Coursedog Glossary

Approver - A participant on a workflow step that has the ability to make a decision to Approve/Route Back/Reject a proposal. 

Author - The person who creates and submits a proposal.

Course Code - Subject code (e.g. SOC) and course number with no space between. 

Decisions/Steps - Colored circle icons representing the approval steps in a proposal’s workflow. These are found on the Proposal Dashboard and on each Proposal in the Proposal Toolbox section. Hover your mouse over any circle icon to see the name of the workflow step. 

Draft - A course or program update that has not yet been submitted. Drafts can be accessed from the left menu. Proposals are automaticlaly save while you are working on them. 

Plan - A major, minor, or certificate

Subplan - Sequence 

Requirements - ISU utilizes the Simple Requirements to build program requirements. 

Proposal (Coursedog also refers to these as Requests) - Once a draft has been submitted, it is considered a “proposal.” Proposals are routed through various approval processes based on the nature of the content. Proposals are used when creating new courses or programs, but also when updating or deactivating courses/discontinuing programs.

Proposal dashboard - This page displays all the proposals you've created or need to vote on, all organized by action. It is accessed by clicking on Proposals on the left menu.

Proposal toolbox - Located on the right-side of each proposal. Includes the status of the proposal and three tabs - Decisions, Workflow and Activity. The Decisions tab is where approvers on a workflow step make thier decision to Approve/Route Back/Reject the proposal. 

Revision - A revision is created when an update is fully approved for a course or program with a new effective date.

Version - A version is created when an update is fully approved for a course or program with the same effective term.

Vote - Approvers vote or decide on a course or program proposal when it is at their workflow step. The options include Approve, Route Back (to the Author for edits), or Reject. Reject fully ends a proposal; the proposal may not be edited or resubmitted. Caution should be taken before a proposal is Rejected as it cannot be undone by the Curriculum staff or Coursedog support. 

Workflow - Steps a proposal moves through before it is fully approved or rejected. Each workflow has rules and participants/committess assigned to it.