Modern curriculum management systems: Top 5 features to consider
Curriculum management is a complex task for all institutes and universities. Several institutes are adopting new methods of education such as OBE, CBCS, observational learning and others which require curriculum framework development frequently. However, choosing and using the right software can be overwhelming for a lot of them.
Here are a few suggestions about what to look for, in a curriculum management system.
Role Based Access-
The curriculum management software should give role-based access to the faculty members based on their authority, role, and responsibility. When curriculum framework creation is initiated, it has to go through a lot of processes to be approved and used by students.
First, the blueprint is created based on surveys taken from the students and teachers to understand the shortcomings of the previous curriculum framework. Further, the syllabus needs to be in sync with the ongoing trends and innovations across the globe to make students ready for future opportunities
Hence it involves a lot of people beginning from the ones who conduct surveys to the ones approving the syllabus and publishing textbooks. It requires role-based access to all the institute’s members so that the work done is secure and no one can make random changes to it.
Ease of Use-
The system for curriculum management should be easy to use and intuitive for all the members. The people who work on curriculum development are in senior positions in the education industry. They have been here for a long time using traditional methods of curriculum development for years.
For them, the shift towards online software might seem a difficult task. They will take time to be adjusted to the system and it can make them uncomfortable.
If the online software is easy to use, the faculty members can use it more comfortably and it will impact their productivity comparatively less. Further, it should have a set of instructions given at every step in the system.
Moreover, the software vendor should provide training to the institutes and their faculty members. They should also provide hand holding to the institute until they are comfortable with using the system.
Report Generation-
The online system should be able to generate reports easily with just over a few clicks. The admin should be able to extract reports in the system and import data as well. Further, it should have survey management to understand the behavior and experience of the teachers and students with the previous curriculum framework.
Data Analysis-
It gives a dashboard analysis of all the reports. The admin can check the audit of changes made in the system throughout the curriculum development phases along with details of the person who has made it.
The software should give data analysis reports to help the faculty members to make decisions based on the progress of students in the previous syllabus, the problems they faced, the experience of teachers while teaching and the parts which were missing according to them.
Scalability and Updates-
The institutes change their ways of working quite frequently and that’s when they need help from ERP vendors to make the necessary changes. The best service is provided by the vendor who makes these changes appropriately in a limited amount of time.
Whether it is through raising a ticket with the ERP vendor or just giving them a call on the phone, or meeting in person, the updates should be made when and how it is required. The ERP vendor must be able to increase the scalability of the system when the data is increased or new courses or programs are added to the software.
Conclusion-
The curriculum management system is a modern solution for curriculum framework development in institutes. The rising technological advancements and innovations across the globe require the students to be updated with new processes around them. Hence, the syllabus has to be made in such a way that the students are aware and well-versed with the on-going developments around them.
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