AFTRS Graduands : Exit Task Information

As part of the exit clearance requirements, any lost items or items not returned by exit date, will incur a fine and this fine must be paid before exit date or as agreed with Student Centre or Finance or Library. 

The fines are to cover replacement costs for these items. 

Any student with outstanding debt will not able to progress to Graduation so make sure you have a good look for anything to be returned and please reach out to the Student Centre with any questions. 

Locker Key $50 replacement cost 

Student Card $20  replacement cost 

Technical Equipment (Fines are as determined by replacement cost for items lost/not returned) 

AFTRS Laptop on Loan  (Fines are as determined by replacement cost for items lost/not returned) 

Production Drives Video Post (Fines are as determined by replacement cost for items lost/not returned) 

Library Items (Fines are as determined by replacement cost for items lost/not returned) 

• If you have an AFTRS laptop on short term or long term loan, this must be returned by 22 December 2024.
• Any other computer equipment - computer cords, monitors - that you may have out on Loan from Service Desk must also be returned by end of your Graduand period.
• If you still require your laptop , then you must reach out to the Student Centre to discuss.

• You must return any items you currently have out on loan from Post Production or Tech Store  
• Hard Drives borrowed from Post Production must be returned or there will be a fine to be paid.

• If you require equipment post production work, then this must be organised with Production Team 
• If you have lost an item, then please liaise with the Tech Store:  there may be a fine to be paid

If you aren't sure if you have any items still on loan, please contact the library to check: 

The library will be following up via email to your AFTRS email to any students who have outstanding items on loan. 

Fines will be issued for any items that you do not return and you may not be able to graduate if you do not pay those fines.

You can still access the Library both on-site and online (including streaming services) until end of exit clearance

• Once your course has finished you can become an Alumni member and continue to have access to the Library, further information will be sent out.
• Please return any outstanding Library items before deadline
• For more information about Library services and hours click here for our website.

*Return of all library items and settlement of lost/late fees is a requirement of the Exit Policy

If you have a concession Opal Card, your student access will finish on EXIT DATE

This date is listed with Transport NSW and while your Opal Card and student card still seem valid, your travel concession is not. 

For Semester 2 completing students: If you are still travelling to and from AFTRS from now until end December, then you may need to get a new facing for your Student Card to show 22 December end date.  Please see Cathy at Reception to organise.   

You may have received an email from Transport NSW saying your travel concession expires in November :  this was the original end date uploaded to Transport NSW when we issued travel concessions but we have updated with Transport NSW now until exit strategy date

All MASY2 Graduands must clear up their space, return any borrowed prop store items, gather personal items and empty lockers prior to 15 December 2025.   

We suggest that if possible you clear up your space of any important belongings as soon as possible so the space can be cleaned and maintenance work done as this will take place from mid December onwards.

From Orientation Week 23 February 2026, the Masters space will have some new tenants as the new MASY1 students arrive and progressing MAS students move into new desks. 

What does this mean?

You will no longer have access to the content or feedback on assessments from those courses.

You will receive an email reminder to your AFTRS email about end date 

What should you do?

Essential - make sure you have kept a copy of all your own assignments and copy any feedback from your lecturers you want to keep.

Optional - print or save any resources from your course that you would like to keep such as PDFs, readings, audio files etc.

How to download and save resources.

If you wish to save an embedded resource (i.e. a PDF or a Powerpoint), select the file link where you will be prompted to:

• Save the resource to your personal computer, where you may open and then print the resource using the appropriate program; or
• View the resource in a new tab within your browser, where you may select to print the resource using the browser print options available to you.

More information on downloading resources from Moodle is located here: https://moodle.aftrs.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=139985

Please note that for copyright and privacy reasons you will not be able to download video content - but you can download the transcripts if available. 

For students who have Adobe Creative Cloud student licences as part of their course:  access will end on EXIT DATE unless you have been approved an extension

We recommend you save any Adobe files that you wish to retain/from Adobe Cloud. 

To force Adobe Creative Cloud to sign out please follow these steps:

For Windows:

1. Exit out of the Creative Cloud desktop application.
2. Press the Windows Key + R to open the Run window.
3. In the Run window, type "appdata" (without the quotes) and hit enter. This should open your AppData folder.
4. Open the "Local" folder.
5. Open the "Adobe" folder.
6. Finally open the "OOBE" folder.
7. Inside the OOBE folder, there should be a file named "opm.db" - delete it. It contains the old account data.

For Mac:

1. Close the Creative Cloud application.
2. Navigate to: /Users/[your username]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE
3. Delete the "opm.db" file.