Academic Calendar and Curriculum Management at Waterloo

Monday, June 27, 2022

A message from Cathy Newell Kelly (Office of the Registrar), Jeff Casello (Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs), and Bruce Campbell (Information Systems & Technology), the Academic Calendar and Curriculum Management project sponsors.

The Academic Calendar and Curriculum Management project team (a partnership between the Office of the Registrar, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, and Information Systems and Technology) is excited to announce that Kuali has been selected to provide an academic calendar and curriculum management solution for the campus. Kuali already has a working relationship with the University as the Office of Research utilizes their research solution.

Kuali provides an academic calendar and forms-based curriculum management platform that enables campus stakeholders to submit, track, and approve curriculum motions across the University's governance model and assists administrators with an updated solution to publish the academic calendars, which will have enhanced features for all users of the academic calendars. This solution will eventually replace existing systems used to publish academic calendars - the Academic Calendar Maintenance System (Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar) and Web Content Management System (Graduate Studies Academic Calendar) - and allow for an updated and consistent look and feel.

Implementation of the new academic calendar and curriculum management software begins with a business process review. The goal is to create and build curriculum management forms for undergraduate and graduate courses, programs, and academic regulations. The project team has already begun engaging with key stakeholders, which will help inform the implementation timeline for the curriculum management and academic calendar builds.

We look forward to sharing more information about these exciting new tools once the initial business process review is complete.