Curriculum Strategy Release Notes

Catalog Page View Analytics To provide a quick snapshot of the page view analytics of the catalog site to our users we have developed a table on the Unified Navigation Home page that lists the top ten page views of the online published catalog. This is created to give clients a better understanding of what catalog site visitors are looking for when they access the catal...

Include Audit Trail in Printed Curriculum Proposals Within the new form upgrade is now the option to include the audit trail of a proposal when the proposal is printed. This feature will allow institutions to determine whether the audit trail should be included with printed proposals giving institutions the option to include audit trail details in printed proposals whic...

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Watermark Customer Community!  Connect with fellow Watermark users to share experiences and seek real world advice to maximize your Watermark experience.  The Community is conveniently connected to the Watermark Help Center and no separate login is required. You can view the Community here or access from the Help Center link...

Curriculum Management: Proposal Modernization In an effort to provide the best user experience while adopting more modern technologies, your Curriculum Management proposals are in the process of being upgraded. Some clients have already requested or been chosen for the upgrade as we attempt to improve the functionality of the forms. For those of you who have not had thi...

Curriculum Strategy: Catalog Workbox Access from Unified Navigation Curriculum Strategy has created a faster and more effective way to access and work within the catalog workbox. With our next feature release, you will see these changes available through your Unified Navigation. Current Catalog Workbox Access This is the current catalog workbox experience, found within ...

Catalog Course Page Filter Option Every catalog has a Course (or Course Description) page, which is the parent item for all courses. Currently, the Courses pages default to look like this: Users can now search for courses on your course page and getting this feature on your course page is as simple as checking a box! If you would like to implement a course filter on th...

Course Dependency Report Now available from your Tools screen in Unified Navigation is the Course Dependency Report. After launching the new tool, you will be prompted to select a catalog year and catalog. Please be aware of the messaging on the tool. The date retrieval will not be in real-time. This data is refreshed nightly. Because of this, your selected catalog da...

Tools Available from Unified Navigation Over the last year, Curriculum Strategy has introduced new tools to make catalog and curriculum management easier. As we continue to broaden our Unified Navigation, we have moved these new features to the Tools page of your Unified Navigation, allowing faster access to these self-service options. You can now find the following too...

In our  latest version/upgrade for Curriculum Forms, more Ripple components have been implemented to improve the user experience and create a more intuitive process. In addition to this latest release for the upgraded forms, there are also a couple improvements that have been released to the Unified Navigation dashboard. The following updates have been implemented for t...

Catalog Hyperlinks & URLs to Become Lowercase To better accommodate designated third-party vendors who need to crawl the catalog sites (ex: Siteimprove) the catalog URLs and hyperlinks will be converted to lowercase. This change should also improve any broken link apps the catalog site may be checked against, as well as different API use cases. This will not affect exis...

MathJax Available for Catalog Sites & Syllabus Output We now have the ability to implement MathJax upon request to the Catalog Sites. MathJax is a third-party vendor that allows you to create easy-to-read math equations from a rich text editor. MathJax is an excellent option for creating easy-to-read math in all browsers if you include equations in your course or sylla...

Extract Course Data Tool This is a simplified option for extracting course data out of the catalog. Often times data is changed from within the system, and providing that data in a CSV format can offer an institution the option to sync their other systems with the course data found in Curriculum Strategy. Find more details here: Extract Course Data Tool Article Curricul...

This release delivers a self-service way to relink Curriculum Management forms to your latest course catalog, plus some updates to improve the user experience in the Curriculum Management and My Items dashboards in Unified Navigation.   Curriculum Management New Feature Link Curriculum Management to your Latest Course Catalog with “Re-link Forms” The new “Re-link Forms”...

This release delivers a self-service catalog rollover feature so you can build your starting point for next year's catalog in minutes, and the ability for users to preview how proposed curriculum changes will look on the catalog website.   Catalog Rollover - Live now! With the new self-service catalog rollover option, you - as a catalog administrator - can build your st...

Today's release brings 3 more enhancements so you can: Help participants navigate the curriculum proposal process more confidently byconfiguring a new set of in-app messages, tailored to their specific form fields andactions they’re taking. Update catalog headers and footers in minutes through new fields in your InstitutionSettings area! Include the syllabi you manage...

New Name: Watermark Curriculum Strategy In this first round of in-product updates to reflect SmartCatalog’s new name, you’ll see a new product logo on login pages and in the headers in the system, an updated app bar, and some revisions to text throughout the product to refer to Watermark Curriculum Strategy.These changes do not affect the functionality, workflows, and U...

Today’s release delivers the ability to use both scheduled and instant email notifications to drive faculty engagement with curriculum and syllabus proposals. Just as a reminder... Instant Notifications inform participants in proposal workflows immediately when something is ready for their review. Scheduled Notifications provide participants with a roll-up summary remi...