Curriculum Management System
Please note that the CMS is unavailable between 12am - 6am every Thursday for system maintenance.
Link to CMS Login page
IMPORTANT NOTE: You can now use Google Chrome (v77 or later), Firefox (v68 or later) or Safari (V12 or later) when working in CMS. There are known data integrity issues when CMS is used with other browsers including (but not limited to) Microsoft IE or Edge.
Guidelines
Deadlines must still be adhered to please refer to the:
- Accreditation Deadline Calendar
- Schedule for Updates to Programs and courses
- Approvals and Publishing quick reference guide
Support Contacts
Key College Contacts
| College |
Contact |
Email and phone |
|---|---|---|
| ANU College of Asia and the Pacific | CAP Education Governance | educationgovernance.cap@anu.edu.au |
| ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences | Patricia Oxborrow |
education.cass@anu.edu.au |
| ANU College of Business and Economics | Education Governance | education.cbe@anu.edu.au |
| ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science | Educational Governance Officer | education.cecs@anu.edu.au |
| ANU College of Law | Russell Atkinson | enquiries.law@anu.edu.au |
| ANU Colleges of Science | Caroline Chapman | Science.curriculum@anu.edu.au |
Next Level Contacts
Questions that cannot be resolved by College contacts should be directed to:
Student Business Solutions/ASQO
sbs.help@anu.edu.au
New Quick Reference Guides and Help Videos
Quick Reference Guides and FAQ
Updated July 2020
CMS 1 Log in and AccessCMS 2 Dashboard Overview
CMS 3 Courses, Programs, MMS
CMS 4 Class Summary
CMS 4a Class Summary Example_v3
CMS 5 Curriculum Content
CMS 6 Workflow
CMS 7 Collaboration
CMS 8 Skills and Knowledge Table
CMS 9 Mapping
CMS 10 Publish
CMS 11 Manage
CMS 12 Print to PDF
Curriculum Management System FAQs
How to find a class summary on wattle
JAWS User Guide to CMS (Word, 17KB)
JAWS User Guide to CMS (PDF, 86KB)
Help Videos
CMS 1 Log IN and Access video – June 2020 updateCMS 2 Create a Class Summary video – June 2020 update
The majority of the functionality shown in these videos is still correct. Updated versions of these videos will be posted as they are available over the next few weeks.
CMS 3 Establish Curriculum videoCMS 4 User Manage video
CMS 5 Collaboration: Review Initiator video
CMS 6 Collaboration: Reviewer & Author video
CMS 7 Publish video
CMS 8 Create Skills and Knowledge Table video
CMS 9 Mapping video
Use of CMS principles and deadlines
With the release of CMS some publishing functionality is moving from ASQO to College staff. It is important that clear principles are in place regarding curriculum content, timeframes for changes and publishing of these changes to curriculum objects.
Key principles
- A key principle in curriculum management is maintaining a stable curriculum for students.
- The programs and courses website is the official published information for students to use in the management of their progression through their degree including;
- Adherence to the requirements of the Academic Programs and Courses Accreditation Policy and Procedure
- Adherence to the deadlines that have been approved for submission to AQAC/AB
- Adherence to the approved delegations framework for changes to curriculum items
- Adherence to the schedule for changes to curriculum items.
Programs and Plans
New - published by ASQO
All new programs/plans will need to go through the required University committee approvals. All new programs/plans must come through ASQO for progression through the committees.
Amendment - published by ASQO
All amendments will be assessed by ASQO and then either:
All new and disestablished MMS need to go through the required University committee approvals. All new and disestablished MMS must come through ASQO for progression through the committees and for publishing to P&C. MMS amendments are approved by Colleges with the exception of admission requirements on Honours specialisations, which are approved by University committees. All MMS amendments come to ASQO for publishing. All MMS are required to be self-contained i.e. a student is able to complete the requirements of the MMS without having to take any courses outside of the listed requirements of the MMS. The exceptions are undergraduate specialisations that must; New courses should be published prior to enrolments opening for the subsequent year. New courses should also be published prior to submitting any new or amended program/plans where the courses are a component.
Majors/Minors/Specialisations (MMS)
New and Disestablished - published by ASQO
Amendment
Courses
New - published by Colleges
If you are not sure which catalogue number to use, please email programsandcourses@anu.edu.au and we will help identify an appropriate number.
If you require a course to have a second offering (i.e. where there are F and P versions of the course), these will need to be flagged to ASQO to add the additional information and publish.
Research vs Post-graduate coding
Research courses do not display on programs and courses website. This decision was made due to the majority of research courses being enrolment shells for research and have no detail to display.
If you need a course to display on P&C then it will need to be given the PGRD career.
Amendment - published by Colleges
Courses need to remain stable for students to rely on.
Some course information should not change through the year e.g. course descriptions, learning outcomes, prescribed texts, assumed knowledge, requisites etc. Please refer to the Schedule for Updates to Programs and Courses (link) for deadlines.
Other information can change as required - other information, preliminary readings, indicative reading lists, and indicative assessment as per student assessment policy
Requisites
Requisites will still need to be updated by P&C staff. If these are in bulk, such as towards the end of the year for the subsequent year; they can be provided in a spreadsheet format. We will update the requisite in SAS and then update the requirement number if required through CMS.
Course Inactivation
Inactivation of courses needs to be actioned by ASQO. Please send an email to programsandcourses@anu.edu.au requesting the inactivation and ASQO take the action.
