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currIQunet
currIQunet
You can deliver the best in curriculum management using tech that is simple to learn and easy to use. It will make your experience the best ever! This is what drives us. It is our mission. Your brand and impact are driven by your courses and programs. Your success depends on your ability to design, build, and manage your curriculum. currIQunet META, the most comprehensive curriculum-centric platform, allows you to manage your curriculum in the most efficient way possible. Our solution does not limit your curriculum requirements, both today and in the future. Our combined experience in higher education and technical expertise make curricula management the best on the market. currIQunet META is built on your processes, your data and your way. The technology adapts to your needs. Technology should not control, or drive, how you manage your curriculum processes. -
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Get Beyond ERP and LMS. Get one CollPoll with 40+ solutions. CollPoll, a web- and mobile-based AI-powered campus automation platform, digital learning & analysis platform, addresses the rising complexity, competition, and digital compliance. Complete Digital Transformation of your Institution. Admission Management. Curriculum & Timetable Management. Learning Management System. AI-proctored Examination Management. Placement Management. Digitization of Campus Workflow. Fees Management (Cashless Campus). Infrastructure Management. HR Management. Empower stakeholders. Students. Keep up-to-date with campus news and events. Academic Discussions and Communities Tools to collaborate and create an improved learning environment Faculty Extension of learning outside the classroom Tools to reduce administrative burden. To measure learning outcomes, administrators need to provide timely feedback. Administrators. Data analytics can help improve resource utilization.
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Wayfinder
Wayfinder
Wayfinder was created at Stanford d.school in response to a key design question: how can we reimagine the education system to develop a sense of purpose, meaning, and belonging for students? Our K-12 solutions help students develop belonging + purpose through meaningful connections with their inner selves and their local communities. Wayfinder offers products, curriculum, and professional development that help students develop future-ready skills and CASEL-aligned abilities. Our powerful assessment suite tracks skills over time and identifies areas for targeted skill building. Collections and Activity Library provide educators with thousands of research-based and evidence-based lessons and activities. Wayfinder can also be used to support MTSS with content for Tier 1 Instruction and Tier 2 + 3. Our Partner Success Managers and technical teams provide year-round support to ensure effective implementation. -
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Curriculum Trak
Curriculum Trak
$300 per yearLearn how collaborative curriculum mapping can be beneficial for teacher teams. Curriculum Trak allows schools to review, refine and reflect on curriculum decisions in a way that maximizes their instructional efforts. All teachers, administrators, and educational support personnel have full access to all course maps and unit plans at every grade level. All users can run a variety reports and gain valuable insights into your curriculum data. You can expand collaboration opportunities for your entire instructional staff by accessing the Curriculum Trak network's unit plans and curriculum maps. Curriculum Trak was created by faith-based educators to meet specific needs of faith schools. Our support and sales teams have been able to assist a variety schools as administrators and teachers in this community. We want to support and promote the mission and purpose for faith-based schools like yours. -
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Kiddom
Kiddom
One platform that delivers a high-quality digital curriculum to students at home and in the classroom. Kiddom only partners up with top-rated curriculum partners. Choose the best for your learning community. COVID-19 presents many uncertainties. Kiddom allows you to be flexible and adapt your curriculum to suit your needs, regardless of where you are learning. Schools can either import or use a high-quality digital curriculum to ensure continuity in learning. With an editable curriculum, new distance learning tools, and the ability to host virtual classes, chat with students, and more, teachers can contextualize for any situation. Students can work at their own pace and even record audio without leaving the platform. -
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Toddle
Teacher Tools Pvt. Ltd.
