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Implementing an electronic system for efficient creation, modification, and access to degree programs, courses, and catalog information, aiming to enhance accuracy, reduce delays, and streamline processes. Project involves consultation with key academic stakeholders to ensure successful integration and adoption.
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Course, Curriculum and Catalog ManagementAcademic Affairs Senior Staff MeetingMay 13, 2014
Objective • To provide an electronic academic program and course approval system for creating, modifying, and accessing degree programs, individual courses, and catalog information.
Why is this necessary? • We have well-meaning processes and systems for managing our curriculum – the efficiency and utility of which have been lessened as we have grown and become more complex. • Inaccurate and inconsistent quality of information • Delays and inefficiencies • Duplication of effort • Paper-intensive • Lack of synthetized information • Lack of historical record and accountability • No reporting or data analysis capabilities
Student Success Core Initiatives Graduation Analytics: A comprehensive effort to identify and mitigate barriers to successful graduation both in terms of program design and student performance.
Goals of Project • Maintain accurate account of all course offerings and degree programs • Integrate course, degree, and catalog information with Banner and degree audit systems • Allow faculty, departments, colleges, and staff to access, edit, and propose changes to the curriculum and catalog in a web-based approval system
Consultation and Support • Faculty Council • Undergraduate Course & Curriculum • Graduate Council • Faculty Information & Technology Services • Faculty Academic Policy & Standards • Associate Deans • Office of the Registrar • Academic Advisory Team
Academic Advisory Team • Advise during conceptualization and development, serve as primary contact • Consider policy and procedural implications
Guiding Principles • Definitive Source • Accuracy • Clarity • Efficiency • Faculty Focused Process, Student Focused Product
Vendor Selection • Digital Architecture • Acalog –catalog management • Curriculog – curriculum management
Tentative Project Timeline • March 2014: Vendor selected • Summer 2014: Develop catalog template • Fall 2014: Departmental curriculum review • Spring 2015: System live; all short forms and long forms processed via system • June 1, 2015: 2015-2016 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs produced via Acalog/Curriculog
Thank You Maria Arrington-Ferguson, Project Manager, A.Arrington-Ferguson@uncc.edu Leslie R. Zenk, Assistant Provost, lzenk@uncc.edu