Ventura College Mathematics Department: Quick Guide to Using CurricUNET

If you have never been trained, contact Linda Resendiz.

You may also wish to read the CurricUNET FAQ.

Log On

Go to http://www.curricunet.com/ventura/.
Log on with user name (first initial and last name) and password.
If you forgot, or never received, your user name or password, see this FAQ.
Depending on what you would like to accomplish, please select (click) one of the following options:

How to Update, Revise, or Delete a Course

Log on (how?).
Go to "Build" — "Courses" — "Course Update/Revision/Delete".
In the Course Search Box, find your course.
You can either click ALL, or enter the course discipline and either title or course number, and click "OK". Note: Do not type "V" in front of the course number. It is often helpful to print a paper copy of the course before starting to make modfications; click the icon next to the version of the course that is marked "*Active*", then print the course using the PDF software's printer icon. Pressing the key combination "CTRL+P" often activates printing as well.
Make an electronic copy of your course to work with.
Click on the icon that looks like two written pages together.
On the next screen, indicate what you are doing—"Revision", "Deletion", or "Update".
See this FAQ if you are not sure whether your modification is an update or a revision. See this FAQ if you accidentally choose an incorrect option at this step.
On the next screen, explain your rationale for working on this course.
For example, it might be "course review" or "change description" or "update per new State requirements."
To continue, please go to the Course Construction Main Menu.

How To Create a New Course

Log on (how?).
Go to "Build" — "Courses" — "Create Course".
Fill in the basics of your course on the "Create New Course" page and click "OK".
To continue, please go to the Course Construction Main Menu.

Course Construction Main Menu

Go to the "Course Checklist" on the right side of the screen.
Here is where you will work on your course.
Click on each checkbox item and complete as directed.
You may work through the checklist sequentially, or you may skip around if needed. The CurricUNET system requires you to review all of the checkbox sections, even if you are planning to change just one section; see this FAQ for details. Click often. When you are done on each screen, click again, then (this places a check in the check box next to this item on the main menu). If you later discover an error, you can still edit a section after clicking until you submit the course. Contact Paulette Johnson or Linda Resendiz if you have questions regarding how to complete specific items in the checklist.
When you complete all the checkboxes up to and including the "Representative Texts/Instructional/Materials" section, your course will be ready to . This button will automatically appear on the left side of your course's main page at the appropriate time.
Note: After you click this button, you cannot launch your course until the 7-working-day approval and review process completes.
After you submit the course, you will be directed to go to My Approvals and take action on the course. Choose "pre-launch".
The faculty, department chair, and division dean have 7 working days to look at your course. The 7 days must elapse even if everyone reviews and approves your course immediately, so allow time in your course development schedule for this built-in delay. (This is the step that must be completed by October 1 for the new course, update, or revision to be included in next year's catalog.)
After both (1) the 7-day pre-launch review and approval period has elapsed, and (2) your department chair has approved the course, you will be notified to "launch" at My Approvals.
But first you should review the comments you received on your course from your colleagues, making corrections as appropriate. The department chair will take action again (but should first verify that the department's suggestions have been incorporated into the outline), and then your course is on its way.

How To Review a Course

You will receive an email indicating your review role (e.g., initiator, faculty member, department chair) and asking you to review a course.
Log on (how?).
Go to "Track" — "My Approvals".
Use the "Select Role" dropdown menu to locate the review role indicated in the email, and click on the CurricUNET web page.
Review the course.
View and/or print the outline. To see the outline, click on one of the icons depicted (click the desired icon(s) that appear on the actual CurricUNET web page, not the replica images below):
- Shows standard course outline (the version we send out in response to requests from universities) as a PDF image (printer friendly).
- Shows standard course outline as an HTML file, with proposed changes indicated in legislative format.
- Shows comprehensive course outline as an HTML file, as well as all completed forms (e.g., DE, fees).
- Shows comprehensive course outline as an HTML file, as well as all completed forms, with proposed changes indicated in legislative format.
- Shows comments and actions taken (e.g., reviews and approvals) on this proposal.
When you have completed your review, click on the CurricUNET web page.
Take action on the course: DON'T SKIP THIS STEP!
On the Approval Process page, enter any comments, select an action from the "Action" menu (often your only choice will be either Review or Approve), and click . Remember that everyone in the process can view your comments, and that your comments are permanent.