October
Workflow Updates
The General Catalog uses the CourseLeaf content management system (CMS) for editing. CourseLeaf has a separate workflow system not attached to MAUI. All references to “workflow” refer to the CourseLeaf workflow system.
Existing CourseLeaf workflow initiators will receive an email in October asking to verify and update the workflow chain for each of their catalog pages. If you would like to know who initiates workflow for your pages, please email registrar-publications@uiowa.edu.
CourseLeaf 10 Dashboard Training
Training: Monday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. via Zoom
CourseLeaf 10 will launch this year, providing the most significant update to the software in over a decade. This newest version of CourseLeaf will include an enhanced user experience with a new dashboard. Please join us for a training session regarding the use of the new dashboard. We will provide a recording of the session for anyone unable to attend live.
Additional information will be shared closer to the training date. Add the CourseLeaf 10 Dashboard Training to your calendar.
November
For Programs with Degrees Awarded by Graduate College
Programs with degrees awarded by the Graduate College must complete a catalog change form by Nov. 1, 2024, for degree requirement changes in the 2025–26 catalog. The catalog team will only accept changes to catalog copy if the required catalog change form has been submitted, indicating Graduate College approval/notification. For more information, please contact Heidi Arbisi-Kelm.
Catalog Editing Period Begins
Catalog Editing Period Begins: Monday, Nov. 4
What to Do During the Catalog Editing Period
- Departmental initiators review their catalog pages and make changes as needed.
- Push green “Start workflow” button, which forwards the pages in workflow to the next reviewer. Even if you do not have changes, you must push the “Start Workflow” button on each page to push them to the catalog team.
- Once each reviewer has reviewed the page and pushed it through the CourseLeaf workflow, the catalog team edits the pages for style, accuracy, and adherence to collegiate standards for the catalog.
- Catalog team sends a proof review email to all reviewers for a page with a link to the revised page and any remaining questions. Proof review emails will continue to be sent after the ‘open for editing’ period ends as the catalog team edits these pages.
- Catalog pages may then be reviewed by collegiate approvers, the degree audit team, and/or the sample plans team in the Office of the Registrar.
January
Initiator Deadline: Monday, Jan. 17
All initiators are required to have pushed their pages to the next workflow stop by Jan. 17. Any pages that have not been advanced in workflow will be automatically pushed to the next work stop by the catalog team beginning Tuesday, Jan. 21.
February
Catalog Editing Period Closes: Monday, Feb. 3
Catalog Editing Period Closed
- All catalog pages reviewed by catalog team by early April 2025.
- Catalog team can accept changes on a case-by-case basis with the understanding that everyone in a workflow path will need to approve requested changes if the page has already gone past the proof review stage.
- Note that individual colleges may have stricter internal deadlines, which the catalog team honors.
- All changes to the catalog pause on Friday, May 2 to prepare for publication.
- 2025–26 online catalog is live by June 2, 2025, to be used for fall 2025 orientation.
- Work by the degree audit and sample plans teams will continue into the summer months.
Summer
- Users may review the published catalog for errors.
- Changes related to curricular accuracy are reviewed and considered in consultation with curricular and degree-granting colleges and the Office of the Registrar curriculum management team for downstream impacts.
- Changes may be considered, although the catalog team will save most changes for the 2026–27 catalog editing period unless mandated by the Iowa Board of Regents.
- Please keep in mind that requirements should not change once students have registered.
Questions
Please contact the General Catalog team at registrar-publications@uiowa.edu with any questions.
