MyUNIL and NewsUNIL (EN)
Concerns the following services: News and events (MyUNIL), Access and view your course documents (MyUNIL), View your course and exam timetables (MyUNIL), View your academic curriculum (MyUNIL), View your administrative data (MyUNIL).
- The first steps - Public documentation
- View your administrative data - Public documentation
- Access to your salary slips (UNIL staff)
- Charge and block/unblock your Campuscard
- Access and print your certificate of registration
- Access and view your course documents - Public documentation
- Access to class material
- Add classe files
- Access a Moodle course space
- Download your invoices for the tuition fees (students)
- View your course and exam timetable - Public documentation
- See your academic background - Public documentation
- NewsUNIL - Public documentation
- News and events management inteface
- Adding news or events
- Editing/Deleting news or events
- Editing news/event content
- Add an image to a news and events
- Add a video to news and events
- Add documents to news or events
- Sharing news and events
- Validate news or events
- Relay news or events
- Submit news or events
- Subscribe to a new or event channel
- Adding keywords (faculty web site validators)
- Subscribe to an event feed from the calendar
- My UNIL et NewsUNIL - en français
The first steps - Public documentation
Understanding MyUNIL
Log in MyUNIL
Authentication in the MyUNIL portal uses SWITCH edu-ID authentication (https://wp.unil.ch/eduid/).
- Button for users with a UNIL account
- Button for users of other institutions using SWITCH edu-ID as an authentication system
Log out of MyUNIL
In order to guarantee maximum security of the data displayed in the portal, users are advised to disconnect after each use
- Click on the avatar or image of your profile
- Select article “Logout”
Change your avatar
Users of the MyUNIL portal can change their avatar at any time from the “My Profile” application in the user menu.
Access to user profile
- Click on the avatar or image of the profile and choose the sub-menu “My profile”
Access to the modification of the avatar
Recharge your PrintUNIL balance
Students can reload their PrintUNIL account at any time from the Campuscard application
Campuscard page access
Recharge your PrintUNIL balance
If the balance of Campuscard allows the transaction, a student can at any time recharge his balance PrintUNIL from this interface.
The transaction list is also available from this application.
View your administrative data - Public documentation
Access to your salary slips (UNIL staff)
Users who are paid by the UNIL may at any time access their pay slips.
Access to pay slips
- Click on the avatar
- Go to the menu “My salary data”
Print pay slips
Access to last pay slip- Access to pay slips history (1 year)
Charge and block/unblock your Campuscard
Members of the academic community can access their campuscard information from this application page
Access to Campuscard application
Block and unblock the card
- Balance display and lock/unlock your card
- Campus card informations
- Transactions list
Charge from e-banking
Access and print your certificate of registration
Students can access and print their academic credentials from the “My Profile” application in the user menu.
Access to user profile
- Click on the avatar or image of the profile and choose the submenu “My administrative data”
Administrative data and attestations
The administrative data of the user are displayed on this page. For students, their registrations, as well as their registration certificates for the various semesters are also listed.
- PDF of the certificate of the current semester
- Access to the objectives and the list of all registration certificates
If the registration certificate of the current semester is not present at the left panel (1), you can generate it at anytime from the list of all registration certificates (2).
Registrations and list of all certificates
- PDF of the certificate of the current semester
- List of all registration certificates with download and/or generation
As all registration certificates of all semesters are listed here, yon can generate them again after some changes about cursus, postal address…
If the certificate of the current semester is not present at the left panel (1), you can generate it at anytime from the list of all registration certificates (2).
Access and view your course documents - Public documentation
Access to class material
Students can access all class documents filed by the teacher if they use MyUNIL for the management of class materials.
Access to course documents from the “Courses” application
Access from course list
- Select class on the list on the left
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The documents will appear in the “Documents” section to the right of the interface
Search for course documents
By selecting the “Course Documents” tab, students have access to a search in class documents
- Search term
- Access to advanced search
- Result of the research. Access to the class space by clicking on the detail icon
- Possibility of research in these classes or in the classesof the whole faculty
Accessing class documents from the “Calendar” application
- Click on a course to view details
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Access class documents from the link. The user is redirected to the “Classes” application and the file space is automatically displayed
Add classe files
Teachers and student assistants with a proxy for a course can at any time add documents to a course space
Select a course
- Choose from the course list a course for which you want to add documents
- Add a document or directory to the root of the document system in the selected course
- Add a document or directory to the current directory
Add a class file
- Enter document information
- Download the file
- Add the keywords. These keywords will be used to find them in the search for documents
- Validate the addition of document
Access a Moodle course space
Students can access their Moddle course space from the “Course” application. Courses with open course space in Moddle are indicated by a specific icon.
Access the course application
Access the Moodle space of a course
- In the left menu, all courses with an open Moodle space are indicated by the icon
- After selecting a course from the list on the left, access to the corresponding Moodle space is displayed
- General access to Moodle
Download your invoices for the tuition fees (students)
The students have to download their invoices for the tution fees directly from their "MyUNIL" profile.
