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Curriculog™ Course Style GuideJanuary 22, 2016

Curriculum Software Implementation (CSI) Project

Table of ContentsIntroduction....................................................................................................................................1

Course Description........................................................................................................................2

Course Learning Outcome & Objectives.......................................................................................2

Prerequisite(s)...............................................................................................................................2

Corequisite(s)................................................................................................................................3

Additional Requisite Information....................................................................................................4

Equivalent Course(s).....................................................................................................................4

Precluded Equivalent(s)................................................................................................................4

Course Offering(s): Length and Term............................................................................................4

Substitution for Graduation Requirement......................................................................................6

Time Guidelines.............................................................................................................................7

Course Assessment.......................................................................................................................7

Table Properties.....................................................................................................................7

Cell Properties........................................................................................................................7

How to Format Course Assessments........................................................................................7

Required Course Publications.......................................................................................................9

Optional Reference Publications.................................................................................................10

Course Materials..........................................................................................................................10

Other Course Information............................................................................................................10

Accrediting Body/Professional Designations...............................................................................11

Additional Accrediting Body/Professional Designations Information...........................................11

Shopping Cart..............................................................................................................................11

Course Search Link.....................................................................................................................12

SWACACO Special Notes...........................................................................................................14

Inserting a Hyperlink.............................................................................................................14

Curriculog Course Style Guide

IntroductionThis Style Guide covers standard formatting requirements for high and low impact course outline changes in Curriculog. These standards have been approved by SAIT’s Vice President Academic.

Curriculog’s rich text fields include a tool bar with a variety of formatting functions. Below please find a legend for that toolbar:

Important Notes:

Each rich text field in a proposal must be spellchecked individually. Click the icon in the toolbar to spellcheck the field.

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If you paste content into a field, you must highlight the pasted content and click the

icon in the toolbar to remove all foreign formatting. If formatting is required, you must use the toolbar to create that formatting.

Course DescriptionThis field is to be written in paragraph format.

Non-credit course descriptions must be written according to the Guidelines for Non-Credit Course Descriptions document that can be found on SAITNow.

Non-credit course descriptions may appear on the course’s shopping cart page (entered into SWACACO), in which case there is a limit of 2000 characters including html tags. Depending on the complexity of your formatting, the html tags could consume a significant portion of the character count. Please keep the course description text at approximately 1500 characters to help stay within this limit.

Course Learning Outcome & ObjectivesMultilevel numbered lists must be created manually. To enter Course Learning Outcome(s):

1. Click into the Course Learning Outcomes and Objectives field2. Type the following: 1. with one space after the period and the first learning outcome.3. Press Enter4. Click the indent icon once to indent one level5. Type the word Objectives:6. Press Enter7. Click the indent icon twice to indent to two levels

a. Type the following: 1.1 with one space after it and the first learning objective.b. Press Enterc. Repeat steps a and b for all course learning objectives attached to the learning

outcome.8. Click the decrease indent icon twice to go back to the margin.

Repeat steps 2 to 8 for all Course Learning Outcomes.

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http://www.saitnow.ca/cm-stg.html

http://www.saitnow.ca/cm-stg.html


Prerequisite(s)Prerequisites are to be presented in a bulleted list and are to be written as follows:

Course Code space Course Number space dash space Course Title

Example:

ACCT 206 - Financial Accounting for the Hospitality Industry

When there are equivalent prerequisites, the bulleted list must be multilevel and the solid bullet must say One of:

Example:

One of:o ACCT 3310 - Intermediate Financial Accounting IIo ACCT 350 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II

Important:

The number of solid bullets must be equal to the number of prerequisites the student must take.

If there are no prerequisites for the course, leave the field blank. DO NOT write the word none.

Non-standard prerequisites

If a course has a prerequisite statement that cannot conform to these formatting rules, it must be moved to the Additional Requisite Information field. This is due to limitations to the Prerequisite field in Banner. Please see the Additional Requisite Information field for more details.

Corequisite(s)Corequisites are to be presented in a bulleted list and are to be written as follows:


Example:

ACCT 250 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II

When there are equivalent corequisites, the bulleted list must be multilevel and the solid bullet must say One of:

Example:


Important:

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The number of solid bullets must be equal to the number of corequisites the student must take.

If there are no corequisites for the course, leave the field blank. DO NOT write the word none.

Additional Requisite InformationThis field is designated for requisite information that cannot be expressed as a course; this includes recommended prerequisites, competencies and cases where requisites can be exempted with the permission of the Program Chair.

