2010 ASCCC Curriculum Institute Santa Clara Marriott • July 8-10, 2010 GPS for Curriculum: Curriculum Management Software Many colleges now rely on curriculum management software to smooth the curriculum development, review, and approval process. How are these tools evolving to maintain focus on course and program quality and how can these processes integrate with and support other campus responsibilities? •Richard Mahon, Curriculum Committee, ASCCC •Steve Thyberg, GoverNET •Joanne Vorhies, Chancellor’s Office
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2010 ASCCC Curriculum InstituteSanta Clara Marriott • July 8-10, 2010
GPS for Curriculum:Curriculum Management Software
Many colleges now rely on curriculum management software to smooth the curriculum development, review, and approval process. How are these tools evolving to maintain focus on course and program quality and how can these processes integrate with and support other campus responsibilities?
Paper-based, labor-intensive curriculum processes Lack of timely approval of new courses &
programs Poor multi-campus communication and proposal
tracking Limited curriculum search, update, and reporting
ability Laborious, error-filled Catalog production Need ability to automate curriculum review
GOVERNET
AUTOMATED CONCEPT Web-based entry/edit of course proposal
forms Course & program approvals Searchable database Automated workflow Articulation module Interface to catalog production, Student
System, & other systems Potential automated statewide reporting &
DB searches
GOVERNET
KEY FEATURES Processes both courses and programs, and maintains links between courses
and programs Web-based proposal entry and approval Point-&-click look up tables Entry field edits & rules enforcement All fields go into a relational database Help instructions for every entry item 100% automated workflow with email notifications Allows multiple workflows Real-time approval tracking All changes & comments tracked and archived Automated reporting to CCCCO and other external systems Interface to college catalog production and Student System Articulation management module, with automated OSCAR submissions CurriUSEARCH option for all approved course outlines and program/degree
reports across ALL CurricUNET colleges
GOVERNET
PREVIOUSPAPER PROCESS
GOVERNET
NEW MODEL
GOVERNET
WEB FORM INPUT
GOVERNET
COURSE OUTLINE
GOVERNET
COURSE IMPACT REPORT-Advance notice of all courses/programs impacted
GOVERNET
AUTOMATED WORKFLOW
GOVERNET
6-YEAR REVIEW REPORT
GOVERNET
COLLEGE CATALOG
GOVERNET
STATEWIDE SEARCHES & ARTICULATION
GOVERNET
SUMMARY Web-based access, Database Driven Courses, programs, articulation agreements Interface to related systems
Student System College catalog production Other College systems State reporting
