Curricular Objects and the Hierarchy A Help Tutorial 1 Presented by: 2 Curricular Objects and Hierarchy Overview This session will inform you on how the curriculum is used within the VITALS system. Also teaching you about how items in VITALS are interconnected and linked to each other. 3 Curricular Objects and Hierarchy Parent – Child Relationships Every item within the curriculum is related through an organized hierarchy. This relation is through the parent-child relationship. Items that are the children fall under the larger category of the parent. 4 VITALS Hierarchy Levels Curriculum Academic Program Curricular Unit Curricular Component Learning Objective Curricular Objects and Hierarchy 5 Curricular Objects and Hierarchy Example: Parent – Child Relationship Parent Curricular Unit Child Parent Curricular Component Child Learning Objective 6 Curricular Objects and Hierarchy ToThis navigate is the VITALS to thehome list view page. of all From of thehere items you in VITALS can navigate hover the to your desired Curriculum area of interest Find the curricular items you want to edit by hovering over the Curriculum section and selecting Manage: List view of all curricular entities Teaching and Learning Methods: List view of all of the TLMs Curricular Resources: List view of all of the CRs 7 Curricular Objects and Hierarchy This is the standard List Screen found throughout VITALS that displays all items you have Become familiar with the permission to view filter options found throughout VITALS. These are useful in locating your desired items The yellow ‘caution’ icon indicates that no content has been loaded into this Curricular Resource Type “Film / Video” in the Object filter, to narrow your List Screen to display only those items Film / Video Press your space bar to reveal choices for each section 8 Curricular Objects and Hierarchy Click on the hyperlinked ID number to access the information for this specific item Navigate to the Hierarchy Tab 9 Curricular Objects and Hierarchy Hierarchy Tab Parents are associated items that are above the selected one in the hierarchy To edit these sections click on the pencil icon Children are associated items that are below the selected one in the hierarchy 10 Curricular Objects and Hierarchy Editing the Hierarchy Tab Drag and Drop items to either side of the list In Edit Mode you can filter your results similar to the list view TheThe Available Associated section section lists lists all items all items thatthat areare possible currently to use listed in the in the Parent Parent section section Save your edits or Cancel them 11 Curricular Objects and Hierarchy Hierarchy Tab the ToClick editon these Hyperlinked ID sections click on numbers to see the pencil iconthe information for the associated items 12 Curricular Objects and Hierarchy Hierarchy Tab The associated item’s organization, including the Hierarchy tab is identical to the previous item Select 3711 to see the information regarding this item 13 Curricular Objects and Hierarchy Thank You! If you have any questions or comments, please email us! [email protected] Presented by: