This slide is prepared to brief e-champions on the workflow for course creation.

1. Sally Loan
Educational Technologist / Blackboard Administrator

2. Course
Management
Tools
(CMT)
GeNIEus
(Blackboard)
* Student
Information
System
(SIS)
NIE Portal
* SIS consists of :
Academic Information Management System (AIMS),
Time-tabling System (TTS),
Classroom Allocation for Trainee System (CATS),
Higher Degree Subject Registration System (HDS),
Professional Development Continuum Model (PDCM )
1 day sync job
min. 4 hrs

3.  OTE & GPL will send reminder email to AIMS
coordinator to confirm course
 AIMS coordinator need to confirm staff assign to the
course
 Enrollment is entered by OTE / GPL to the Student
Information System

4.  Courses are created 1 month before term starts
(except for LEP courses)
 Student enrollment is available 1 week before term
start
* By default, course is available to students till
ONE MONTH after the course end date.

5.  Staff assignment is drawn from TTS for NIE staff
teaching only
 If you cannot see your course, request for access from
course owner via CMT -> AG course self check
 Course owner can use “CMT” to assign co-instructor or
part-time tutor to course (min. 4 hours to reflect in
Blackboard)
* For creation of new part-time tutor account, send tutor
Name , tutor NRIC, tutor Email to blackboard@nie.edu.sg

6. Sync job runs:
9.30am, 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3.30pm, 5.30pm, 4am (peak - only in month of Jan/Aug)
9.30am, 1.30pm, 5.30pm, 4am (non-peak)

7.  Contact person on courses http://bit.ly/bbworkflow
 Email to blackboard@nie.edu.sg for enquiries