Example:

Process industry experience Knowledge of DCS is desirable

Equivalent Course(s)Equivalent Courses are to be presented in a bulleted list and are to be written as follows:


Example 1 (For ACCT 215 - Introductory Financial Accounting I):

ACCT 1010 - Introductory Financial Accounting I

When there are equivalent equivalents, the bulleted list must be multilevel and the solid bullet must say One of:

Example 2:


When two courses can be combined to fulfill a single equivalent, present both courses with a single bullet, separated by the word and.

Example 3:

One of:o MKTG 335 - Marketing Actiono MKTG 2335 - Marketing Actiono KTG 330 - E-Marketing and PREL 350 - Public Relations and Events Marketing

Precluded Equivalent(s)Precluded Equivalents are to be presented in a bulleted list and are to be written as follows:


Example (For SCMT 2370 - Procurement I):

MNGT 3010 - Continuous Improvement

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Course Offering(s): Length and TermThis field, which is used to populate sait.ca, must be in table format.

The OFFERED column must read ‘Classroom’, ‘Online’, or “Classroom/Online”. The LENGTH column can be written in Hours, Days or Weeks (note the capitalization of

the unit of length). The COURSE DELIVERY OPTIONS field is where you enter the term(s) in which the

course is offered.o When entering multiple terms, use shift enter to avoid large spaces.o Term can be Fall, Winter or Spring/Summer.o The Academic Year is divided into four Terms:

Summer: July-August Fall: September-December starts the day after Labour Day Winter: January-April starts on the first Monday or January 5th-11th. Spring: May-June starts on the first Monday one full week after the end of

the winter term.

In the event that you need to create this table, follow these instructions:

1. Select the Table button in the toolbar

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2. The course offerings table should have three columns. Set the Border size to zero and the Cell spacing and Cell padding to one. The width of this table should be 100% and click OK.

3. The headings of the columns should be all uppercase.

Substitution for Graduation RequirementSubstitution for Graduation Requirements are to be presented in a bulleted list and are to be written as follows:


Example 1:

ACCT 206 - Financial Accounting for the Hospitality Industry

When there are equivalent substitutions, the bulleted list must be multilevel and the solid bullet must say One of:

Example 2:


When two courses can be combined to fulfill a single substitution, present both courses with a single bullet, separated by the word and.

Example 3:

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One of:o MKTG 335 - Marketing Actiono MKTG 2335 - Marketing Actiono MKTG 330 - E-Marketing and PREL 350 - Public Relations and Events Marketing

Time GuidelinesThe following sentence structure must be used in this field:

“The standard instructional time for this course is ___ hours.”

For credit courses:

If the course is offered through Continuing Education or Distance Education, the following sentences should appear instead:

“The standard instructional time for the day-time course offering is ___ hours. Continuing Education and Distance Education Hours will vary.”

For non-credit courses:

If the course is offered through Distance Education, the following sentences should also appear:

“Instructional hours are not applicable to courses offered through Distance Education.”

Important: This field is strictly reserved for information about instructional hours. Information related to the hourly breakdown of content delivery is to be included in the Other Course Information field; please refer to the Other Course Information section of this document for formatting standards for this type of information.

Course AssessmentWhen this field includes a table of the course assessment breakdown in percentages, you will need to use the following formatting standards:

Table Properties (right click to select) The table width should be between 30% and 75% Borders should be 0 Cell spacing and padding should be 0

Cell Properties

Cell Properties for the left column of cells must be set separately from the cell properties for the right column of cells.

The left column should be horizontally left aligned The right column should horizontally right aligned All cells should be vertically top aligned All tables must contain a horizontal line over the Total row

How to Format Course Assessments If you are pasting in content, select the pasted text and click the Remove Format button

in the toolbar.

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If you need additional rows in the table, right click and select Row, Insert Row Before or Insert Row After

If you need to delete one of the rows in the table above, right click and select Row, Delete Rows

In the event that you need to format another table, follow the instructions below:

4. Select the Table button in the toolbar

5. Select the number of columns and rows the table requires, set the Border size, Cell spacing and Cell padding to zero, set the width to the percentage of the page you want the table to span and click OK. The table below is set to 30% width of the page.

6. Select the first column of cells and right click and select Cell, Cell Properties

7. Select a pixel width (this keeps your cells from expanding and collapsing based on the number of characters you enter). In example table above, the first column of cells is set at 150 pixels, and the second column of cells is set at 50 pixels.

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Example Table

Exam #1 15%Exam #2 15%Final Exam 25%Research Paper #1 15%

Research Paper #2 15%

Assignment 15%

Total: 100%


Then, set the justification at this point using the Horizontal and Vertical Alignment drop-down menus.

