Where to go for help For technical issues (e.g. you can’t find the right department from the drop down) Portico Services Office Portico help desk 020 7679 0637 services@ucl.ac.uk For general advice your short course proposal (including costing and pricing, market research, learning design and more) UCL Life Learning UCL Life Learning wiki page 020 7679 9358 or 9353 (Internal: lifelearning@ucl.ac.uk For copyright check readings and ensuring readings meet the licence conditions UCL Library Teaching & Learning Support Section library-tlss@ucl.ac.uk For advice on the UCLeXtend platform and its use UCLeXtend UCLeXtend wiki page extend@ucl.ac.uk CIQ form - to symbols Summary (grey box) Provides content for SEO – description – 1-2 sentences. hand box 1: relevant for… Is this just short course specific or could it apply to masters etc? If it’s online, can it also apply to Etc Right hand box 2: resources Downloads, templates etc Right hand box 3: quick links Links to other resources, guides and websites. Mandatory questions are indicated with a red asterisk. Each time you click ''Next'' at the bottom of the page, your responses
The Save button is not a way to move to the next section Initiation Short course type Academic rationale Short course code (automatically generated) Level (only relevant to credit bearing modules so please ignore) Short course title Intended date of first availability Faculty (pulled from SITS) Primary department (pulled from SITS) course tutor (SITS lookup) Administrative contact (SITS lookup) Learning category (e.g. bespoke, CPD) Costing and pricing form (upload spreadsheet) Costing and pricing (what is the basic cost of developing the course – comes from the tool above) Learning delivery method (e.g. blended or online) What are the unique selling points of the short course? Proposed price/fee for the course (not including discounts) b. Academic rationale: why is it important for learners to do this course? What are the benefits? You do not need to give a full description of the content, aims and objectives as you will do so in section 3. (no word limit) l. Costing and pricing, depending on what learning category you you will need to contact UCLC for advice on costing and pricing for a bespoke course and the Life Learning team for all others. The relevant team will give you access to a tool and advice which will help you calculate an estimated cost of running the course which you then enter in the next field as well as uploading a completed spreadsheet. See our courses. o. What are the unique selling points (USPs) of the short course? Please answer the following questions: l. Costing and pricing, approvers can the Breakeven Analysissheet for a summary view of the course inputs. Things to check:- Look at Columns E and F on this sheet Design to delivery - does this look correct? Compare the variable costs per delivery to the revenue per delivery (revenue must be higher or the course will never The graph shows the breakeven point - after
details in the related space. If you need to add an assessment, click the ‘Save formative assessment’ button and add another assessment from the drop down list. Structure Methods used to obtain student feedback for quality assurance Is availability limited to learners of any particular faculty or programme of study? Anticipated learner numbers (min – max) Is the content of the proposed short course based on original UCL research? is a multiple choice tick box e.g. focus groups, online questionnaire and space to give more detail. Drop down choices for the other questions. Approvers need to ensure that learners will be able to provide feedback Resources Will the teaching be shared with UCL departments/divisions? Will the teaching be shared with other institutions? Will the course offer external accreditation? Are any additional resources required? Are there any additional costs to life learners? Have you consulted with the library regarding any third party learning resources you wish to use? Have you checked the copyright status of the material you intend to use? These are all yes/no answers from a drop down. Please note that you will need to use copyright free resources. You are strongly advised to registeryour activity with your department's finance officer or departmental administrator and also contact the Teaching & Learning Support section of the UCL Library to discuss your resources' requirements. For more information on what you Approvers need to ensure that the library was consulted