FreeWe are revolutionizing the work of teachers at Toddle. Toddle AI is a huge step forward in our commitment of providing all teachers with the tools needed to deliver progressive and future-ready education. Toddle offers a unified environment where long-term planning of curriculum seamlessly flows into the day-to-day teaching and learning, assessments, reports on progress, and communication with families. There is no such thing as a one-size fits all approach in education. Toddle is built to work for you. Toddle is compatible with any computer or mobile device, and integrates seamlessly with your favorite tools. You can securely log in to your Toddle account with just one click, using the most popular single-sign-on options. There is no such thing as a one-size fits all approach in education. Toddle has been built to work with different curriculum frameworks. -
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Common Curriculum
Common Curriculum
$5.59 per monthCc is a simple-to-use lesson plan that saves time and keeps you organized. Google Docs is a mess. Plan your units, lessons, and assignments in one place. Post parts of your lesson to Google Classroom automatically. Keep track of your tasks without leaving your lesson planner. Zoom in on a single date or zoom out to an entire year. Cc organizes your plans into one flexible calendar. Add links and files to your computer, Dropbox or Google Drive. You can search for the topics that you need, and add them with a single click to your lessons. Track automatically which standards you've planned and those you haven't, so you know you've covered all the bases. Drag a card from one lesson to the next when students need extra time to complete an activity. When unexpected events like surprise assemblies or last-minute changes occur, you can move all your lessons ahead. -
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PowerSchool Curriculum & Instruction
PowerSchool
FreeA collaborative hub for lesson planning and curriculum mapping will help teachers improve student outcomes and support them. Develop a curriculum aligned with national, state and local standards to ensure cohesion and coordination between instruction. Create a comprehensive curriculum that is easy to use, with pacing guides for teachers. Administrators can analyze data on curriculum usage and tailor staff training accordingly. You can easily create lesson plans by collaborating with other teachers. Connect your curriculum to your lesson planner directly for a more streamlined horizontal alignment. PowerSchool's public sites help schools and districts improve transparency by giving parents a clear view of their child's curriculum. -
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Administrator's Plus
Rediker Software
Administrator's Plus is a cloud-based student information management system designed for public, charter, and private schools. The system is easy to use and empowers educators to manage data and ensure student success. It also allows them to communicate more effectively with families and parents. Administrator's Plus provides all the necessary tools for school management, including student attendance tracking and sharing report cards. It also allows you to create student billing and document disciplinary incidents. -
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OnCourse Lesson Planner
OnCourse Systems
Stop writing those obscure ID numbers in your lessons. OnCourse provides teachers with an easy and efficient way to align online lesson plans to current standards. It's now easier than ever to create standards-based lesson plan templates and track progress throughout the school year. With the support of as many templates as you need, custom templates make lesson planning easy and consistent across schools and grade levels. Plan Sharing allows teachers to connect across schools, grade levels, and professional learning communities (PLCs), allowing them search for and exchange online lesson plans. Administrator Review puts all submitted lesson plans in a central mailbox for supervisor evaluation and feedback. Lesson plans are automatically emailed back to teachers after being reviewed. -
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ThinkUp!
Mentoring Minds
$19.95 per student per yearWe have created a complete solution that brings ThinkUp! The Standards Mastery System integrates fully into the digital world and incorporates the 9 Traits for Critical Thinking™. ThinkUp! This resource provides educators with resources to support a school-wide thinking culture, and deepen student engagement through CCSS-aligned content. ThinkUp! ELA and Math were created to help students make better decisions, process and evaluate more information, make informed choices, solve complex problems and find reasonable solutions. This will result in better performance and mastery of concepts. ThinkUp! Math provides students with the opportunity to think critically, apply mathematical reasoning and problem solving skills, and participate in learning activities that emphasize mathematical processes as much as the final solution. -
