Add/Edit External Standards

Tips

• Request that your program leaders inform you if they need External Standards for their program/course documentation.
• Request that they send the standards in an electronic format OR provide you with the URL where the standards can be found.
• Format the standards data as desired to facilitate linking in WIDS. Verify the format with the program leaders. 
• Include information about the source of the standards, and the date in the information for the standards set. If necessary seek copyright approval for adding the standards to your library.
• Remind program and course developers that new standards will need to be associated and linked within program and course projects.

To Add External Standards

Click Edit to place the page into edit mode.

Right click on any folder on the page.   WIDS presents a pop-up menu. 

Click Add Root Folder.   This will create a folder to put your standards in.  WIDS creates a new folder at the bottom of the list.   Click in the box to type a name for the folder. This folder will hold your new set of standards.    

 Right click on the new folder.   WIDS presents a pop-up menu.   Select Add Child Set to add a set of standards. 

WIDS creates a folder for the standard set. Enter the standards title. This is the standards title that will appear in the program or course associated with the standards.

Right click on the standards title.   WIDS presents a pop-up menu.   Select View/Edit Sets to add the standard statements.       

WIDS opens the standards and presents the Standards Details tab.  Click on the Import External Standards from text option.  

WIDS presents a text box for entering standards.   Copy the standards from your source document and paste them into the textbox.   Click Process Text.          

WIDS presents the standards in a grid. Check the items to import. To select all check the Item to Import box at the top of the grid.    Select Add to have the standards added to the page.

 External Standards Information

Key information about the external standards set can be added in the Information tab.