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Ghent University

Ghent University. Workshop Tempus Curricula Review 19-21 October 2005. Key targets of the project. Allocation of ECTS credits Creating the Information Package Forms: application / LA / ToR Information Technology. Developing ECTS Software. Bruno Lowagie Software Architect DICT.

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Ghent University

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  1. Ghent University • Workshop Tempus • Curricula Review • 19-21 October 2005 Workshop Curricula review

  2. Key targets of the project • Allocation of ECTS credits • Creating the Information Package • Forms: application / LA / ToR • Information Technology Workshop Curricula review

  3. Developing ECTS Software • Bruno Lowagie • Software Architect • DICT Workshop Curricula review

  4. CURRICULUM SOFTWARE ACADEMIC APPLICATION ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS C C++ CLIPPER CSA FSA FSA/Ex.Secr/teacher Before 1998 Workshop Curricula review

  5. teacher secr. operator FSA deliberation CSA Workshop Curricula review

  6. New Project 1998 • 2 developers: • Mario Maccarini • Bruno Lowagie Workshop Curricula review

  7. teacher secr. CSA developer FSA deliberation Workshop Curricula review

  8. After this project was done: • Good knowledge of the database: •  Creation Information Package • All grades in one central database: •  ECTS Grading Scale Workshop Curricula review

  9. Open Source / Free Software • iText: creation of PDF using JAVA • Adopted by the industry: IBM, MacroMedia, JasperReports,… • Search Google: number 1 • Book: iText in Action Workshop Curricula review

  10. What is PDF? • What is iText? Workshop Curricula review

  11. Some Document Content Workshop Curricula review

  12. DEMO • HTML vs. PDF Workshop Curricula review

  13. Put in a PDF document Workshop Curricula review

  14. Credits Allocation • Visualizing the Study Programme Workshop Curricula review

  15. The data (database or XML) Workshop Curricula review

  16. DEMO • Study Programme Tables Workshop Curricula review

  17. The resulting PDF Workshop Curricula review

  18. Information Package • Making Course Descriptions Workshop Curricula review

  19. The Data (database or XML) Workshop Curricula review

  20. DEMO • Course Descriptions Workshop Curricula review

  21. The resulting PDF Workshop Curricula review

  22. Forms • Application Form • Learning Agreement • Transcript of Records Workshop Curricula review

  23. Online Form Workshop Curricula review

  24. Submit to Server • HTML submit • FDF submit • XFDF submit • PDF submit Workshop Curricula review

  25. Example XFDF submit Workshop Curricula review

  26. Transcript ofRecords Workshop Curricula review

  27. DEMO • Retrieve data from XFDF • Merge XFDF and PDF • Fill in ToR in English, French,… Workshop Curricula review

  28. Grading scale • What to fill in? • F, FX Workshop Curricula review

  29. Statistics • Normal Distribution • vs. • Discrete Values Workshop Curricula review

  30. The Grading Scale • No secrets, • Just numbers. • A lot of them! Workshop Curricula review

  31. DEMO • Calculating with MS EXCEL Workshop Curricula review

  32. The Grading Scale • Do some calculations: Workshop Curricula review

  33. The Grading Scale • Make • a little graph: Workshop Curricula review

  34. DEMO • Normal Distribution • vs. • Discrete Values Workshop Curricula review

  35. Types of Students • UGent students studying at UGent • automatic calculation of ECTS grade • Foreign students studying at UGent • automatic or manual if nra • UGent students studying abroad • conversion tables Workshop Curricula review

  36. Example Foreign Students Workshop Curricula review

  37. ExampleConversionTable Workshop Curricula review

  38. Questions? Workshop Curricula review

  39. Workshop Curricula review

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