Workshop Curricula review Ghent University Workshop Tempus Curricula Review 19-21 October 2005
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Workshop Curricula review
Ghent University
Workshop Tempus
Curricula Review
19-21 October 2005
Workshop Curricula review
Key targets of the project
1. Allocation of ECTS credits
2. Creating the Information Package
3. Forms: application / LA / ToR
4. Information Technology
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Developing ECTS Software
Bruno Lowagie
Software Architect
DICT
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Before 1998
ADMINISTRATIVEAPPLICATIONS
CURRICULUMSOFTWARE
ACADEMICAPPLICATION
C C++ CLIPPER
CSA FSA FSA/Ex.Secr/teacher
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teacher
secr.
FSA operator
deliberation
CSA
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New Project 1998
2 developers:
Mario Maccarini
Bruno Lowagie
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teacher secr.
FSA
developer
deliberation
CSA
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After this project was done:
Good knowledge of the database:
Creation Information Package
All grades in one central database:
ECTS Grading Scale
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Open Source / Free Software
iText: creation of PDF using JAVA
Adopted by the industry: IBM, MacroMedia, JasperReports,…
Search Google: number 1
Book: iText in Action
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What is PDF?
What is iText?
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Some Document Content
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DEMO
HTML vs. PDF
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Put in a PDF document
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Credits Allocation
Visualizing the Study Programme
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The data (database or XML)
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DEMO
Study Programme Tables
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The resulting PDF
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Information Package
Making Course Descriptions
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The Data (database or XML)
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DEMO
Course Descriptions
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The resulting PDF
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Forms
Application Form
Learning Agreement
Transcript of Records
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Online Form
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Submit to Server
HTML submit
FDF submit
XFDF submit
PDF submit
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Example XFDF submit
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Transcript ofRecords
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DEMO
Retrieve data from XFDF
Merge XFDF and PDF
Fill in ToR in English, French,…
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Grading scale
What to fill in?
F, FX
A B C D E
10% 25% 30% 25% 10%
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Statistics
Normal Distribution
vs.
Discrete Values
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The Grading Scale
No secrets,
Just numbers.
A lot of them!
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DEMO
Calculating with MS EXCEL
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The Grading Scale
Do some calculations:
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The Grading Scale
Make
a little graph:
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DEMO
Normal Distribution
vs.
Discrete Values
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Types of Students• UGent students studying at UGent
automatic calculation of ECTS grade• Foreign students studying at UGent
automatic or manual if nra• UGent students studying abroad
conversion tables
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Example Foreign Students
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ExampleConversionTable
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Questions?
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