Special Purpose Course Guides may be published on occasion to review the course information on a specific group of courses.  In that instance, you must provide the optional file name so that the partial Course Guide will not overwrite the term Course Guide.  

Special Course Guide publications may be requested via Ops Action Request.

Examples of special purpose Course Guides that might be requested::

• All courses for a specific program (for one school) as requested

• All courses in one school under a specific CS as requested

• Set of courses that are all related (Parent, ExcelTrack)

Publishing the Course Guides

Specific process steps are maintained in Steps to Publish Course Guides. 

Basic CIMS steps:

• Go to Publishing Page in CIMS and select Publish button.

• Select the desired parameters.

• For Term School Course Guide Publish (All active courses for school(s) selected) - 

Term - Only 1 term can be selected for any given publish.  

School - Multiples can be selected.  If more than one school is selected, a document will publish for each school and will be automatically name the file [School]_[Term]_CourseGuide.docx 

Course Status – Active

CBE Course – Standard only

Course Guide Template – Regular

Degree Types – leave as default “All”

Course Type – Campus Only; Directed Study/Independent Study; Internship/Externship; Modularized; Practicum/Clinical; Regular

Curriculum Specialist – leave as default “All”

Courses – Select All 

• For Specific course(s) (does not include all active courses for school selected) – 

Term - Only 1 term can be selected for any given publish.  

School – Only 1 School can be used.  This is normally used to provide a quick look at all courses for a specific program.  A single document will publish and will be automatically named the file name entered into the “Output File Name (Optional)” field 

Course Status – Choose as appropriate for desired courses

CBE Course – Choose as appropriate for desired courses 

Course Guide Template – Regular

Degree Types – Choose as appropriate for desired courses 

Course Type – Choose as appropriate for desired courses 

Curriculum Specialist – leave as default “All”

Courses – Select desired courses

“Output File Name (Optional)” field – You must enter a file name for this course guide before you publish or you risk overwriting the full Course Guide for the school selected.

Select Publish Course Guide 

Course Guide will publish as a single Word document that can be selected and downloaded.

• For ASK Course Guide (includes all active ASK Courses)

Term - Only 1 term can be selected for any given publish.  

School - Select Alternative Credit Center. CIMS will automatically name the file [School]_[Term]_CaCourseGuide.docx 

Course Status – Active

CBE Course – Standard only

Course Guide Template – Course Assessment

Degree Types – leave as default “All”

Course Type – Assessment for Credit

Curriculum Specialist – leave as default “All”

Courses – Select All               

Select Publish Course Guide.

Course Guide will publish as a single Word doc that can then be selected and downloaded.

• For Acadeum Course Guide (includes all active Acadeum Courses)

• Term - Only 1 term can be selected for any given publish.

• School - Select the desited schools. CIMS will automatically name the file Acadeum_[School]_CourseGuide_[Term].docx  

• Course Status – Active

• CBE Course – Acadeum Offerings Only

• Course Guide Template – Regular

• Degree Types – leave as default “All”

• Course Type – leave as default “All”

• Curriculum Specialist – leave as default “All”

• Courses – Select All

• Select Publish Course Guide.

•  Course Guide will publish as a single Word doc for each school selected that can then be selected and downloaded.