Item types (Courses, Programs, Policies, Experiences, Specializations) must be configured within Catalog to display the data from within Catalog Management, and as an Admin, you will determine which gadgets will display in the published catalog for each one, as well as how they should display.
Add Gadgets
You can choose how much data you would like to display from your forms in Curriculum Management by selecting which gadgets will be used.
- To manage the gadgets of a form, start by selecting the Catalog you'd like to edit.
- Click on the Settings tab in the navigation menu that appears.
- Click on the relevant area (Courses, Experiences, Policies, Programs, or Specializations) from the left navigation.
- Click on Add Gadget to _____ view
- You can either search for a specific gadget to add, or scroll through the list. Each one you select will be added to the bottom of the list. When you have finished making your selection, click the X to close the menu.
- Once you have added the gadgets, you can use the reorder icon to drag and drop them into the order you would prefer.
- Changes made will automatically save as you work, and will display on the catalog immediately.
Note: Not all gadgets can be used within Catalog. For a full list of the supported gadgets within catalog, see Supported Gadgets.
Every institution has different needs for the type of information they need to display on their catalog, but most have a few fields in common. The following fields are commonly used by a large number of institutions, and we would recommend them as a starting point for your catalog:
Courses
- Subject/Prefix
- Number/Code
- Title
- Credits
- Description
- Pre/Co-requisites
- Learning Outcomes
Programs
- Title
- Description
- Program Requirements
- Admission Requirements
Configure Gadget Display
The gadgets can be configured to display with their content expanded, collapsed, or truncated within the catalog.
- To manage the display of a gadget, start by selecting the Catalog you'd like to edit.
- Click on the Settings tab in the navigation menu that appears.
- Click on the relevant area (Courses, Experiences, Policies, Programs, or Specializations) from the left navigation.
- Click on the settings icon to the right of the gadget you want to configure.
- You can alter the name of the gadget by entering a new title, if you would prefer it display differently from Curriculum Management.
Note: Changing the displayed title will only impact how it displays within Catalog. This change will not affect Curriculum Management.
- Gadgets will default to Expanded only, but you may adjust it by selecting one of the other radio options.
Expanded Only
Once your selections have been made, click Save to keep the changes, or Cancel to clear them.
Collapsible
Allows the end user to open/close the information. You can select if you would prefer the gadget display open/closed initially.
Truncate text
This will stop displaying data after about 400 characters, and provide a 'See More' link to view the additional data.
- Once your selections have been made, click Save to keep the changes, or Cancel to clear them.
Configure Grouping/Filtering
The grouping option will allow you to determine how the experience, policy, and program forms are organized within your catalog.
- To manage the grouping options, start by selecting the Catalog you'd like to edit.
- Click on the Settings tab in the navigation menu that appears.
- Click on the relevant area (Experiences, Policies, or Programs) from the left navigation.
Each form has a different set of grouping options available.
Specializations will only appear nested within a program, and will not have any options for grouping or filtering available.
Courses
For courses, there are two options that can be used to organize your courses:
Additional Details
This option allows you to choose any options typeaheads, options dropdowns, or checkboxes gadgets on your form and will append it to the right of the courses in the list. One example of a type of data that you could use here, would be to denote different campuses.
Clicking into the Additional Details field allows you to select an option to to list with the courses.
Once added, your users will see the additional details to the right of each course in the list.
Course Filters
This option allows you to choose any options typeaheads, options dropdowns, or checkboxes gadgets on your form to use for filtering down the courses selection. Fields such as subject code or campus may be a good example of usage for this filter.
Clicking into the Filters field allows you to select one or more options to filter by on the courses page.
Once added, your users will see the additional filtering option available on the courses within your catalog.
Programs
There are three options that can be used to organize your programs:
Program Category
This option determines how the programs are grouped for display, and can be used with any Groups Typeahead on your form. It's common to use an option such as 'Department' to sort programs by their various departments, although your institution may choose a different method.
Additional Details
This option allows you to choose any options typeaheads, options dropdowns, and checkboxes gadgets on your form and will append it to the right of the program in the list. A common application would be to select degree types and allow them to display along with the program titles.
Clicking into the Additional Details field allows you to select an option to to list with the programs.Once added, your users will see the additional details to the right of each program in the list.
Program Filters
This option allows you to choose any options typeaheads, options dropdowns, and checkboxes gadgets on your form to use for filtering down the program selection. Program type is used by a number of institutions, for example.
Clicking into the Filters field allows you to select one or more options to filter by on the program page.
Once added, your users will see the additional filtering option available on the programs within your catalog.
Policies
Policies will need to have specific configurations established within Curriculum Management and groups in order to group them.
- Select a Policy Group from the drop-down menu. This option can be any Groups Typeahead on your form.
- Changes made will automatically save as you work, but the catalog will need to be reindexed before the policy changes will display.
- Contact our support team to request the catalog reindex.
Experiences
Experiences will need to have specific configurations established within Curriculum Management and groups in order to group them.
- Select an option from the Experience Category drop-down menu. This option can be any Groups Typeahead on your form.
- Changes made will automatically save as you work, but the catalog will need to be reindexed before the policy changes will display.
- Contact our support team to request the catalog reindex.
Remove Gadgets
You can remove gadgets as needed. Gadgets removed are not deleted from Curriculum Management, only from the content displayed in your catalog.
- To manage the grouping options, start by selecting the Catalog you'd like to edit.
- Click on the Settings tab in the navigation menu that appears.
- Click on the relevant area (Courses, Experiences, Policies, Programs, or Specializations) from the left navigation.
- Click the Delete icon to the right of any item you would like to remove.
- Changes made will automatically save as you work, and will reflect on the catalog immediately.
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