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Columbus State University CurricUNET User Manual

Building the Worldwide Curriculum Network

Contents:

Log In ................................................................................................ .1

Choosing Access Area .............................................................. 2

Proposal Creation .................................................................... 3

Entering Course/Program Details ...........................................6

Launch Into Approval Process ................................................ .7

Approval Process and Approval Actions................................ 8

Standard Course Reports........................................................10

Program Reports…………………………………………......12

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Log In

Live Site URL: columbusstate.curricunet.com

User Name: Your Current Email Address name@columbusstate.edu

Password: yourpassword

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Choosing Access Area

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After you login you will be presented with a screen for Courses

From this screen you can view courses you are working on or switch to a “My Institution” view to access all of the courses for your college

You can switch between Courses and Programs by clicking on the “Curriculum” button

This will then give you a menu to select between Courses and Programs

Once switched to Programs, you will have the same ability to view “My Programs” or “My Institution” within the search area

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Proposal Creation

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In CurricUNET Meta when you want to create a proposal you will click on the “Create Proposal” button in the upper right of the screen. From this area you will be able to create all proposal types (New Course, New Program, Course Revision etc…)

Once the Create Proposal button is clicked, you will be directed to the following Create Proposal screen

From this screen you can select the type of proposal being created. In this example we will use “New Course”.

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Select “New Course” from the drop down and click the “Next Step” button. Once that is completed the following screen will appear:

When you reach this screen answer the questions presented. Once you have completed the questions, you will then click the “Next Step” button.

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After you have clicked on “Next Step” the following screen will appear.

If your selections are accurate then click the “Create Proposal” button. Please keep in mind that you will be able to continue to make changes on future screens.

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Entering Course/Program Details

Once you “Create Proposal” You will then be in the main course information entry area.

Fill out the desired information in the specified text areas. The tabs along the left side contain additional fields. Click on each tab to access each different area.

Required elements of the course are identified with “*” and color cues. You will be

prompted for remaining required elements that must be completed by visual cues

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Launch into Approval Process

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Once you have completed the required course fields you will be able to launch into the approval process. Push on the “Launch” button in the upper right section of the screen.

Once you have successfully launched the proposal into the workflow, you will get this screen:

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Approval Process and Approval Actions

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The next section discusses how the approval process functions. The system has predefined workflows dependent on the type of proposal that has been launched into the workflow. When you have an action to take you will receive an email notification.

Daily CurricUNET notifications for User

Notifications contain all activity in the system related to you since your last

notification.

Action Needed

You are a participant in the approval process for the following proposals

Proposal Type: Graduate Program Modification

Title: MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Originator: User

Your action as School Academic Affairs Committee is optional

You will then Log In with your credentials and click on the “Approvals” button on the top part of the screen. Once you do this you will be presented with this screen:

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You can then click on the Course Record to be reviewed and you will be presented with this screen:

From this screen you will be able to make comments and take an action. You can also view comments made by previous reviewers. To take action click on the drop down menu next to “Action” and select your decision. After you have made your selection and added any desired comments click “Commit”. The proposal will then be sent to the next person in the approval process.

This covers the basic input process as well as the workflow usage.

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Standard Reports: Standard reports are reports that can be used by all users. There are separate reports that can only be accessed by administrators, which will be covered in the Columbus State University Administrator User Guide. Course Reports

To view the standard course reports press push on the paper icon to the right of the course listing. Each course will have its own paper icon on the right side that when selected will run the report that is directly related to that particular course. When you push on the paper icon two course reports options will display, “Course Outline” and “Impact”. On certain courses, a third report option, “Comparison”, will be available. Press on the one you would like run.

This is an example of a “Course Outline” report. This report is a summary of the course proposal.

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This is an example of the “Impact” report. This will show if the course selected is a requisite of

another course, if it is cross listed with another course, or if it is a part of a program.

This is an example of a “Comparison” report. It shows a comparison to the previous version of the course.

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Program Report

To view the standard program report press on the paper icon to the right of the program listing. Each program will have its own paper icon on the right side that when selected will run the report that is directly related to that particular program. When you push on the paper icon the “Program Summary” report link will display.

Press “Program Summary”.

This is an example of a Program Summary.

CurricuNET META Release Notes 2.12.15

The following document contains New Features, Updates, Bug Fixes and other information about the latest release of CurricuNET META. New Features Add “Review Edit Proposal” functionality that allows certain positions to edit a proposal

CurricuNet now allows proposals in Review or Draft mode to be edited if the user is in a position at the

current level of the proposal and has been given this ability.

Updates to Existing Features Reports Enhancements

This release contained general screen improvements to minor functionality, look and feel, and design

clean-up as necessary to various reports. Some improvements included: word wrap in necessary areas,

CSS updates, checkbox and long label display improvements, and other formatting improvements and

data display fixes.

Bug Fixes Course Blocks Not Copying on Programs

An issue with data in the course blocks section not copying when making a program modification.

IE Bug with Validations in the Rich Text Editor

Changes were not being saved in the rich text editor. This has been resolved.

Dynamic Reports – SLO’s Mapping to ILO’s for Each One Even When Not Selected

For the All Fields and Comparison reports, sections with nested checklists were not displaying correctly.

Now, each item in the list has its own values for the nest checklist display.

CurricuNET META Release Notes 2.12.15

Required Fields Colored Boxes Not Behaving Correctly

Course and program screens displaying orange boxes to reflect missing required data when data is

present has not been resolved. Additionally, counts reporting more things completed than required has

also been resolved.

Show Count of Required Fields on Proposal Load vs. Tab Load

Now, when accessing a proposal type, the required fields are validated on all tabs that require input

before launching the proposal, so that users need not click into each to see if there are any required

fields.

Create Modification of Non-Active Entity Bug

In the event of an active proposal being used to create a modified proposal, the Comparison report was

looking instead at a previously approved proposal, rather than the active copied proposal.

All-Fields Report Not Showing Selected Means of Assessment

The All Fields report is now accurately displaying the selected values for Means of Assessment

Next Scheduled Release

The next CurricuNET META release is scheduled for April of 2015.

If You Need Further Assistance

Please contact CurricuNET Support if you have any further questions on the above items.