What is Course Manager?
Course Manager allows district administrators and local administrators to upload course libraries for students to use in the creation of education plans as part of their career-focused exercises in Navigator.
Where do I set up Course Manager?
Course Manager can be setup by navigating to the Configure Student Plans on left-hand menu and selecting Course Manager on Kuder Navigator - Admins. District Administrators and Local Administrators are the only roles with access to configure course manager.
Note: This feature is not available for districts that receive their courses from the state.
Steps to Set Up New Course Manager Data
Important Note: This is only for new course manager files, if you are making updates to your courses, please see the directions below for Steps to Update Existing Course Manager Data.
On the left-hand navigation select Configure Student Plans
Select Course Manager
Select your District or School
To make sure your new library is formatted correctly, a template CSV is provided within the course manager interface to download. Note: Do not make any changes to the column headings provided in the template otherwise you may experience errors during the upload process.
Course Category
Course category is the most general designation of courses. Categories
then have subject areas assigned to them based on the course manager
file that is imported.Examples: Core, Electives, Career & Technical
50 Character Limit
Course Subject Area
The course subject area is the specific type of credit that the course
gives the student. We recommend that each subject area only be assigned to one course category.Examples: English, Math, Science, Physical Education
50 Character Limit
Area of Study
Areas of study can be used in a multitude of ways as a filter to help students find desired courses. When creating an ed plan they can select an area of study based on a career cluster or pathway they are interested in, the high school they are attending, a general area that can be used to show all courses or any other designation that can be helpful.
Examples: Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, Health Science, West High School, East High School, General Education, All Areas of Study
50 Character Limit
Course Number
The course number can be used by students to search for a course or to
make certain they are selecting the correct course. Each value must be
unique to each course, duplicates will cause an error on import. Please
add extra information to make course values unique.Examples: The same course offered for multiple semesters: BIO1001-
SPRING and BIO1001-FALL, the same course at multiple locations (add
location abbreviation): ALG200-WHS and ALG200-EHS50 Character Limit
Course Title
The course title can be used by students to search for a course or to
make certain they are selecting the correct course. This is also where a
course can be labeled to give more information about the course.Examples: AP Calculus, Introduction to Business – SPRING ONLY, History
of Motion Pictures – DC (Dual Credit)50 Character Limit
NOTE: Special characters to avoid to ensure proper import are (ampersand)&, (dash)-, (single quote)', (comma), , (parenthesis) (), (pipe)|, (semicolon); , (ampersand)@, leading spaces, trailing spaces, double spaces, carriage returns, and line feeds.
Number of Credits
The number of credits can include positive integers and decimals
including zero.
Minimum Grade
The minimum grade is the grade at which the student can first select the
class to be taken on their ed plan.Example: A course set with a minimum of 10th will not be available to be
added to any year prior to the 10th grade section of the ed plan.Minimum Value: 6, Maximum Value: 12
Maximum Grade
The maximum grade is the grade at which the student can select the class
for the last time on their ed plan.Example: A course set with a maximum of 10th will not be available to be
added to any year after the 10th grade section of the ed plan.Minimum Value: 6, Maximum Value: 12
Once you have added your courses and saved the file to your computer as a CSV, you can upload the course library for your district or school.
Select Process File
The following information was extracted while processing the CSV file provided. Check
these items for accuracy before publishing the library for student use. Any corrections
should be made to the original CSV file and reprocessed.Click back to return and update CSV file accordingly or select Publish if the Courses have been reviewed and finalized.
Steps to Update Existing Course Manager Data
Important Note: It is suggested that the course manager data be updated only after all students have submitted their current education plans and those plans have been approved by an admin. Once a new template is uploaded, the student must create a new ed plan to capture the new template and data. Old ed plans should no longer be copied or edited to ensure course data is valid and consistent for all students.
On the left-hand navigation select Configure Student Plans
Select Course Manager
Select your District or School
Download the existing course file using the download button under the Published Library.
Note: Do not make any changes to the column headings provided in the template otherwise you may experience errors during the upload process.
Note: When uploading a new data set that includes changes to Course Category or the Subject Area, education plans that have been started using the previous dataset will no longer be available to edit. This is to ensure that all current plans are based off the most recent course library and to protect the data integrity of the education plans.
Course Category
Course category is the most general designation of courses. Categories
then have subject areas assigned to them based on the course manager
file that is imported.Examples: Core, Electives, Career & Technical
50 Character Limit
Course Subject Area
The course subject area is the specific type of credit that the course
gives the student. We recommend that each subject area only be assigned to one course category.Examples: English, Math, Science, Physical Education, Fine Arts
50 Character Limit
Area of Study
Areas of study can be used in a multitude of ways as a filter to help students find desired courses. When creating an ed plan they can select an area of study based on a career cluster or pathway they are interested in, the high school they are attending, a general area that can be used to show all courses or any other designation that can be helpful.
Examples: Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, Health Science, West High School, East High School, General Education, All Areas of Study
50 Character Limit
Course Number
The course number can be used by students to search for a course or to
make certain they are selecting the correct course. Each value must be
unique to each course, duplicates will cause an error on import. Please
add extra information to make course values unique.Examples: The same course offered for multiple semesters: use BIO1001-
SPRING and BIO1001-FALL. The same course at multiple locations (add
location abbreviation): use ALG200-WHS and ALG200-EHS.50 Character Limit
Course Title
The course title can be used by students to search for a course or to
make certain they are selecting the correct course. This is also where a
course can be labeled to give more information about the course.Examples: AP Calculus, Introduction to Business – SPRING ONLY, History
of Motion Pictures – DC (Dual Credit)50 Character Limit
NOTE: Special characters to avoid to ensure proper import are (ampersand)&, (dash)-, (single quote)', (comma), , (parenthesis) (), (pipe)|, (semicolon); , (ampersat)@, leading spaces, trailing spaces, double spaces, carriage returns, and line feeds.
Number of Credits
The number of credits can include positive integers and decimals
including zero. Can not be left blank.
Minimum Grade
The minimum grade is the grade at which the student can first select the
class to be taken on their ed plan.Example: A course set with a minimum of 10th will not be available to be
added to any year prior to the 10th grade section of the ed plan.Minimum Value: 6, Maximum Value: 12, Can not be left blank.
Maximum Grade
The maximum grade is the grade at which the student can select the class
for the last time on their ed plan.Example: A course set with a maximum of 10th will not be available to be
added to any year after the 10th grade section of the ed plan.Minimum Value: 6, Maximum Value: 12, Can not be left blank.
Once you have added your courses and saved the file to your computer as a CSV, you can upload the course library for your district or school.
Select Process File
The following information was extracted while processing the CSV file provided. Check
these items for accuracy before publishing the library for student use. Any corrections
should be made to the original CSV file and reprocessed.Click back to return and update CSV file accordingly or select Publish if the Courses have been reviewed and finalized.
FAQ
Q: What happens if I load data at a school level and also load data at the district level?
A: Data loaded at the district level will not push down to the school with existing data. When a school loads course data, it breaks away from the district level data.
Q: How do I clear course data for my school?
A: Download your existing course data and make updates to your courses. Uploading and publishing a new spreadsheet of course data will clear all old course data at your school.
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