Flinders Online Orientation - Flinders University Students

Congratulations on starting at Flinders!

Well done on completing all your onboarding tasks and enrolment. We’re here to support you as you begin your academic journey.

Orientation is a key step in preparing for success as an online student. Now that you’ve completed your onboarding tasks, enrolled in topics and explored FLO. It's time to get familiar with the student support services available, and learn about the Flinders University systems, and more.

Order your student ID card

Your student ID card is crucial for your time at Flinders University. It serves as your official identification, grants access to campus facilities, and displays your enrolment status. You can order your student ID card online 1 month prior to the start of your classes.

To order your card:

Open your Flinders dashboard (Okta).
Select Order my ID Card.
Follow the prompts to submit your order.

If you chose to have your card posted, it'll be sent to the preferred mailing address recorded in the Student System. Please check these details are correct before ordering your card.

Refer to ID cards for continuing students, ID cards for returning students or replacing your card if you have previously had a Student ID card.

Flinders dashboard (Okta)

If you've enrolled within the last day, there might be a delay before you can request your ID card. Typically, you can request your student ID card the day after you've completed your enrolment process.

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Finding Your Way at Flinders

Finding Your Way at Flinders is our online orientation topic to set you up for success at university by helping you:

get familiar with Flinders and how university works
explore some of the skills you will need to be successful in your studies
learn about some common ‘barriers to success’ students face, and how to overcome them
discover tricks and shortcuts to help you study
find out about the various support services available at Flinders
practise navigating topics in Flinders Learning Online (FLO)
learn how to submit an assignment, answer quizzes, access resources and post on the discussion forum on FLO.

You can access the Finding Your Way at Flinders topic on FLO here. Then, click the Enrol in Course button to enrol.

Finding Your Way at Flinders

Student FLO support

Student FLO Support contains useful resources to assist you in navigating FLO (Flinders Learning Online).

Remember, FLO is the main platform you'll use to access your learning materials!

More information about FLO

Call: 1800 172 791
Chat with a support representative
Email: flo@flinders.edu.au

Navigating the different systems, applications and platforms

Flinders has a range of systems, applications and platforms available to students. Some of them you must use, such as the Student System and FLO, while there are others that are available if you need it.

See below a list of the most commonly used systems and a brief description of what they are used for:

System	Description
Compass	Compass if your personalised student webpage. Compass provides you with easy access to Flinders systems, your GPA and links to your course and topic information.
eduroam	eduroam is the wifi network used at Flinders. eduroam is a global wireless network that provides users with mobility between participating institutions’ wireless infrastructures, while removing the administration burden of managing guest access. This means you can use your Flinders FAN and password to access the eduroam network at any participating institution. This includes a number of health and education institutions around Australia and globally.
Flinders Learning Online (FLO)	FLO is the main learning platform and is the main system used for delivering your topic related materials. Each of your topics will have its own page in FLO and you will also have access to a range of other FLO topics that have been created to support your overall experience at Flinders.
Library FindIt	findit@flinders is a great place to start searching for information in our library – books, articles, videos, book chapters, and more. Login to save favourites, place requests, and more.
Mahara	Mahara is a personal online platform that stays with you for the duration of your time here at Flinders. It is an online space where you can join up the dots between different things and show progress over time, and a place to organise and showcase your work. It belongs to the account holder - this means you control all your settings and who sees what.
Office365	Current Flinders students can obtain Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus through their Flinders account. Office 365 ProPlus comes with a full version of Office and familiar Office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and more. Office 365 ProPlus is a user-based service and allows students to install on up to five PCs or Macs, and five tablets. Students will also be able use OneDrive for Business (cloud storage).
Outlook	As a Flinders student, you are provided with a Flinders email account. We encourage you to check your Flinders email regularly, as this is the account we will use to send you official University correspondence.
SendIt - Off Campus Library Service	The SendIt service supports online in accessing physical library resources by mail or email, which supplements existing online access to the majority of the library’s books and journals.
Student System	The main administrative system at Flinders. You can manage your personal details, fees and financial information and enrolment in the Student System, as well as view your academic transcript,
Turnitin	Flinders University uses Turnitin as its text-matching software program. Text-matching software identifies either similar or exact matches between submitted work and other digital material. As text-matching software can also be a valuable learning tool, text-matching is also available to all students via FLO (Flinders Learning Online) for checking draft assignments.

Student computing

Help and support services

Whether you need some assistance developing your study skills, want to speak with someone about a personal matter, or explore your career options after graduation, Flinders has a range of help available via our support services and self-service resources to ensure you achieve success, whatever success means to you.

Visit our Flinders Online Support Directory for information about the different services available. Most of our services and support teams have options to speak with our experts online. Details about when they are available and whether you need to book an appointment to speak with someone are available online.

If you're not sure where to go to access the help you're after, please contact Flinders Connect and they can refer you to the right area.

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