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LearnZillion
LearnZillion
LearnZillion offers digitized comprehensive curricula that are digitally arranged and include in-the-moment support. This allows teachers to spend less time creating student-facing materials from scratch, and more time strategizing to address their students' needs. High-quality curriculum doesn't require weeks of preparation. English language arts and mathematics programs support strategic instruction in a variety grade bands, from K-12. Integration seamless for district-wide strategic instruction. You can customize to meet the needs of your district. Clear data for data-driven instruction. Affordable paper options for student books. Districts are often forced to choose between curricular excellence or a digital platform. LearnZillion partners with teachers, students, and entire districts to provide superior curricula as well as easy implementation. Teachers get the tools they need with LearnZillion's LMS/SIS integration and functionality across all major devices. -
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Curriculog
Modern Campus
Reduce curriculum approval times by half to meet student demand and support student success. Redesign your curriculum approval process and move all proposals to the right people in a single click. Your records will be organized and tracked in curriculum management software, not on stacks of paper, when accreditation review is over. Reinventing the processes that control how work is done is the most difficult part of solving institutional problems. CURRICULOG's curriculum management system allows you to define and enforce processes so that faculty and staff can return to teaching instead of managing. The CURRICULOG curriculum management system is flexible and allows you to adapt your institution's workflows from an intuitive, at-a glance dashboard. Automated review workflows allow you to simplify gathering stakeholder input and increase collaboration between faculty members and staff. They also provide transparency about who has what proposal at any time. -
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OnCourse Curriculum Builder
OnCourse Systems
OnCourse is almost as clever as mixing cheese with macaroni. It combines online curriculum with lesson planning to create an amazing fusion that educators will love. Curriculum engagement and standards alignment will thrive by having the best of both worlds in one place. Changing standards making your head spin? OnCourse will keep your up-to-date on the Common Core and standards for all 50 States. To ensure that all grade-level benchmarks are clearly defined throughout the year, create dynamic curriculum maps. Every teacher and student is unique. But is your curriculum reflecting this as effectively as possible? OnCourse allows your curriculum team to create maps and units that are tailored to their needs. Curriculum Portal is a one stop shop where staff can share and collect curriculum-related resources, and link them with units or standards. -
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ESS SIMS
Education Software Solutions
SIMS gives school teams the tools they never knew they needed, but never had. SIMS is a powerful tool that allows school teams to manage their school life more efficiently and quickly. We can help you whether you want to change your school's MIS or simply get more out of SIMS. We will be there for you at every step. Implement SIMS for accurate budgeting and to ensure that your money and resources are used to their best advantage. By communicating more efficiently, reducing repetition, and speeding up administration, you can work smarter. SIMS is a child-centered approach to safeguarding that identifies emerging issues. SIMS provides information that supports immediate targeted action, while providing safeguarding proof and improving pupil outcomes. SIMS Curriculum management Suite allows you to manage student timetables easily and quickly, making the process of creating a complete and organized curriculum less time-consuming. -
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Kuali Student
Kuali
Kuali Student Suite saves time, minimizes risk, and maintains accreditation while ensuring student success. Kuali is modular, advanced software that allows higher education institutions to increase retention and graduation rates as well as reduce costs and waste time. Kuali Student Suite contains curriculum management, syllabus management and catalog management. Kuali Build is for provosts and registrars. Find out more about Kuali Student modules to learn how they can benefit your institution. Kuali Student can be used by institutions to gain and maintain accreditation, increase student success, reallocate resources, and improve data entry accuracy. Automate tedious manual work for accreditation reviews. Run reports on curriculum changes, hidden requirements, and other issues. Accelerate approvals and reduce debilitating risk. -
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eduphoria!
