Digital Course Outlines
The Digital Course Outline website provides detailed and timely information to assist students in their selection of courses.
Teachers can visit: www.courseoutline.auckland.ac.nz to view and edit their Course Outlines.
Digital Course Outline process
Dr Lindsay Diggelmann (Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning – Faculty of Arts) outlines the benefits of Digital Course outlines and how to complete them.
Support
If you are facing technical issues with the DCO platform, please raise a ticket with Staff Service Centre on ext. 86000 or +64 9 923 6000 or log a ticket on the staff portal.
If you notice incorrect information within a DCO that you are unable to edit (e.g., course title, course prescription, points, pre-requisites etc.), these fields are not editable because they must go through an amendment process since they are published to the calendar. To have these changed, please follow the amendment process described by the Academic Programmes Office.
Roles and permissions
| Add Course Director | Add editor | Edit | Approve | Publish | View dashboard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Director | Yes * | Yes | ||||
| Approver (HoD) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Publisher (Assoc Dean) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Group Services | Yes | Yes | Yes |
* The Course Director can add additional editors to the assigned course outline.
Editor
The Course Director will be the default editor to populate the online form in each course and can add other staff to assist with the process. Some of the form will be pre-populated (from University Calendar), while other fields will require input. When the Editors in a course are ready, they can submit the form for approval.
Approver
The relevant Academic Head or their delegate will approve the information for each course and can request revisions as required.
Publisher
The Associate Dean (or delegate) will publish the courses and can track the Faculty’s progress in preparing the course outlines using the ‘Dashboard’.
Group Services
Group Services can view progress of the faculty or department using the ‘Dashboard’. Group Services staff can also add editors and update Course Director and Programme details for course outlines.
There is also a report function available to Group Services to generate a report summary of all courses.
See also
Suggested timeline
For publishing Digital Course Outlines.
On Rethinking Assessment
Suggestions on writing effective intended learning outcomes (ILOs).
Graduate Profiles
Align intended learning outcomes with the Graduate Profile capabilities.
Page updated 13/02/2024 (updated link Graduate Profile)