CourseLeaf

Vision

• The CourseLeaf Project's strategic vision is as follows:

  • Implement a single, configurable curriculum management system to serve the entire university. 

  • Support the institution's administration of current and future academic offerings with transparency and flexibility.

  • Define approaches, resources, tools, and processes to support the management of the entire curriculum process (courses, program requirements, catalog, and assessment).

  • Design and implement an automated curriculum management system used by faculty, staff and academic administrators to support UC San Diego's mission to be a student-centered university.

• Additionally, the CourseLeaf Project also supports the overall vision of the SIS Project portfolio. View the SIS Project Vision.

Guiding Principles

• The CourseLeaf Project's guiding principles mirror those of the overall SIS Project portfolio. View the SIS Project Guiding Principles.

Shared Expectations

• The CourseLeaf Project's shared expectations mirror those of the overall SIS Project portfolio. View the SIS Project Shared Expectations.

**Need to Zoom in? Need additional viewing support? Please access these slides via the following link: CourseLeaf Project: History & Timeline. Descriptive and explanatory text has been added in the speaker notes of each slide.**

Below, find the detailed list of past, current and upcoming project milestones. Please note that upcoming milestones are subject to change.

• SIS Project governance committee voted to proceed with a request for proposal (RFP) for a curriculum management system (March 2022)
• Ideal State Development sessions (June-July 2022)
• Request for Proposal released (July 2022)
• Conference Room Pilot sessions (December 2022)
• Contract awarded to CourseLeaf (June 2023)
• Official project kickoff meeting (January 2024)

• CourseLeaf Core Team Members
• CourseLeaf Steering Committee Members
• CourseLeaf Advisory Committee Members

For more information about the team members, please view the CourseLeaf Project Overview Presentation. Learn more about the roles of this team in the SIS Project Teams article.

If you have difficulty accessing these links, please contact esr-student@ucsd.edu.

• CourseLeaf Course Approval Form: DES is Live! (October 2025)
• CourseLeaf Course Approval Form: It’s Live! (August 2025)  
• From eCourse to CourseLeaf: A New Chapter in Course Approvals (July 2025)
• Navigating New Systems: The Role of Training (January 2025)
• Preparing for the Kickoff of the Curriculum Management Project (September 2023)
• Backfill: Prioritizing Staff Expertise for the SIS Project (August 2023)
• Contract Awarded for Curriculum Management System (June 2023)
• Preparing for Change Freezes (May 2023)
• RFP Released for Curriculum Management System (August 2022)
• What We Need from a Curriculum Management System (April 2022)
• Curriculum Management: Tracking Course and Program Details in a Complex Academic Enterprise (March 2022)

Campus Announcements

• CourseLeaf Project: Course Approval Form Go-Live (October 21, 2025)
• Curriculum Management System Project Underway (February 16, 2024)
• Contract for Curriculum Management System Awarded to Leepfrog Technologies (June 6, 2023)

• Resources and Support One-Pager
• Access and Provisioning Two-Pager
• CourseLeaf Project Overview Video
• CourseLeaf Project General One-Pager
• Courseleaf Course Approvals Introductory Video

Review the CourseLeaf course approval form frequently asked questions (FAQ) Google document.
If you have difficulty accessing the FAQ Doc, please contact esr-student@ucsd.edu.

• Email: If you have questions about CourseLeaf, you can email them to courseleaf@ucsd.edu. A Services & Support ticket will be automatically opened for each email, so that the team can follow up with you. Additionally, this will allow the team to prioritize and organize the questions received.
• Training Materials: Training for the new form is available on Blink. Please access the training at Blink training page. Tip: The training is intended to be used alongside the course approval form. Open both and follow along! If you have any questions about training, please contact courseleaf@ucsd.edu.
• Informational Documents:
  • Review the DES Two-Pager for support options and a list of frequently asked questions. 

• Microsoft Teams CourseLeaf Community of Practice: Join the CourseLeaf Community of Practice | Microsoft Teams! We recommend you utilize this resource to share best practices; crowdsource workflow tips & tricks and process improvements with other users; access quick links to our up-to-date resources; and keep up with the latest announcements about CourseLeaf.
• Videos: You can watch the monthly two-minute videos that include an CourseLeaf Project update each month on the ESR SIS Kaltura Channel. The CourseLeaf Playlist has all of the project videos that have been sent to stakeholders.
• Training Materials: Training for the new form is available on Blink. Please access the training at Blink training page. Tip: The training is intended to be used alongside the course approval form. Open both and follow along! If you have any questions about training, please contact courseleaf@ucsd.edu.
• Email: If you have questions about CourseLeaf, you can email them to courseleaf@ucsd.edu. A Services & Support ticket will be automatically opened for each email, so that the team can follow up with you. Additionally, this will allow the team to prioritize and organize the questions received.
• Google group: A CourseLeaf distribution group has been created and is live: courseleafusers-g@ucsd.edu. It will primarily be used to notify CourseLeaf users about system maintenance and updates. Provisioned users have already been added to the Google group, but if you would like the updates, you can add yourself. Go to your Google Groups and search for it to add yourself.
• Informational Documents:
  • Review the Resources and Support One-Pager for more details on existing resources and ways you can ask questions. 
  • Please refer to the Access and Provisioning Two-Pager for more information or if you have any trouble logging into the system.
  • We took the checklist from training and created a CourseLeaf Course Approvals Pre-Submission Checklist Google Doc you can easily make a copy of the Doc and check things off as you go.