Eduphoria
Eduphoria! Eduphoria empowers teachers. Our integrated apps help in every aspect school day, from lesson plan to monitoring student progress, streamlining administrative duties and providing a collaborative platform of education professionals. Eduphoria! Creates tools that help teachers succeed in the classroom. A collaborative platform and professional development management system for educators. Our professional development platform and collaboration platform go beyond reporting and registration to support educator growth. Strive will not only help with your logistical needs but will also integrate staff evaluation, goal setting and PLC collaboration. Strive will ultimately combine two of our most powerful apps, Workshop and Appraise to create a true professional development system. -
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BuildYourOwnCurriculum
School Software Group
Tools for a consistent, collaborative curriculum, instruction, and assessment. BuildYourOwnCurriculum (BYOC) uses technology to bring the teaching--and learning--experience into an evolving documented process that is easy to use, accessible anywhere, and aligned district-wide. BYOC was founded with the belief that teachers should have access to quality curriculum. BYOC eliminates the need for teachers to create new curriculum every year. Teachers can save time by simply entering the curriculum once and then continuously assessing and improving it. This allows them to focus on their true passion, teaching. BYOC's online platform makes it easy to create a viable, living district curriculum that will ensure ongoing and systematic growth in your district. To ensure that all students follow the same curriculum path, you should establish consistent learning targets. This will ensure that there are no abrupt changes in grade or course. -
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Anthology Student
Anthology
Your institution has redefined what it means for traditional students. You welcome diversity and students from all walks of life, including students just out of high school and working adults as well as parents who are looking for new skills and opportunities. Anthology Student is Anthology's flagship student system. Anthology Student is a cloud-based platform that uses Microsoft Azure Cloud to connect your students, programs and campuses. Flexible academic terms and programs can be managed, financial aid and workflows automated, enrollment and curriculum management improved, and data-driven insight can be accessed to respond to student needs. It is the foundation for all the students you serve and all the ways they are served. -
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eLumen
eLumen
You can combine curriculum management, learning outcome assessment, program review and catalog into one workflow. This will make your continuous improvement processes truly continuous. Academic affairs will become a sustainable vehicle for change and your institution will bring about a new era of student success. Our mission is to help students achieve their individual goals. eLumen believes that institutions can help students achieve their goals, regardless of their goals. The big picture helps students get started. Students can search for programs based on competencies, badges, and courses. Dashboards make it easy to track all the information they need to succeed. eLumen was founded by educators who have decades of education experience and can help you understand your operational and strategic challenges. -
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Coursedog
Coursedog
Our products were created to work together. Coursedog is the only platform that combines curriculum management, schedule optimization, and catalog management into one platform. To increase student success, we need to improve efficiency across campus. Perfect section, room, or exam scheduling. No email pingpong or spreadsheets. Students can use demand analytics to support them. Are you tired of using paper, Google Forms, and PDFs? Coursedog's flexible and powerful form & workflow builder accelerates digital change. Automate workflow-based curriculum approval processes. Configure reports to eliminate bottlenecks. Leverage historical enrollment data to predict student demand. You can offer the courses students need to graduate on-time, increasing retention and tuition yields. You can monitor enrollment in real-time and evaluate the effectiveness of your course schedule. Track seat utilization and faculty preference satisfaction. -
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Competency.ai
Competency.ai
Introducting NEJM Healer is the most advanced virtual application that allows educators to assess and teach clinical reasoning, and students to develop core diagnostic skills. Competency.AI's innovative, AI driven technology has allowed Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Schools of Medicine to better train the next generation. Competency.AI supports integrated competency gaps analysis. This allows for the identification of curriculum gaps and at-risk students to be identified early on. It also ensures that residents are prepared for their new jobs. Automate the mapping of curriculum to competency-based parameters, perform extensive gap analysis, and improve holistic program assessment. Access a central digital data repository that includes skills checklists, scheduling, site management, patient encounters, assessment tracking, and scheduling. Consolidate multisource information, map competency-based progressions, track EPAs to fulfill accreditation requirements, and train skilled practitioners. -
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CourseLeaf
CourseLeaf
CourseLeaf was created with the belief that a campus must have intuitive software that can adapt to its unique institutional processes, drive accuracy across complex systems, innovate to meet changing student needs, and continuously innovate to meet them. CourseLeaf helps students find and enroll in courses that will allow them to graduate on-time and with the skills necessary to succeed in their future careers. CourseLeaf allows administrators and faculty to share accurate and timely data across campus. This allows departments to develop and schedule more impactful courses. CourseLeaf is much more than a software program. It's a platform that provides support for all aspects of your business. We are available to assist you with everything, from our live support access that is available 24/7 to our weekly training sessions to managed software updates. The best part is that all support is included for CourseLeaf clients. -