- After logging into your profile, click on the avatar or profile picture and select the "My Administrative Data" submenu
- To access your registration fee, click on 'My Registrations'. The invoices for registration fees will be available under the 'My Invoices' section, directly under 'My Objectives'.
View your course and exam timetable - Public documentation
Access and synchronize calendars (courses, exams)
Students and teachers can access their course calendars and exam schedule from the “Calendar” application. Course calendars and exams can be directly synchronized with other tools (Apple Calendar, iPhone / iPad, Google Calendar).
INFORMATION:
- Following the switch to edu-ID since february 2021, access to the data (events, tasks) of the “Exchange” main calendar from the MyUNIL portal is temporarily impossible. In the meantime please use the following link to access it: https://owa.unil.ch/
- However, the course calendars and exams schedule are always available!
Access to calendars
The course and exams calendars are accessible from the “Calendar” menu
- Access to synchronization information
Synchronize your calendars (courses, exams) with external tools (Apple Calendar, iPhone, Google Calendar)
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Calendar sync textual address
- Address in the form of a QR-Code for synchronization with smartphones
Apple Calendar
- Copy the synchronization address
- Open calendar application
- File -> Calendar Subscription
- Paste the address into the Calendar URL field
- Configure the calendar name and color
iPhone/iPad
- Copy the synchronization address via the QR-Code
- Go to Settings -> Calendar -> Accounts
- Add new account -> Select type “Other”
- Add a calendar with subscription
- Paste the link in the server field
Google agenda
- Sign in Google Calendar
- Go to the menu of “Other Agendas”
- Add URL
- Paste link in field
See your academic background - Public documentation
Access to your curriculum and results
Students can access a synopsis of their academic “Cursus” as well as the corresponding PVs.
Access the application “Curriculum”
The “Curriculum” application is located in the main menu.
“Curriculum” Application
- Access to the history of results, Validation Tracking, last exams
- Choice of steps to be detailed
- Choice of type of detail: exams or classes
- Choice of objectives
- Access to a global view of the curriculum
NewsUNIL - Public documentation
Public documentation of the “news and events (MyUNIL)” service.
The NewsUNIL management interface available in MyUNIL enables UNIL faculties and departments to quickly create, publish or propose news and events relating to their departments. Depending on their affiliation, articles are automatically published on the various UNIL websites, as well as on the L'ACTU and L'AGENDA portals.
(Version française disponible ici)
News and events management inteface
1. List of predefined searches
Each user has a list of predefined searches based on their profile. These searches are:
- My News/Events: list of news/events entered by the user
- My subscriptions: list of news/events from channels to which I have subscribed
- My validations: list of items awaiting validation
- My channels: list of items published in channels for which the user is a validator
2. General actions
Each user has actions based on his/her profile. These actions are:
- Subscribe to news channels
- Add items (news, events)
3. Advanced search
An advanced search is available by default.
4. Navigation
Users can filter and sort search results according to their needs.
Validators can also launch grouped actions on search results. These actions are: Delete/Relay/Propose selected list
Adding news or events
Users with a write-right in one of the news channels can access news management from the “News / Events” tab
Ajouter une actualité/événement
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To add a news item simply click on the + button in the action area
Stages of the input workflow
- Stages of the input workflow
- Informations: Entering general information
- Contents: Entering news content
- Images/Videos: Addition of the mandatory image and a possible illustrative video
- Links/Files: Adding specific links or documents
- Visualisation/publication: Preview the object before publishing and add keywords
- Sharing: Sharing on social networks or proposal to other channels
- Actions to move around in the workflow
- Cancel the entry
Post a news
- Entering publication information (dates, keywords, authors and language)
- Actions
- Preview the object before publishing
Editing/Deleting news or events
From the news details, the user can edit/delete a news item at any time.
Editing news/event content
Actions
Users can add multiple text blocks and images. After editing, you can delete or sort the blocks at any time using the buttons to the right of the blocks:
Blocks
At the bottom, a toolbar lets you add different types of content:
Respectively: text block, image block, gallery block, video block, podcast block and quote block.
- Text block: the user can use several formatting tools directly in the text
- Image block: users can add an image in 4:3 format, which requires cropping. The rectangular area can be adjusted with the mouse to preview the crop. Click on the crop button and then click on the Validate crop button to add the image to the content.
Once the first image has been added, it is possible to add a second using the Add secondary image button, in which case the two images will be displayed side by side:
You can then manage the presentation of these two images using the Switch images and Delete secondary image buttons:
- Gallery block : unlike the image block, the user can add multiple images (with the same rules for size). You can then manage the addition/deleion of other images using the Insert before, Add after and Remove buttons.
- Video block: adds a video with the same rules as the main video.
- Podcast block: adds a podcast to the content (embedded player). Supported formats are :
- RTS: https://www.rts.ch/play/embed/?urn=urn:rts:audio:...
