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• Subject Coordinator (SC), Nominal SC (NSC) and QA Officer (QAO) roles drawn from ACSES
• Ability to add a ‘Support Author’ to collaboratively assist drafting an Outline
• Ability to manage ‘edit’ or ‘comment only’ permissions of the QAO and Head of School
• Concurrent editing
• Content conflict resolution when >1 Author edits the same section at the same time
• Section commenting
• Ability to export comments to a CSV file
• History log to track an Outline’s development

• Authoring dashboard for Authors
• Quality Assuring dashboard for QAOs; and HOS to QA varied Outlines
• Tracking dashboard for Heads of School and Support HOS
• Authoring/QA/Tracking dashboards include:
• actions relevant to role and status of the Outline
• session filter
• status tiles - status count; plus clickable to filter by status
• countdown banner indicating days until the session Outline publication deadline
• column sorting
• history log access
• paging functions
• SC Profile for Subject Coordinators to maintain details they wish to display in Outlines
• Reporting dashboard for staff, Heads of School and the Division of Learning & Teaching
• Search dashboard for staff and students to find Outlines developed within the SOT

• A standardised, lean, subject-specific and cohort-specific template
• Automated inclusion of:
• data from other Charles Sturt systems
• fixed autotext - approved content that cannot be edited
• editable autotext - default ‘best fit’ content that can be edited as appropriate

• Main workflow: Create > Draft > Awaiting QA > Awaiting Publication > Published
• Flexible QA options:
• Author can grant QAO edit permissions in order to make any changes required prior to submitting for publication
• QAO can send back for revisions with/without pre-approved QA
• Update workflow:
  • The ‘Set Publication Date’ functions enables Authors to align the Outline’s publication date with the date that the Interact2 subject site opens to students
  • Delaying publication following QA approval creates a window in which the update workflow can be utilised to edit the Outline without versioning it, thereby ensuring students see ‘Version 1’ on first viewing the Outline
• Variations work flow, versioning and automated announcements to students to comply with policy on varying a published Outline
• QA exemption for:
• Outlines cloned from a QA approved Outline for the same subject code and session
• Updates to ‘Awaiting Publication’ Outlines when only certain sections have been edited
• Variations to published Outlines when only certain sections have been edited

Outline Cloning & Content Reuse

• Whole Outline cloning
• Reuse Assessment Items from other Outlines
• Reuse section content from other Outlines
• History Log records Outline that was cloned from

• WYSIWYG editor
• Modern page tree and floating toolbar user interface
• QA Declarations to guide quality assurance of the Outline
• Ability for SC/NSC Authors to manage roles and permissions for Support Authors and QAO/HOS/Support HOS
• Compliance Check to ensure complete content as mandated by policy
• Data Refresh to update data, Fixed Autotext, QA Declarations and SC Profile details
• Access points to supporting systems
• Section commenting
• Ability to export comments to a CSV file
• History log to track an Outline’s development
• Access to previous versions of the Outline in PDF
• Section filter to generate the desired Outline view by section type
• Preview options - Student View, SOT view, PDF preview
• Inline section help; plus ‘More help’ links to comprehensive help
• Autotext Refresh to default section content to the current editable autotext Options for displaying sections on a new or landscape page in the PDF version
• Reuse section content from other Outlines
• Reuse Assessment Items from other Outlines
• Alerts on Assessment Item due dates not within session dates or during the week prior to the end of session examination period
• Ability to reconcile Schedule dates adjacent Assessment Item due dates
• Ability to select the subject Learning Outcome/s assessed by each Assessment Item
• Ability to select the Graduate Learning Outcome/s an Assessment Item contributes to
• Content conflict resolution when >1 Author edits the same section at the same time
• Cloning information for an Outline in History Log; plus main screen when cloned from a QA approved Outline for the same subject code and session
• Multi session subject (MSS) information for an Outline

• Tracking dashboard
• Ability to add a HOS delegate and/or Acting HOS into a ‘Support HOS’ role to assist with HOS tasks
• Self-serve point-in-time Outline tracking reports

• Profile area available from the SOT Home menu for SCs to maintain contact details in-app
• Subject Coordinator ‘To be advised’ option to accommodate staff preparing an Outline for an incoming SC

• Delivery to students via the i2 subject site
• Modern ‘site map’ user interface for students
• Portable and printable version in PDF
• Access to superseded versions in PDF
• GLO badge display to students (if applicable)
• Mobile responsiveness down to smartphones
• Custom Interact2 message when an Outline is not yet published
• Custom Interact2 ‘sorry page’ when an Outline is undergoing a variation
• Automated Announcement upon re-publication of a varied Outline including a list of the sections that were varied
• Ability for current students to search for published Outlines via the SOT Search using a custom student interface

• Search function for all staff to access Outlines developed in the SOT*
• Search function for current students to search for published Outlines via the SOT Search using a custom student interface

* Past Outlines can be found in the Digital Object Management System (DOMS) collection named ‘Subject Outline Archive’.

• Self-serve point-in-time reports for HOS and the Division of Learning & Teaching:
• Outline level data
• School level data
• Self-serve point-in-time reports for all staff:
• Template Report – generate an overview of an Outline template for a session and school including/excluding autotext
• Graduate Learning Outcomes
• Column sorting
• Report export to CSV file for saving, sharing and/or data operations

• Mobile responsiveness for staff down to small screens
• Mobile responsiveness for students down to smartphones
• Browser compatibility - Chrome (recommended) + Firefox (recommended for STEM formula)
• Superuser and administrator user interfaces:
• management of roles
• management of templates including preview
• revision of published templates including history log
• management of associated template inclusions (QA Declarations and Graduate Learning Outcomes)