Curriculum Institute Presentation

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CCC CurricUNET A STATEWIDE CURRICULUM NETWORK
MODEL

• Curriculum Institute Presentation
• July 11, 2009

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CCC CurricUNET Objectives

• Build a statewide curriculum network that
• Automates curriculum reporting to the System
  Office
• Non-credit courses
• Stand-alone courses
• Programs
• Provides a simple Web interface for all colleges,
  including
• Curricunet colleges (58 currently)
• Non-Curricunet colleges that are automated
• Non-Curricunet colleges that are not automated
• Provides for standardized electronic forms,
  reports, workflows, and notifications to/from all
  colleges
• Results in a statewide, searchable database of
  all approved course outlines and programs

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Project Background

• Evolved from the long-standing (10 years) CCC
  Clearinghouse project
• Modeled after the already implemented Illinois
  project (ICCB and 48 CCs)
• Specifications being developed by a System
  Office/MIS work group
• Will automate
• Non-credit course submissions
• Stand-alone course submissions
• Program submissions
• Estimated schedule targets a September, 2009
  implementation

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MIS Coordination

• System Office MIS involved in work group and
  resulting project design
• Focus will be on single point of capture of
  needed MIS data where practical, and streamlined
  process
• Will result in automated updates of MIS database
  
• Will allow simplified search and reporting
  capability, for both standard production reports
  and ad hoc reports

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Sample Web Input
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Sample Web Input
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Sample Report Output
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Sample Bulk Upload
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Sample Automated Workflow
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Statewide Curriculum Searches
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Benefits to the College

• Efficiency
• Streamlines curriculum reporting to the System
  Office
• One point of data entry for all information
• Reduces labor/paper processing
• Accuracy
• Entry validation of coding
• Online tables and Help
• Timeliness
• Automated workflow
• Electronic notifications

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Benefits to the System Office

• Streamlined course submission and approval
  process
• Savings
• Paper
• Labor
• Processing Time
• Standardized forms and processes
• Searchable database for sharing of program and
  course information

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Status/Next Steps

• Prototype has been developed and is being tested
  by System Office
• Version 1.0 is nearing completion for Beta
  testing by identified colleges
• Non-automated
• Automated, but not Curricunet
• Automated, Curricunet
• Beta testing June-August, with training and test
  script provided
• Presentation at Curriculum Institute in July,
  with system rollout in September