At a high level, SELMA manages two different curriculum items – programmes and components.
A programme can be:
- Your qualifications on offer
- A programme
- A Course you are selling
A component can be a:
- Course or Module (depending on which term is used)
- Unit Standard (a specific type of component accredited by NZQA)
- Assessment
- A subject
The curriculum is maintained and setup by anyone who is assigned a “Registrar” Role in SELMA.
Courses and programmes can be reported through the SDR. You can set this up when you create the course and/or programme in SELMA and elect what to report to SDR. You may decide, for example, that a certain assessment is irrelevant for the SDR (‘No Return’). In this case, you can indicate it as such in SELMA, and maintain the information in SELMA for the purpose of being an internal tracker for your education provider.
In the top menu, navigate to Curriculum > Manage Curriculum to go to the Curriculum Index. The curriculum index will show you all your curriculum items, whether programme or course, in one screen.
Please refer to Working with Grids in this manual to learn how to use grid views in SELMA.
When setting up the curriculum, you start with setting up programmes and components separately, and then attaching the components to a programme.
Often, the curriculum doesn’t change much throughout the year, aside from the initial setup. Nevertheless, it remains an important section for checking information about the educational activities of you as a provider, so it pays well to be attentive when setting your curriculum up initially.