How To: Create and publish a curriculum

You can use Civica curriculum to build learning pathways or blended learning courses consisting of different combinations of online and classroom based training. You can also use a curriculum as a simple container for online resources. For more information about curriculum and their purpose, see Explained: Curriculum.

To create a curriculum

1. Log in to your Administration portal, as either a Global administrator or Content administrator.
2. On the NAVIGATION pane, click Catalogue.
3. In the ACTIONS section, click Add curriculum.
4. On the curriculum page, in the THUMBNAIL section, click the item's thumbnail image to add your own image to display alongside this curriculum when it is published.
5. In the DETAILS section, in the TITLE box, enter a title for the curriculum.
6. In the DESCRIPTION box, enter a description for the curriculum.
7. In the DISPLAY TYPE section, enter the type of the item, as you want it to be displayed to learners in the Learner portal. We recommend that you only change this value where it is appropriate, and that you limit the number of display types to ensure that the filter is meaningful to learners. Note that where values are chosen that differ from the standard Civica Learning values, these values will not be localised in the learner portal.
8. In the CATEGORIES box, select one or more categories with which to associate this curriculum. Learners can filter content by category when perusing the content catalogue.
9. In the PASS MARK box, enter a pass mark for the curriculum. A curriculum score is computed by taking an average of all of the contained, mandatory content items that themselves log a score. If you specify a pass mark, Civica updates a curriculum completion status from Completed to Passed or Failed depending on whether or not the pass mark is achieved.
10. Click to select Send confirmation email once complete if you want the learner to receive a completion confirmation email when the curriculum is completed. Note that a curriculum completes once all mandatory content items are themselves completed.
11. In the TARGET USERS section, using the MY LEARNING and/or CATALOGUE boxes, the curriculum can be targeted to determine who should see it within either their My learning area, their Catalogue or both.
    • To target the MY LEARNING area, complete the following steps:
      1. In the TARGET USERS section, in the MY LEARNING box, click the ellipses (...) button.
      2. In the Users dialog box, on the Users tab, select the required user.
      3. On the Groups tab, select the required group.
      4. On the Organisational unit tab, select the required organisational unit, and then click Done.
    • To target the CATALOGUE, complete the following steps:
      1. In the TARGET USERS section, in the CATALOGUE box, click the ellipses (...) button.
      2. In the Users dialog box, on the Users tab, select the required user.
      3. On the Groups tab, select the required group.
      4. On the Organisational unit tab, select the required organisational unit, and then click Done.
12. In the OWNERS section, specify who is the 'Owner' for the item. This will default to the admin that creates the item, but you can specify one or more users or groups as the owner. Where admins have Content administrator permissions, and they are included as an owner for an item, the content administrator can update all of the information associated with the item.
13. In the CONTENT PRIORITY section, the curriculum's content priority to control precisely where the curriculum should appear within learner facing content lists such as their My learning content list and Catalogue content list. This should be avoided unless absolutely necessary.
14. In the CPD CREDIT section, in the CPD POINTS box, enter the number of CPD points that the learner should receive following completion of the curriculum.
15. In the LEARNING HOURS box, enter the number of learning hours that the learner should receive following completion of the curriculum.
16. In the EXTERNAL REFERENCE section, you can configure an external reference for the curriculum. This is only necessary if completion history related to this curriculum needs to be imported, for example, during system implementation and/or if you want to cross reference this curriculum with an external entity during completion history export processing.
17. When all configuration is complete, click Save.

To add content to the curriculum

1. In the SECTIONS section, click Content.
2. On the curriculum page, in the ACTIONS section, click Manage content.
3. In the Manage content dialog box, select one or more item of content to add to the curriculum, and then click Done.

INFO:  You can search for items by title or description, or filter the displayed list of items by Category or Type. You can sort the items in the resulting list using the Sorted by option, and then use the Selection option to quickly select or deselect the filtered items or clear the selection for all items.

4. If necessary drag-and-drop the content to place it in the sequence you want.
5. In the SETTINGS section, choose which style of sequencing you want to apply. Options here are:
   
   • Any order. Choose this option if you want learners to view the content in any order. This option is appropriate if you are using the curriculum as a simple container for resources.
   • In sequence. Choose this option if you want learners to view the content in sequence, top to bottom. Subsequent content is locked and learners cannot open it until preceding content is either completed or passed. This option is appropriate if you are using the curriculum to create a learning pathway.
   • Custom order. Choose this option if you want to apply more customised sequencing rules, for example to enforce that learners take one from three introductory modules before being able to move on, or for example, if you want learners to pass one module before being able to open the next.
6. If you have selected In sequence, you can specify the Completion status for each item. This enables you to specify the state that the user must achieve for the content item, in order to unlock the next item in the curriculum. This is used both when evaluating prerequisites for other items, and when calculating the completion status of the curriculum.
   
   • Complete. Choose this option if you want learners to complete item N before being able to open item N+1.
   • Pass. Choose this option if you want learners to pass item N before being able to open item N+1. This option is only appropriate if your content logs a score.

INFO:  Pass is equivalent to Complete for items that do not have a pass score specified.

7. If you have selected Custom order, you can now specify which items in the curriculum should be considered mandatory. In the MANDATORY column, select the check box to each mandatory item.

INFO: Mandatory items count towards curriculum completion. Non-mandatory items do not contribute toward completion, i.e. they are optional. Only mandatory items that log a score count towards the overall curriculum score.

8. If you need more sophisticated sequencing rules, you can add prerequisite rules to items of content. To do so, complete the following steps:
   • In the content item, click the Add button.
   • In the Prerequisites dialog box, select the proceeding items of content that you require learners to complete or pass before the current item is unlocked.
   • Select either All, or a specific number of proceeding items that need to be completed or passed, and then click Done.
9. When all configuration is complete, click Save.

A short demonstration of how to add curriculum content

Related

• Explained: Curriculum
• How To: Configure enrolment requirements