Mastershells

Immaculata has several types of MASTER shells:

1. *Official University 'Managed' Master – These master shells are referred to as "IU-Owned" and are courses developed under contract for the university with the appropriate academic department approvals. All course materials for IU-Owned master shells are developed using the university's standardized format and have been carefully vetted to meet institutional compliance standards.  Such courses are managed centrally in the Office of Curriculum & Instruction (C&I).   

2. *Approved Department 'Managed' Master – Some departments create master shells so that multiple instructors teaching the same course have access to the same foundational materials.  The department approved/managed contents of these master shells are automatically imported to the live sections; however, the loaded materials do not constitute a 'complete' course. In order for a course section using a department-managed master to work for online/hybrid instruction, each instructor needs to provide the necessary content (preferably from his or her own individual personal master) to ensure the class content is complete.

3. Individual Personal Master – These master shells house materials that are unique to, and completely managed by, an individual faculty member. They allow the faculty member to store course resources and prepare all the course materials.  Because these Masters are managed entirely by the faculty, there is little or no supervisory oversight, and these are generally used as enhancement for face-to-face courses. The faculty member is responsible for making updates and overall maintenance of their own teaching material. The content of these shells are the property of the faculty member and used by only the faculty member listed as owner.

4. Shared Master – The shared master is very similar to an Individual Personal Master except that this type of master has several faculty members collaborating and using the same content.  It is also similar to a department master except that this type of master is not approved as "the" department master for a given course.  As with the individual master, the content in a shared master can be imported to an individual's live course section as needed by the any of the instructors who share the master ownership. 

*Please Note:  For any courses using IU-Owned or department approved masters and are part of the automated content loading process, no official additions or changes may be made once a course is "live" (loaded in Moodle) and available to students without written permission from the Dean.