New students are required to complete mandatory modules as part of starting their studies at RMIT.
Starting at RMIT is an important and exciting moment and we're committed to providing you with the information, support and resources you need to succeed from day one.
We aim to create a safe place for students and staff, where everyone feels included, respected and supported.
That’s why, students who commence their studies at RMIT's Australian campuses are required to complete a suite of free, self-paced online modules as part of their orientation experience.
Mandatory | Approx. 40 minutes
Academic Integrity is essential to academic thought and practice. It’s the ability to demonstrate integrity, honesty and fairness in your scholarly and workplace activities.
This module is the best way to understand what academic integrity is, how to maintain it, your responsibilities as a student, and guidance around how to avoid accidental breaches.
Mandatory | Approx. 30 minutes
Sex and Consent is an engaging online module, that uses film and interactive quizzes to explore topics associated with sex education, relationships and consent. It also offers helpful tips for how to support someone who has experienced sexual harm or violence.
Highly recommended | Approx. 45 minutes
How2RMIT is designed to help new students get set up and organised for a smooth transition into university life. Content covers the basics about everything from timetabling, fees and loans, making friends, navigating campus, getting involved in the RMIT community, and more.
If you started your studies this year, the modules will be automatically added to your Canvas after you've enrolled in your classes. Find and complete them via your Canvas dashboard (login required).
You must complete the modules by the end of your first semeter or teaching period. Some students who haven’t completed the modules by this deadline will be blocked from adding to their enrolment.
You should complete the modules as soon as possible to avoid impacts on your re-enrolment experience. Find and complete the modules via your Canvas dashboard.
If you commenced at RMIT before 2024, you may also complete the versions of the modules available in the Canvas Catalogue.
To complete these modules, you must manually enrol into the modules via the Catalogue and complete them once they appear in their Canvas dashboard.
Enrol in the modules as a continuing student:
Contact Student Connect if you have questions related to the onboarding modules.
If you started your studies this year and you don’t complete the modules by the end of your first semester or teaching period, you won’t be able to add to your enrolment.
You should aim to complete the modules before your classes start or as soon as possible to avoid delays when you next enrol.
The following cohorts are exempt from the enrolment block:
For new students, the Academic Integrity Awareness and Sex and Consent modules are located on the Dashboard page within your Canvas environment.
There are two ways to find these courses:
Standard dashboard view: In the standard dashboard view, students can see all the Canvas courses they’re enrolled in. The modules will appear here.
Canvas Dashboard - Courses Menu Item: If students are using an alternative dashboard view, they can navigate to their enrolled modules by clicking the “Courses” item in the left-hand navigation menu and selecting the relevant module from the subsequent pop-out menu.
If you're an associate degree, HE undergraduate and postgraduate by coursework student, graduate certificate graduate or graduate diploma student who started your studies at an Australian campus this year and you can't see the modules in your Canvas dashboard, contact Student Connect.
Students who commenced their studies in 2024 should complete the modules as soon as possible to avoid impacts on your re-enrolment experience. Find and complete the modules via your Canvas dashboard.
If you commenced your studies before 2024, you won't see the modules in your Canvas dashboard, you will not be blocked from enrolling in future classes if you don’t complete them and you don't need to take any action.
The Academic Integrity Awareness and Sex and Consent modules each have different completion requirements.
Academic Integrity Awareness
This module includes compulsory ‘activities’ that test your knowledge of the content. To complete the module, you must complete each activity and select the “mark as done” option before you click ‘next’ to progress to the next stage of the module.
You must also receive a score of 15 on the module's final assessment.
Sex and Consent
To complete Sex and Consent, you must achieve a passing score of 90. To achieve this score and complete the module you must engage with the content, complete the knowledge check scenarios throughout and exit the course.
You’ll know you’ve successfully completed the modules when you reach the confirmation of completion page at the end of each.
Once you’ve completed the modules, you’ll be able to navigate to enrolment online to add to your enrolment.
You don’t have to notify anyone at the University that you’ve completed your modules.
The Sex and Consent module is mandatory at RMIT. It provides learning content associated with sex, consent, porn use, sexual harm, assault and gender-based violence.
RMIT acknowledges that some students may find the content in this module distressing.
The module begins with a short survey where you can choose whether to start the course, or not to proceed with it.
When you choose to opt-out from completing Sex and Consent, the re-enrolment block will be lifted for this module however, the block will remain in place until you complete the Academic Integrity Awareness module.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