- Podcastics: podcast identifier for simple player or playlist player
- Quote block: allows you to quote a person. The minimum requirement is the quotation itself, the name and function of the person. Optionally, you can add a title and an external link with its label.
Add an image to a news and events
Users can add an image and a thumbnail to illustrate a news/events item.
- the thumbnail (mandatory for news items) will appear in the news/events list on the MyUnil site and on the L'ACTU or L'AGENDA sites, as well as on the central UNIL site
- the main image will be placed at the very beginning of the content when viewed
Workflow step: Images / video
As with adding images to the content, it is essential to crop the image to the correct format before usage (see here for cropping).
Add a video to news and events
Users can add a video to illustrate a news / event. This video will take the place of the main image.
Workflow step: Images / video
Several sources are available, and the links are generally obtained from the sharing buttons of the respective platforms and must follow these forms:
- REC Unil : https://rec.unil.ch/permalink/...
- RTS : https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/-/video/-?...
- Youtube : https://youtu.be/... for a video or https://youtube.com/playlist?list=... for a series of videos
- Vimeo : https://vimeo.com/...
- HVA : https://av.unil.ch/hva/...
Example of adding a Youtube video
- Click on the sharing link in Youtube
- Copy the generic link of the video
Result of adding video
Add documents to news or events
When entering news, it is now possible to add documents directly in the news / event. The addition is done from the “Links / documents” workflow step.
Workflow step: Links / documents
For reasons of portability between different systems, the only accepted format will be the PDF. The maximum size allowed is 10Mb.
Sharing news and events
When entering a news / event, the user has the possibility to share his / her object:
- Sharing on social networks
- Share with another news channel of the UNIL
Input Workflow Step: Sharing
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Sharing news or events with another channel of the UNIL
Validate news or events
Users with write permissions in a channel have access to the validation of the different objects in their channel. Each news / event is assigned a status. Here is the list of existing statuses in the new system NewsUNIL:
- To validate: Default status, the news is awaiting publication and does not appear in the websites.
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Proposed: Status of an object proposed by another channel, or submitted by a person who does not have write rights in the channel
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Online: Status after publication, appears on the various services (websites, public research, L’ACTU, L’AGENDA)
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Offline: Status applies after the end of publication date for news. For events, the date of the event is applied.
Validation of a news
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A pellet indicates the number of items awaiting validation
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In the predefined lists, choose the menu “My validations”
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Status of item: TO VALIDATE or PROPOSED
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Show details to access the validation. Click the “Edit” button and choose the “View / Publish”
Validate an item with a status: TO VALIDATE
- Publication Information
- Click on “Publish” to publish the item
- View Item
Accept rejecting an item with a status: PROPOSED
- Status: PROPOSED
- Show detail allows you to view the item
Relay news or events
Any element with an “online” status can be relayed at any time by the user in a channel for which it has write rights.
News search to relay
- Add search criteria
- Select the elements to be relayed
- Choose the option “Relay”
Validation of the relay
- List of elements to be relayed
- Choose the channel (s) in which to relay the elements
- Validate relays
After this step, the validated elements will be visible in the channels with an “R” status corresponding to the relay.
Submit news or events
A user with write rights on a channel can at any time offer these items with an “ONLINE” status to other channels.
Search news in its channels
- Searching for news in these channels
- The news to be proposed must have an “ONLINE” status
- Select items to propose
Validate the proposals
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List of elements to propose
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Choosing the channels to propose
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Validate these elements
Proposal of a news / event by a user without writing rights
Any user with access to MyUNIL has the possibility to propose a news / event to any channel of the system.
- Go to the actions section and click on the + button to propose an element to a news channel
Subscribe to a new or event channel
Any member of the academic community may subscribe to news / events channels. The items published in these channels will then appear directly in the notifications of the “What’s New?” Application.
Preference Management
Subscribe to one or more channels
- Choose the “My subscriptions” tab
- Click on more to subscribe
- Searching through existing channels
- Subscribe to the channel by clicking on +
Adding keywords (faculty web site validators)
Users with write permissions in faculty channels as well as UNICOM users will be able to add keywords to allow news and events ranking
Preference Management
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Click on the preferences management icon
Add a keyword
- Go to keyword management
- Enter the new keyword
- Save
Once added to the system, the new keyword can be used by all channels.
Subscribe to an event feed from the calendar
Users can subscribe to event streams and add them directly to their personal calendar.
Add a feed in its calendar
- Go to the “Subscription” tab
- Create your filter
- The link on the atom feed
- The link on the iCal feed
Calendar (MacOS)
- Subscription name
- Event flow link
- Appearence after subscription
- Viewing events in your daily calendar
Google Agenda
Outlook/OWA
- Log in https://owa.unil.ch
- Go to on the calendar tab
- Click on the right button in “OTHER CALENDAR”
- Choose “Open Calendar”
- Generation of the flow in the application “THE AGENDA”
- Paste the iCal URL of the website agenda in the space of “Internet Calendar”
The list of events will appear in a new calendar in owa and automatically
