Written documentation for the Outline Project
Written Docs
 
 
When you use the “Create New Credit Outline” or “Create New Noncredit Outline” links, you’ll be presented with the main outline editor.  There are tabs across the top for the seven major sections of an outline:
  1. I.General Description
  2. II.Course Specifics
  3. III.Catalog Description
  4. IV.Major Learning Outcomes
  5. V.Content
  6. VI.Instructional Methodology
  7. VII.Title 5 Classification
 
For four of these seven sections, editing the specifics of the outline is hopefully very straightforward -- just click on the item you’d like to edit, enter the new value, and click Update.  These four sections are: General Description, Course Specifics, Catalog Description, and Title 5 Classification.
 
For some items, the possible values are limited.  For example:
  1. • When entering the Date of Approval, you’ll be prompted for a month and year
  2. • The repeatability for a credit outline is a number, 0-3.  You’ll use a selection list to pick the appropriate value
 
Some of the values have default text:
  1. • Your name is entered as the outline preparer
  2. • The department chair and dean’s name you filled in when you first signed up are entered automatically entered
 
The other three sections (Major Learning Outcomes, Content, and Instructional Methodology) use slightly more complicated interface, described in the next section.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Editing Basics