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CourseLoop
CourseLoop
Your student experience is shaped by the curriculum you create and the choices you make. Students will succeed if you have a solid and sustainable curriculum management strategy and are able to communicate your curriculum effectively to them. CourseLoop allows you to create and deliver a modern curriculum that will prepare your students for the future. In the past, IT platforms were meant to record information and not interact with students. The student experience is a critical aspect of today's education system. CourseLoop will help you create a positive student experience that can be personalized to increase relevance and reach. Traditional governance processes can be time-consuming and cumbersome. CourseLoop makes it easy to access information, manage control, automate workflows, and create a customized governance model that will help you save time and achieve the outcome you desire. -
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Worktribe
Worktribe
Worktribe, a cloud-based platform for software development, transforms higher education administration by facilitating better collaboration, greater efficiency and greater transparency. End-to-end, seamless research management from conception to publication and beyond. For higher education teams, we offer intuitive, secure, cloud-based, curriculum management. We have worked with UK higher education institutions to create the best platform for curriculum management and research. It is intuitive, cloud-based, and built for efficiency, transparency, and collaboration. Continuously evolving to meet the challenges in HE administration. Trusted by 38 top UK universities and now available on Google Cloud. Worktribe is being used by more people every year to create teams and not regimes. Worktribe is the best cloud-based software platform to manage curriculum and research in higher education. -
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eCurriculum
emedley
Comprehensive mapping to support competency-based education, gap analysis and overlap analysis, as well as driving curricular improvement initiatives. eCurriculum provides an accountability system that tracks student learning and allows programs to track what, when, how, and whereabouts of classroom instruction. It allows students to identify what is and what isn't being covered in the curriculum right from the moment they enter the classroom. We work with innovative programs in health science across the country to ensure their students receive the best educational experience. We provide solutions for everything from scheduling to assessment, to evaluations. But all of that depends on the perfect curriculum structure. With eCurriculum, it's easy to manage that structure. eMedley, the most comprehensive and advanced system on the market today, is able to meet and exceed the needs of health science education programs. -
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Embarc
Education Advanced
Through an online portal, parents and students can ensure consistency in instruction by making clearly defined learning goals available. Ensure that all students follow the same path regardless of where they are taught or what building they are in. You can easily make small changes at any moment, allowing for continuous improvement. You no longer need to create a new curriculum each year. Teachers can easily share their best practices, activities, or resources. Search, discover, replicate, and duplicate entire units or lessons in over 500 districts. Align curriculum with national and state standards. Analyze the curriculum and address any issues that may arise from standards-based assessments. To ensure that students achieve mastery, monitor the delivery and planning of instruction. -
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Core Learning Exchange
Core Learning Exchange
A single digital platform that hosts all of your CTE curriculum. Lessons with rich media that support dozens of career paths. You can choose from a variety of pricing options so that you only pay for courses you need. Each student has a comprehensive record of their learning, which provides data-driven insights about their progress and areas for improvement. IT support and instructor training to ensure seamless integration of your existing curriculum. Our curriculum can be used to modernize and supplement your CTE program. We offer over 1,200 courses, ranging from basic career preparation to industry certification preparation. Comprehensive curriculum for career exploration. Use our diagnostic tools for concrete data about the career interests and aptitudes of your students. This assessment phase is the foundation for customizing a curriculum for each student. You can choose from dozens career paths to create an individualized learning plan for your students. -
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BetterLesson
BetterLesson
Get beyond PD days with comprehensive professional development programs that work. Connected professional development provides every educator with the resources and tools they need every day to help students succeed. We know that not all students learn in the same way, or on the same date. Support teachers and leaders by providing a personalized program of professional learning that is built on differentiated learning experiences during the school year. This will help to create meaningful changes in every classroom. To create district-wide changes, you need buy-in from stakeholders, differentiated support of educators, and a plan to continually build on pedagogical practice and knowledge. By incorporating distinct phases into your plan for professional learning, you can provide educators with ongoing support throughout the year. In-person, online, group and individual learning will be offered to educators to help them move from theory to action. -
