Table of Contents
Overview
Why Coursedog
How Your Role Impacts What You See & Do
Introductory Materials for all New Users
Additional Resources for Admins Only
Additional Resources for End Users
Overview
Whether your institution is new to Coursedog’s Curriculum Management solution or they’ve been using Coursedog for years but you’re a new admin or end user, you’ve come to the right place.
Use this page to understand the net benefits of Coursedog, why your institution is using it – and how you can get better acquainted with the product.
Why Coursedog
Overview
Coursedog’s Curriculum Management solution allows you to streamline the curriculum process with:
Drag-and-drop forms that make it easy to ensure you’re collecting the right information for course and program proposals.
Dynamic workflows that ensure all proposals are seen by the right people before being approved or rejected on a configurable timeline.
A proposals dashboard that allows you to easily view and vote on those proposals.
An intuitive Degree Map builder, plus the ability to create course and program requirements.
The ability to develop, update, and track learning outcomes at each academic level.
Several out-of-the-box reports to simplify accreditation and reporting.
An automated sync between Curriculum and Coursedog’s Catalog & Handbook solution (for those of you who also use our Catalog).
Best-in-class SIS integrations (we can sync changes in real-time).
Case Studies
Customers using Coursedog’s Curriculum Management solution have reported:
Faster time to approval.
Better curricular governance.
More process transparency.
User-friendly interface.
How Your Role Impacts What You See & Do
Admins/Super Admins are generally the ones setting up your User Interface (UI).
How they set up things (e.g. which fields they put onto the Course or Program Template) and which roles they assign to which users – and how they assign permissions to those roles – impacts what all other users can see and do in the platform.
Anytime you can’t see or do something you need to, reach out to your institution’s admin.
Introductory Materials for all New Users
Check out the entire "Welcome to Coursedog" section of Freshdesk, particularly:
Not all institutions handle support tickets the same way, but anyone who can submit a support ticket via our Help Center should be familiar with the following (ask your admin if you aren’t sure this applies to you):
Additional Help Center articles and videos, including:
Our product walk-throughs, including:
Additional Resources for Admins Only
An Admin's Guide to Curriculum Management – This provides an overview of nearly all admin-level configurations and is useful whether you’re getting Coursedog set up for the first time or are curious about how to maintain it.
Additional Resources for End Users
This is a high-level summary of how end users can navigate Curriculum Management, with links out to more detailed articles.
Admins should check this out too so you can see the downstream impact of your configurations.