Getting to know your CMS
What is a CMS? A Curriculum Management System An electronic environment that supports teaching and learning A place to go to find materials
What the CMS is NOT! A replacement teacher An online textbook
Who is it for? Staff – Manage and plan teaching – Clarify curriculum & clear objectives Students – Plan and prepare for studies – Find up-to-date information – Support self-study
What can it do now? Be a place for the curriculum to be represented Store textual information to support each course and topic Link to Resources to support teaching – PowerPoint Presentations, handouts – e-Learning resources (Articulate, videos) – Additional supporting websites Provide up-to-date news to staff and students Provide links to other KCN materials
What might it do in the future? Provide discussions for topics and courses? Be a place for assignments to be set, and submitted? Offer student surveys? And many other things too...
Why should I use it? A place to keep my teaching materials Know how my teaching fits in with the whole curriculum Makes it easy to find materials to support my teaching – Teaching Guidelines – Staff Development – Resource Repositories
Why should students use it? A single place to find materials Materials are always up-to-date Easy to find supporting information Can manage self directed study more effectively
Why should KCN use it? Creates a clear knowledge of curriculum Helps strengthen the KCN Community Save money on printing Helps manage time more effectively
Where can I find it?
What content do I upload? Overview Learning Outcomes Module Pack (pdf) Teaching Materials – PowerPoint, PDF Files, Word Documents E-Learning Resources – Articulate, Videos, etc Links to additional supporting materials – Websites, journals, etc
Some tips... Keep it simple! Keep content concise Set clear outcomes Check your content – Spelling & Grammar – Formatting If you are unsure, then ask the ICT team
This week... give it a try! Once you get started, its not as hard as you would think