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BookNook
BookNook
BookNook, a leading ESSA Level 1 provider, offers high-impact virtual tutoring to accelerate student achievement in math and reading for K-8 students. BookNook's synchronous platform allows for high-impact tutoring to be delivered at scale, making small-group instruction a powerful tool that is available to all students, regardless of their circumstances. BookNook gives schools the flexibility to choose a learning path that suits them best. They can use their own teachers or our virtual tutor service to achieve consistent, scalable education. Our tutors are among the best in the business. BookNook tutors have a Bachelor's Degree or higher on average, which is 10% more than the national tutoring average. We are committed to closing the opportunity gap through technology innovation and reaching disenfranchised populations via our network of experienced, vetted tutors. -
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Lexia Academy
Lexia
Lexia Academy is an eLearning platform that supports educators in their professional development by providing them with relevant and meaningful learning opportunities. Lexia Academy courses are structured with incremental learning segments to assist busy educators in managing their professional learning. They integrate resources and strategies to support blended education, literacy instruction, product implementation, and other areas such as literacy instruction. Lexia Academy offers product education courses and structured literacy classes that help educators maximize their Lexia products' implementation and connect them to meaningful classroom instruction. All courses in Lexia Academy include interactive content, educator testimonials, lesson-modeling videos, and interactive content. The courses in Lexia Academy provide educators with high-quality, interactive content and knowledge checks that will help them gain a deeper understanding about literacy instructional strategies. -
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ProFile Planner
iActive Learning
The ProFile Planner is a digital classroom management, lesson plan, developmental screening, communication tool, and all-in-one digital classroom management system. It can be used by early childhood centers as well as home care providers. The ProFile Planner for Learn Every Day comes preloaded with Kaplan's curriculum. Our Busy Day, a companion app to ProFile Planner, is designed to keep parents updated on their child's daily care routine, progress, and schedule. You can save time, increase efficiency, simplify lesson plans, communicate more often with parents, and easily create reports that conform to government and agency guidelines. Access to the help desk, limited onboarding assistance and quarterly updates are included in this annual license. Instead of each classroom teacher, your administrators will load and manage master data into ProFile Planner.
Curriculum Management Software Overview
Curriculum management software (CMS) is a type of educational technology designed to help schools, districts, and higher education institutions manage their curriculum development and implementation. It assists administrators, teachers, and other stakeholders in the development, delivery, assessment and evaluation of educational content. The main goal of CMS is to support more efficient use of planning resources while helping the instructors deliver better learning experiences for students.
Generally speaking, CMS systems are web-based solutions that provide features that help schools and universities to easily create curricula, assign materials in classrooms or courses, track student progress on assignments or activities related to them and store course data. They also offer tools that enable institution staff members to align curricula with standards at various levels; automate instructor grading and admin tasks; facilitate collaboration between stakeholders like teachers or school administrators; assess academic performance; monitor individual student progress; select the most effective teaching methods for each learner; build personalized programs for students with special needs; keep parents informed about their children’s school experience; measure faculty performance regarding teaching effectiveness.
In addition to these traditional capabilities, modern CMS systems may come with advanced functionalities such as Learning Management System (LMS) integration capabilities which allow educators to leverage third-party applications like virtual learning environments (VLEs); mobile compatibility enabling learners access learning materials from anywhere via tablet or smartphone devices; program scheduling allowing teachers design custom schedules according to course requirements while ensuring compliance with all deadlines set by university boards; student information system (SIS) integration which enables sharing relevant data between different systems such as attendance logs or grades measurements across multiple departments within an institution. This allows teachers have a better view of all their students’ information in one place without having to manually enter it into separate systems.
Finally, some CMS solutions may include analytics capabilities that enable administrators analyze student engagement trends across courses or recommend high impact improvement strategies based on collected data points such as attendance rates or average scores per class. This helps schools identify areas where intervention might be required in order to improve overall results.
In summary, curriculum management software is an invaluable tool for any school that seeks increased efficiency and accuracy in its day-to-day operations while providing improved learning experiences for its students through features like LMS integration mobile compatibility program scheduling SIS integration and powerful analytics capabilities.
Reasons To Use Curriculum Management Software
- Curriculum management software can save time by streamlining the process of creating, managing, and deploying curriculums to teachers and students by automating many of the tasks that would otherwise need to be done manually.