The left column of cells should be horizontally aligned left and vertically aligned to top.

The right column of cells should be horizontally aligned right and vertically aligned to top.

8. Repeat steps 3 and 4 on the cells of each column.

9. Placing your cursor to the left of the word Total, click the horizontal line icon . Then

place your cursor to the left of the 100% and click the horizontal line icon .

Required Course PublicationsRequired Course Publications must be formatted as follows:

APA style Alphabetical order No bulleted lists

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Optional Reference PublicationsOptional Reference Publications must be formatted as follows:

APA style Alphabetical order No bulleted lists

Course MaterialsIf more than one material is listed, present materials in a bulleted list.

Other Course InformationThis is generally entered in paragraph form but users can use the standard formatting available in Curriculog such as bulleted and numbered lists, tables, indents, bold, underline and italics.

Non-Credit Courses

Most often this field is used to for:

Hourly breakdown of content deliver School-specific policies

In cases when both kinds of information are being housed in this field, the hourly breakdown of content delivery should appear first.

If you are including a table that shows the hourly breakdown of content delivery, the table should be introduced with the following standard sentence: “Course content will be delivered in the following timeframes:”

Example:

Course content will be delivered in the following timeframes:

DH+/ Remote I/O 9 hours

Controlnet Communications & RSNetworx 9 hours

Devicenet Communications 2 hours

Ethernet Communications 3 hours

Process Control 3 hours

PID Instruction 6 hours

PID Tuning Software (Loop Optimizer) 3 hours

Total: 35 hours

Accrediting Body/Professional Designations

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This field is to be written in paragraph format.

Additional Accrediting Body/Professional Designations InformationThis field is to be written in paragraph format.

Shopping CartIn situations where you are changing the information for an existing course, the Shopping Cart field will be pre-populated with a link to the course’s SAIT shopping cart.

You will only need to change this field in situations where you are creating a new course or where the information has been entered incorrectly and needs to be fixed.

1. Type the following sentence: Click to see course offerings.2. Highlight the sentence and click the link icon. This will bring up a new window.

1. Copy this URL in the URL textbox: http://register.sait.ca/servlet/CourseController?calendarType=All&method=getCourseContent&courseCode=MATH-288

2. Change the course code on the end of the URL to the course code that you are creating. Example: The link above is for MATH 288.

3. Click the Target tab.

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http://register.sait.ca/servlet/CourseController?calendarType=All&method=getCourseContent&courseCode=MATH-288

http://register.sait.ca/servlet/CourseController?calendarType=All&method=getCourseContent&courseCode=MATH-288


4. Select New Window (_blank) in the target dropdown menu.5. Click OK.

In situations where you are changing the information for an existing course, the Shopping Cart field will be pre-populated with a link to the course’s SAIT shopping cart.

Course Search LinkThis link performs a search of the course finder to return a list of all programs containing this course. You will need to populate this field when creating a new course. You will only need to edit this link for an existing course if it was entered incorrectly.

1. Type the following sentence: Search for programs containing this course.2. Highlight the sentence and click the link icon. This will bring up a new window.

3. Copy this URL in the URL textbox: http://catalog.sait.ca/search_advanced.php?cur_cat_oid=88&ecpage=1&cpage=1&ppage=1&pcpage=1&spage=1&tpage=1&search_database=Search&filter[keyword]=MATH+288&filter[exact_match]=1&filter[31]=1&filter[1]=1

4. Change the course code in the middle of the URL to the course code that you are creating. Example: The link above is for MATH 288.

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http://catalog.sait.ca/search_advanced.php?cur_cat_oid=88&ecpage=1&cpage=1&ppage=1&pcpage=1&spage=1&tpage=1&search_database=Search&filter%5Bkeyword%5D=MATH+288&filter%5Bexact_match%5D=1&filter%5B31%5D=1&filter%5B1%5D=1




5. Click the Target tab.6. Select New Window (_blank) in the target dropdown menu.7. Click OK.

In situations where you add or remove this course from a program, it will automatically update the program listing in this link (an Example of MATH 288 below).

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SWACACO Special NotesFormat these notes as you would like them to appear on register.sait.ca. Do not add html formatting tags.

Inserting a HyperlinkIf your Special Notes require a hyperlink, follow these steps:

1. In the rich text field, write a complete sentence.2. Highlight the word you wish to hyperlink.3. Click on the link icon:

4. Paste the link into the URL field.5. Click the Target tab.

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6. From the Target drop-down menu, select New Window (_blank)7. Click OK

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