SIS SUBJECT PREPARATION

School of Information Studies

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The process ...

5: Subject sites

4: Subject outlines

3: Work with your team

2: Know your role

1: Check the checklists

The checklists•The Start of Session Checklist details what has to be done in the lead up to start of session•The Subject Preparation Spreadsheet lists names against roles for a given session•The Workloads Spreadsheet (in S drive) is a complete record of allocations for the year

Subject preparation roles

•Nominal coordinator prepares the subject•Subject coordinator teaches the subject•Quality assurance person will complete the QA process working with the nominal and subject coordinators

A nominal coordinator is

... assigned to prepare the subject. This person may also be the subject coordinator but not always. If the subject coordinator is a sessional staff member, or on leave in the lead up to the session, they may not be available to prepare the subject. In these cases nominal coordinators are allocated. Allocations are based on familiarity with subjects, i.e., people from the subject team.

What does a nominal coordinator do?

1. Prepare subject outline (create an outline and amend as required)

2. In conjunction with subject outline prep, fill in parts 1 and 2 of assessment and moderation form

3. Send subject outline to QA, negotiate further amends and then publish

4. Check and revise subject modules, prepare interact site for teaching

5. Hand over to subject coordinator at start of session

A quality assurance consultant is

... assigned to each subject and is usually a subject team member or at least someone familiar with the subject area. The QA person is responsible for signing off on parts 1 and 2 of the assessment and moderation form. They may also work on part 3 with the subject coordinator.

What does a QA consultant do?

1. Check subject outline against assessment and moderation form parts one and two, negotiate amends needed with nominal coordinator. Sign off parts one and two when complete.

2. Where there is a single person coordinating and marking in a subject, the QA consultant will assist with the moderation process, part three of the assessment and moderation form.

Clone outline (from most recent version) Check subject coordinator bio is correct Amend dates to reflect the session Carry out amends as agreed with subject

team – these should be documented in previous sessions subject report

Check points on assessment and moderation form, sign off and pass to QA consultant

Negotiate further changes with QAC Publish subject outline at least 15 days

before start of session

The Subject Outline ... steps

Dev site should contain most recent modules

Make revisions as agreed with subject team Set up subject site by turning on tools

required, posting a welcome message and uploading modules

If you are not the subject coordinator you will have to request access to subject site from the ED, admin team, or IT services

Note students will have access to the site 28 days before start of session

Subject site ... steps

More details about setting up a subject site and preparing subject outlines are available in the Subject Prep Helpsheets folder

For advice or a tutorial on any aspects of subject preparation please contact:

Your educational support officer Leanne White – lewhite@csu.edu.au or your educational designer Rachel Crease rcrease@csu.edu.au

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