First Year students e-campus orientation briefing

1. Stellenbosch University
portal systems
The Department of
Educational Technology

2. Briefing Aim
• To prepare all students both distance and
residential for proper use of the SU Single Sign On
system
• To ensure that all students understand the
importance of the University’s electronic learning
and communications platform in their study
success.

3. Briefing Scope
• To inform and assist new students in accessing the
following systems:
– MySun.ac.za
– SUNLEARN
– webmail@sun.ac.za
– Password Management

4. Using MySun.ac.za
• You can use My Sun.ac.za to do the following
things
– Change your password
– Access your webmail
– View your study records
– View financial Info
– Login to SUNLEARN

5. Use www.sun.ac.za or to access
MySun learn.sun.ac.za directly

6. Your @sun.ac.za email address
• Your university email address consists of your
student number followed by @sun.ac.za
ie: studentnumber@sun.ac.za
www.sun.ac.za/webmail/

7. Your @sun.ac.za email address
• Why is this address important?
– You will only receive communication from your
lecturers via this email address in future
– All your SUNLEARN emails automatically go to this
email address
– The password is the SAME as your SUNLEARN, MYSUN
and LIBRARY password
– You can access this mailbox from anywhere in the
world

12. Password Management
• This is a MAJOR issue with students
• Passwords expire every three
months
• You will receive emails from SU
prompting you to update your
password
• If you ignore these emails your
account is locked

13. Password Management

14. Changing your password
• You can update your password via MySun.ac.za
• You can update your password using
www.sun.ac.za/useradm
• Click on the link below to watch a video on how to
change your password
– http://www0.sun.ac.za/aids/file.php/1/How_to_chang
e_my_password.swf

15. Password Management
• Password management is your responsibility!

16. Google Chrome
• What is Google Chrome?
– It is a web browser
– Please do not use Microsoft Internet Explorer with
SUNLEARN
– We advise you to download and install Google Chrome

17. Google Chrome
• Download for free at:
www.google.co.za/chrome/
• Google Chrome works better with SUNLEARN
• You MUST enable pop-ups in your browser in
order for SUNLEARN to work properly

18. Questions????