Propose a New Course in CIM

CIM Courses allows users to create, modify, or deactivate courses and submit proposals through the appropriate approval workflow for review, approval, or rollback.

Karen Waddington
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Courseleaf

Navigate to <https://lbcc-next.courseleaf.com/courseleaf/> You can also access your CourseLeaf Dashboard through the Viking Portal or Faculty Center - External Links in PeopleSoft.

Click **Go to New Dashboard**

Click the **Courses** tile

Click the dark green **Propose New Course** button in the top right corner of your screen. This will open a new window with the Course Proposal Form.

Select the **Proposal Type** from the drop down menu.

Fill in all required fields. Ensure to save your work often to prevent from losing any work.

The bottom of the Course Proposal form shows three options when working on a proposal. **Save**: To save any changes that have been made and come back to the form at a later time. Clicking Save does not submit the proposed changes to workflow and will allow you to save without filling out all the required fields. The status of the saved form will be **Added** and may be edited later by searching for the course or doing a quick search for all added courses.

**Cancel:** If you'd like to cancel your work. This will not save any changes and return to the previous window.

**Start Workflow**: To save and submit all changes for approval. All required fields must be filled out before the proposal can be submitted for approval. The course proposal will go to the next role in the workflow for approval. The next user in the workflow will be sent an automated email to notify that a course proposal is ready to be reviewed.