CIS for Internet Course Planner

One of the new additions to the Personal Learning Plan (electronic portfolio) is My Course Plan. You can use My Course Plan to create a course outline for middle and high school and college. Follow these easy steps for using My Course Plan.

1. From the homepage of CIS for Internet, click on "Personal Learning Plan" in the upper right corner.
2. If you have previously created a portfolio, enter your username and password. To create a portfolio, click on "Create Personal Learning Plan".
3. You will be returned to the homepage; click on "Personal Learning Plan" to get to the Personal Learning Plan Main Menu.
4. Click on "My Course Plan".
5. Review the "Admission Requirements in Nebraska ".
6. Select the grade level.
7. Pick the "Subject" area for the course.
8. Type in the course title.
9. In the "Semester" column select the length for the course.
10. In the next column, select "required" or "elective".
11. When the course is completed enter the grade(s) for the course.
12. To delete a course, click on the red X at the end of the row.
13. To add more courses, use the button on the lower left of the planner.
14. Be sure to save your planner.
15. To print out the course plans, click "Print" in the upper right corner. This will bring up a pop-up window with all the plans you have created. If your computer has a pop-up blocker, you will have to tell it to "temporarily allow pop-ups".
16. Review and update your course plan each year.

Forgotten Personal Learning Plan User Names or Passwords?

If you have a student or client who has created a Personal Learning Plan but has forgotten their user name or password you can get this information by going to the Internet CIS Administration web site: http://necis.intocareers.org/administration .

Once you are logged onto the administration site:
1)  Click on “Manage Portfolios” on the left hand menu
2)   Click on “Create and Edit Portfolios”
3)  This will bring up a list of the Personal Learning Plans (Portfolios) created on your site. The list will include the users Last Name, First Name, their User Name and Password. If there are several portfolios created on your site, you can search for a specific one by the individual's name.

If you were unable to attend training this past fall, you can find more information about the Administration site on our department web site, http://www.ncis.unl.edu . From the top menu, click on “Training” and then “Experienced 2005 User Training”, from the menu on the left hand-side. The last document listed is Site Administration Tools for Internet CIS . This document, as well as many of the other documents that were handed out at training, can be downloaded in a Word or PDF format.