Course Management System (CMS) Update

Big news for ACA Instructors & Trainers!

The Course Management System (CMS) has recently undergone some updates!

New features and feature updates were added to the CMS on March 6, 2020. The update bulletin posted at www.americancanoe.org/CMS summarizes these changes.

Highlights:

• Course Query – A new course query function was implemented that will return a list of courses that meet a variety of user specified filters.
  

• Instructor Listings – The internal and general public versions of instructor queries were updated with new filters and changes to the way existing filters function.

• Insurance Restructuring – The screens used to collect information for ACA insured courses have been updated to better define the information and fees required before a course begins and what is required after a course is completed.

• Miscellaneous – Numerous system features have been modified to improve functionality.

Next week an update will be available for the Course Registration and Reporting user guide. In addition to covering the new CMS features outlined above, it will also include sections on the updated insurance process, mentoring, Instructor Trainer Candidate (ITC) features, course abbreviations, and FAQs.

A bit of advice, if you are confused about the CMS: read the user guide! The CMS development team will be continuously reviewing the CMS functionality, adding additional features (and update bulletins to explain those updates) and providing updates to the user guide documents. Please use these resources!

If you have issues with the CMS, please email the contacts listed on the first page of the user guide document. Explain your situation and be as specific as possible, include screen shots, links , or other notes that help us best understand your problem - specificity will lead to a quicker investigation and resolution.