Friday 29 October 2010

Term 3 Pilot Begins! New My.CQU Student Portal and CQUniversity Mail

In Term 1, 2011 CQUniversity is improving its Student Portal (My.CQU) and working with Google to introduce a new student email system (called CQUniversity Mail).

The new My.CQU Student Portal will provide students with better access to their course information, student forums and the ability to customise pages to suit their studies.

CQUniversity is also working with Google to provide all students with new email services and online collaboration tools. Students will have access to a new lifelong CQUniversity email account, increased email storage and a range of new online collaboration tools. These tools will include features similar to:


  • Google Talk – Instant messaging, online chat and video;  
  • Google Calendar – Students can schedule group study sessions or assignment work; and
  • Google Docs – Multiple students can share, edit and collaborate on a document online in real-time.  
As these planned changes are a significant undertaking for the University, a pilot of the new My.CQU Student Portal, CQUniversity Mail and other online collaboration tools is being run during Term 3, 2010. The student and staff feedback received during this Pilot is important and will enable us to improve these systems in preparation for 2011.

Further information about this Term 3 Pilot is on the CQUniTECHNOLOGY website. Students and staff can also contact the ITD Service Centre if they require any technical assistance using the new My.CQU Portal and CQUniversity Mail systems.
Posted by itdblog at 11:44 am

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Just logged in to the new portal and I have to say that it looks fantastic. I really like the way that all course information is displayed together with textbook information, past exams, assignments and class list. Great work!

5 December 2010 at 3:10 pm
itdblog said...

Thank you for your feedback Lamiunto, it is very encouraging to hear.

Starting today until Tuesday 4th January 2011, an online survey is available for students (that are involved with the Term 3 Pilot) to provide anonymous feedback on what they like or think could be improved in the new My.CQU Portal and CQUniversity Mail systems.

Each student that is enrolled in a course participating in the Term 3, 2010 Pilot was sent an email earlier today, including the link to start this survey.

All of the student feedback will be collated and used to improve how the University introduces the new My.CQU Portal and CQUniversity Mail systems to all students in Term 1, 2011. For further information about the survey, please contact the ITD Service Centre at servicedesk@cqu.edu.au.

14 December 2010 at 11:17 am

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