Navigating VU Collaborate
This guide will help you get familiar with VU Collaborate, showing you how to access your unit, course, and support spaces with confidence.
On this page:
How do I log in to VU Collaborate?
To get started, we recommend using Google Chrome for the best experience.
Watch: How do I log in to VU Collaborate?
How do I find my Unit Space?
You can access your unit space in two ways:
- Select a tile from My Delivery Spaces on the VU Collaborate homepage
- Use the Space Waffle dropdown menu to locate, or search, and select your unit
Watch: How do I find my delivery space?
Understanding Unit Codes
Example: 2025-H2B4
This means: 2025, Higher Education Semester 2, Block 4.
Space home overview
Your unit space home includes several key components:
- Top Navbar (Minibar): Quick access to notifications, messages, and account settings
- Main Navbar: Navigation to content, assessments, grades, and more
- Widgets: including: Unit Guide, Studiosity 24/7 assignment feedback, Student Help, News and more
Navbar
Heads up! We’re updating the navigation bar in VU Collaborate to make it even easier for you to find what you need.
Here’s a quick look at what’s changing:
Current navbar
- Learning Space - Learning materials and information.
- Communication - Discussions, Emails, News, Groups and Zoom classroom.
- Assessments - Dropbox, Quizzes and Grades.
- Tools - Attendance, Checklists, Mind Mapping Tool, User Progress and more.
- Video - Panopto videos.
- Help - VU Collaborate Help Student Guides, ITS service desk, Learning Support, Copyright and more.
New navbar (Coming Soon!)
- Content - Learning materials and information.
- Assessments - Dropbox, Groups, Quizzes and Grades.
- Communication - Discussions, Emails, News and Zoom classroom.
- Tools - Attendance, Checklists, Mind Mapping Tool, User Progress and more.
- Help - VU Collaborate Help Student Guides, ITS service desk, Learning Support, Copyright and more.
Next step: Setting Up Instant Notifications