- It can help ensure consistency throughout all curriculum documents since changes made in one document will be reflected across all other documents, eliminating discrepancies between versions of those documents.
- The software’s analytics capabilities enable school administrators to quickly identify areas where performance is lacking or improvement could be made, allowing them to make more informed decisions about their curriculum strategy.
- Report-generation features within the software allow teachers and administrators to quickly generate visual representations of a student’s progress within different curriculums as well as compare performance data across curriculums over time.
- By integrating with other educational softwares such as learning management systems (LMSes) or student information systems (SISs), teachers are able access all necessary information from multiple sources in one place without having to switch between multiple applications or platforms.
The Importance of Curriculum Management Software
Curriculum management software is becoming increasingly important in today's schools. This type of software provides a great way to organize and manage curriculum information, making it easier for teachers, administrators, and parents to access and keep track of data.
For teachers, curriculum management software allows them to easily plan ahead and stay organized when creating lesson plans or preparing materials. It also helps reduce the time they spend on administrative tasks related to their curriculum development. The ability to create printable files from the software can save teachers a lot of time when it comes to grading activities or assigning assignments. By providing easy-to-access data about students’ progress throughout the year, teachers can better assess how their students are doing in order to provide more targeted instruction that meets each student’s individual needs.
For administrators, curriculum management software offers an array of tools for tracking budgeting, scheduling classes and faculty, as well as planning instruction from semester to semester. Administrators can set up alerts for any potential conflicts between classes or resources with ease since all the data is housed within a unified system. This allows them more time to focus on developing successful curricula that meet their educational goals while still adhering to school district policies and budgets.
Finally, parents benefit from curriculum management software too. Having access to their child's academic progress at any time makes monitoring achievements much easier than before when paper reports would arrive only once or twice per year at best. Parents also receive automated emails whenever there is an update regarding their child's performance which gives them added peace of mind knowing they are being kept informed throughout the school year.
In summary, curriculum management software is an invaluable tool for both teachers and administrators alike because it enables them to quickly access comprehensive information about students’ progress and easily view upcoming activities in one centralized database with just a few clicks of a mouse button. This makes tracking data much easier than before while saving both schools districts' money by reducing paperwork expenses associated with filing physical forms that need updating every single year due delays. Additionally, parents get notified whenever there is an update regarding their children's educational progress giving them greater insight into how well their kids are performing academically without having wait until report cards arrive. All these benefits make this type of program essential for modern schools wanting stay competitive so its no wonder why so many institutions have already invested time energy implementing this cutting edge technology campus wide.
Features Offered by Curriculum Management Software
- Lesson Planning: Curriculum management software provides users with a central hub for creating, organizing and editing lesson plans. It can be used to create standards-aligned instruction, including activities, assessments and more. The software also allows users to set goals, track student progress and better align instruction with objectives.
- Curriculum Mapping: This feature allows users to map out curriculum as well as individual learning pathways within an organization’s existing educational framework. This makes it easier to visualize the entire curricular structure in order to identify areas of focus or gaps in instruction that need attention.
- Resource Management: Curriculum management software offers tools for managing the resources necessary for effective instruction such as textbooks, digital multimedia files and other materials. It can also be used to store links and references needed for online courses or distance learning formats.
- Professional Development Opportunities: This feature provides administrators with a chance to provide professional development opportunities for teachers or staff members in order to help them stay up-to-date on current instructional methods and best practices when teaching students from diverse backgrounds or special needs populations.
- Program Evaluation Tools: Finally, many curriculum management systems include evaluation tools which allow administrators to measure the effectiveness of different curricula and programs based on student performance data over time. This helps give educators insight into what works best so they can continue making improvements where necessary in their respective departments or schools overall.
Who Can Benefit From Curriculum Management Software?
- Administrators: Curriculum management software enables administrators to easily create, monitor and adjust standards-based curriculum maps. It also provides an easy way to track the progress of each student and analyze data to inform decision-making.
