology
|
(250) 960-5188 |
|
Useful Links:
UNBC Phone List
|
|
