WIDS Guidelines
WIDS Guidelines General Guidelines: Must be a “developer” within a course to change course content Associate Dean/Dean are reviewers of changes or content When requesting “approval” course will disappear till approved=pending approval; cannot work on course when “Pending approval” status appears After approval, course will be “Active”; courses are in “WIP” (work in progress) till approval is requested, then will be in “Pending approval” Expire is the term to delete Syllabi work: Must sign yourself up as an Instructor in each course to work on Syllabus or learning plans; course must be “active” to work on syllabus Check “share” box if you wish to share your syllabus with other instructors Linking Availability At the program level: Program outcomes to courses (encouraged, may be required by accreditation) assign introduce, reinforce or assess levels Core abilities to courses (required) assign introduce, reinforce or assess levels External standards to courses (if applicable) Linking external standards (if applicable to your program): Can Link external standards to program and courses *Within a program; Program outcome summary tab (top) Related outcomes (Lt) External standards (Lt) Associate external standards set (click on main field) Check standard set for your program SAVE Then: assign outcomes to courses (Lt)—assign external standards (top tab)—EDIT (top)---assign introduce, reinforce, assess—save At the course level: Core abilities to competencies (encouraged, may be required by accreditation) Program outcomes to competencies (encouraged, may be required by accreditation) External standards to competencies (if applicable--encouraged, may be required by accreditation) Course Competencies, learning objectives and performance standards (REQUIRED): Created by: miksisj Updated: 7.14.14 by runningm Page 1 of 2 Assign a domain and level to the course competencies and learning objectives (use WIDS libraries as resource) Assign assessment strategies and criteria to performance standards (use WIDS libraries as resource) Created by: miksisj Updated: 7.14.14 by runningm Page 2 of 2