Module descriptions are semester-dependent additions to the module content and can be edited in the “My Modules” app. These can be adjusted per semester without having to create a new module. The content specified in the module description is also displayed in the module handbook PDF.
Please note that the module description must also be added in English.
Typical details are, for example, literature references, course prerequisites, duration of the module, module cycle, language of delivery, etc.
Submitting a New Module
New modules must first be submitted to Division 3 using the relevant form [de] so that they can be generated. The module is then available to the module coordinator to edit and maintain the content in German and English.
Module Descriptions
1. create and edit new content
Please note that a new module description should only be created if changes to the existing module description are required. Otherwise, refrain from creating a new module description. The most recent description remains valid until a new one is created.
The page symbol is located next to the module name. Click on this symbol to access an overview of the available module descriptions.
All descriptions with the status “BE_OK” have already been approved, i.e. these are visible to students and other users, and can no longer be changed.
To create a new description, click on the tab with the plus symbol.
You can use the drop-down menu to choose whether you want to create a completely new module description or use attributes from the existing module descriptions and modify parts of them.
If you select a description that is currently being prepared (status “BE_IE”), a pop-up window appears. Confirm the system's request by clicking on OK. The content of the existing description is adopted (in the event that individual fields have already been filled in, C@MPUS overwrites everything again with the content of the adopted “old” description).
Module Coordinators Field
Entries in this field are only used for historization in the module handbook, they have no function in the system.
If you enter a new module coordinator here for the coming semester, they will not automatically have the necessary authorizations. This change must also be reported to Division 3 by submitting the relevant form. Further information can be found on the website information for module coordinators [de].
Intended Lecturers Field
Entries in this field are only used for historization in the module handbook, they have no function in the system.
New lecturers / courses must be entered or planned using the “Course Administration” app. Entries in this app are only intended as additional information. This field can also be left empty.
After completing all your entries or making the necessary changes, be sure to save your work.
Please note the following ways of saving your work:
After saving for the first time, the description status (including the tab text) changes to "BE_IE (module description in preparation)."
When this status has been activated, only you and your representatives and admins can view this draft.
Click this button if you want to continue and complete the module description at a later date.
The description for the upcoming semester is ready for release if you are certain that it is complete and final. Once released, you will no longer have editing rights. The fields of the description for this semester can no longer be modified, and only a new module description for a future semester can be created.
Once it has been released, the module description can be used to generate the module handbook PDF and is also visible in the system for students, other users and interested parties. The description status changes to “BE_OK” (module description completed).
In the event of an erroneous or premature release, please contact Division 3 via the contact form.
2. Delete
You can only delete an existing module description yourself if it does not yet have the status “BE_OK” (module description completed).
- Click on the page symbol in your module list.
- Go to the tab of the semester of the module description you want to delete.
- To delete the description, click on the Delete button at the bottom left.
The button is no longer available for module descriptions that have already been released.
Course Description Vs. Module Description
Course Description
- Providing this information is optional, but it allows important details about the course content to be shared with students.
- The descriptions are copied from academic year to academic year and maintained by the lecturer or course timetable coordinator.
- It is important to add additional information where the module description is rather general and the content of the courses varies from semester to semester (e.g. seminars on specific or current topics).
Module Description
- The module description is mandatory and is regularly updated by the module coordinator or module representative.
- This information is available in the module handbook.
FAQs on Module Management
In order to see and use certain applications in C@MPUS, your authorizations must be recorded in C@MPUS. You can only access the relevant applications if your role(s) or authorization(s) are correctly recorded in C@MPUS. Please take a look at the overview of your authorizations in C@MPUS. There, you will find a list of the individual sections (rooms. examinations, courses, modules) and an overview of which roles have which authorizations. Then check whether the required authorizations have been entered correctly in the "Roles" app. If this is not the case, please contact the contact persons listed there to clarify your request.
Contact
Division 3 - Students' Affairs
- Further information
- Point of contact for questions relating to the organization of study programs and teaching