- Teachers: This software allows teachers to quickly build courses, assign tasks and materials, track their students’ progress in real-time, and provide feedback that is tailored to individual learners. Furthermore, they can easily collaborate with colleagues using this type of tool.
- Parents: With curriculum management software, parents can be informed in real-time about their child’s progress while also developing a better understanding of what their child is learning in school. This helps them participate more actively in the education process.
- Students: Students benefit from these tools by having access to digital learning resources, such as videos, online quizzes, practice tests; which help them better engage with course material. Additionally, learners are able to view personalized feedback from their teachers on the assignments they complete through these programs.
- Professional development teams: Curriculum management software can provide professional development teams with a comprehensive view of the curriculum and instructional strategies used in classrooms. It also allows them to quickly identify areas for improvement and develop training materials that target the needs of teachers.
How Much Does Curriculum Management Software Cost?
The cost of curriculum management software can vary significantly depending on the features and capabilities needed. Generally, basic software packages start around $2,000 and range up to several thousand dollars. More complex solutions such as large-scale enterprise applications can cost upwards of five figures. The exact price will depend on the system chosen and the amount of customization required.
Typically, budgeting for curriculum management software includes setup costs, licensing fees, and maintenance charges. Setup costs may include professional services (mainly for customizing a system to meet specific user needs) as well as installation fees. Licensing fees typically include annual subscription-based access to use the program's features and tools. Maintenance charges are usually billed annually or monthly depending on usage terms; they cover training sessions, customer service support, bug fixes/updates, additional storage space/users if needed in the future, etc.
Choosing an appropriate quote is essential when shopping for curriculum management software solutions since costs can add up quickly due to extra features or customization requests that drive up expenses. Factor in all applicable fees including set-up fees, yearly licensing fees and ongoing maintenance costs into your budget before making any decisions about which software package is right for you or your organization's needs.
Risk Associated With Curriculum Management Software
- Lack of Security: Curriculum management software may not have adequate security systems in place, which could lead to the unauthorized access and use of sensitive data.
- Data Loss: A failure in the system or hardware could lead to data loss if there is no backup system in place.
- Outdated Content: Without regular maintenance, curriculum management software can become out-of-date due to changes in industry standards or new regulations.
- Compatibility Issues: Different versions of curriculum management software may be incompatible with each other, making it difficult for users to share information.
- Costly Upgrades: Updating curriculum management software can be costly as it requires additional investments in hardware and licensing fees.
- Vendor Reliability: If the vendor of the curriculum management software is unreliable or unresponsive, it can create significant delays and problems for users.
- Inflexible Solutions: Most curriculum management software packages offer relatively inflexible solutions, making it hard to customize the system to fit specific needs.
Types of Software That Curriculum Management Software Integrates With
Curriculum management software can integrate with a wide variety of types of software in order to provide an optimal learning experience. These integrations include Student Information Systems, or SIS, which is used to track student information such as grades, attendance, and demographics. It can also integrate with Learning Management Systems, or LMSs, which are used to deliver digital course content and assess student progress. Additionally, it can be integrated with assessment tools like formative and summative assessments so that teachers can gauge student progress more effectively. Finally, curriculum management software can be integrated with communication tools like email and instant messaging systems so that teachers and students have an easier time connecting and collaborating on projects.
Questions To Ask When Considering Curriculum Management Software
When considering curriculum management software, it is important to ask the following questions in order to make an informed decision:
- What features does the software offer? Does it allow for collaboration between teachers and students, track student progress, and generate reports?
- Is the software user-friendly? Can users easily navigate through the platform or do they require extensive training?
- How secure is the system? Are there any safeguards in place to protect data from unauthorized access or be vulnerable to cyberattacks
- How much does the software cost, both upfront and ongoing (e.g., monthly subscriptions or annual fees)?
- Is customer support available if any issues arise with implementation or use of the system? Will this involve additional costs?
- Are there long-term benefits of using such a system? Can it help streamline processes, reduce operational costs and/or increase student engagement levels?
- Is there an option to customize the system if necessary? Is it scalable as user needs change over time?