2008 Orientation and Professional Development Week
Monday 14 July - Friday 18 July 2008

Welcome to the School of Computer Science and IT (CSIT).

In the week before classes commence, known as Week Zero, CSIT run workshops for both new and continuing students. To find out more, click on the links below:

• Orientation Information
• Professional Development Week
• 2008 Induction Manual and Unix Survival Guide
• General Information
• Tools

Orientation Information

Students commencing in CSIT must attend Orientation lectures, labs and workshops designed to prepare you for your studies and help you become familiar with the computer network and systems you will be using.

• Orientation Timetable (.PDF 42KB 2 pages)
• Workshop Descriptions (.PDF 55 KB 4 pages)
• Register Here
  Use your CSIT account. If you have not got an account take your Confirmation of Enrolment and a photo ID to the Duty Programmers at 10.10.13

At a minimum attend the following workshops and labs:

• Lab Induction - 3 hours - This should be your first activity.
• Academic Integrity - 2 hours - All students are expected to complete this workshop regarding assessment responsibilities.
• Unix Survival Skills - 3 hours + 3 hours - Two lab sessions to get you started with the Unix operating system. You must attend a Lab Induction first.
• New Student Welcome - The official start to your University career.

Choose from the many and varied sessions offered in our comprehensive Orientation Program. Ideally you will come to Uni for a full week, meet staff and lots of other new students and become familiar with CSIT and RMIT. There are sessions for specific groups of students, don't miss the ones designed for you.

Professional Development Week

The Professional Development Week is a FREE program offered to all CSIT students in addition to their academic curriculum. The program is designed to assist students in further developing their "soft" skills as well as business and technical skills to assist in increasing their employment opportunities.
Workshops to help you prepare for your career are presented by industry representatives. Register here.

• Professional Development Week workshop descriptions and timetable


• IBM Rational Workshop 15-17 July
  Davyd Norris, a Chief Architect from IBM Rational will be conducting this workshop in Lions Lab (14.10.30) from 15-17 July. The focus will include Architectural Analysis, UML Modelling, Java (EJB) Implementation and Testing. You are free to attend any of the three sessions that are open to you. If you are interested please register at https://staff.cs.rmit.edu.au/~charles/seminar1.html.

2008 Induction Manual and Unix Survival Guide

• Complete Induction Manual (.PDF 1.2MB)
• Unix Survival Guide only (.PDF 289KB)

General Information

» RMIT University Orientation 2008
» Learning Lab: Improve your general academic study, writing and maths skills through interactive tutorials and printable handouts.
» City Campus Map
» Timetable information

Tools

» Change your NDS Password
» Login to Student Timetabling System (STS) to register for lectures, labs and tutorials. (Use NDS login and password)
» Login to student webmail (Use NDS Login and password)