WIDS Curriculum Development Software and Consulting

Professional Instructional Design Software and Services

WIDS is all about curriculum. From designing sound performance-based programs and courses to mapping outcomes and building assessments, our software and consulting team works with colleges, businesses and government clients to design, align, and manage curriculum. When you partner with WIDS, you get more than our software. You gain access to a committed and experienced team of designers, a reservoir of resources, and a long-lasting partnership.

Curriculum Software

Simplify curriculum development, alignment and management. The WIDS web-based software is built to support a performance-based learning model. It’s user-friendly and robust. It's secure and accessible. The WIDS software helps you:

Design Curriculum: programs, courses, outcomes, assessment tasks, rubrics, outcome assessment plans, learning plans, teaching plans

Align Curriculum: curriculum maps to occupational and national standards, college-wide outcomes, program outcomes, and course competencies; career pathways with aligned credentials.

Manage Curriculum: project permissions, approval, archiving, syllabi from approved courses, related documents, and data integration --WIDS is a BB Building Block partner -- now integrate WIDS data with your LMS

WIDS Software Features

Consulting Services

Partner with WIDS on your next project. Our passionate team of instructional designers has the experience to work with you on all things curriculum. WIDS consulting helps you with:

Program Design and Accreditation: occupational analysis (DACUM), outcomes, standards alignment, curriculum maps, assessment plans, configurations, accreditation documentation

Course Development: course outcomes, assessment rubrics, program and standards alginment, learning plans, teaching plans, learning objects, learning materials, syllabi

Project Facilitation and Management: initiation, process planning, execution, communication, monitoring, documentation

WIDS Consulting

What Our Clients Say

"We have used WIDS to help us design a curriculum review cycle that would complement our QRP process and help house information needed for our AQIP projects. Because WIDS holds all of the data in one place where it is accessible for anyone at the...
"I can’t imagine life without WIDS. It’s smart business for our college."

-Jodi Rust, Curriculum Specialist and Instructional Designer
"We use WIDS software as the tool to update and share our grant-funded curriculum development projects."

-Shana Farrell, Manager of Instructional Technology & Resources
"If we didn’t have WIDS—I don’t know how we could have assessed our college-wide outcomes, program outcomes..."

- Nadine Schreiter, Director of Faculty Development and Instructional Support
WIDS is the one location to enter and access our course and program curriculum. Maps and prior learning assessments are housed there as well. With so many moving pieces, a central location is necessary.

- Robin Nickel, Madison College Curriculum...
“The ability to align every aspect of the instructional design process to industry standards has been invaluable to the instructors of courses and workshops, our students, and our industry partners.”

- Kim L. Whiteside, Instructional Systems...
"WIDS helps us with program accreditations and ensures course quality and rigor. Our facutly appreciate one template for syllabi and ease in creating them."

-Carol Grode-Hanks, Dean of Academics
"It used to require a lot of administrative attention and staff time to keep curriculum updated. Nicolet will realize significant gains using WIDS..."

- Chuck Komp, Dean of Business and Instructional Effectiveness
"Users now have access to all of our curriculum."

- Jennifer Brown, Instructional Coordinator
“WIDS provides NTC with the framework and software tool to develop high quality, performance-based courses that benefit our students!”

- Bonnie Osness, Director of Career Pathways
"WIDS enables NWTC central access to course and program outcomes, establishing a sound foundation for consistent instruction, assessment, and quality planning of courses and programs."

-Valerie Bielinski, Learning Solutions Consultant,...
"WIDS has gone above and beyond to create a product that captures the pathways for students to achieve their academic and career goals in a systematic and meaningful manner. They have provided the framework upon which each level of learning and achievement may...
"WIDS has exceeded my expectations and works really well with a lot of different departments. The flexibility to create custom data fields is great too!"

- Kristal Davenport, Instructional Technology Support Specialist
"WIDS has given our instructors additional knowledge by providing their toolbox with the development of behavioral-based competencies, measurable criteria, performance standards, and objectives."

- Anthony Anderman, Instructional Systems...
“We’ve had such a great experience with WIDS that we are looking to more broadly utilize it across campuses in particular with our accreditation process.”

-- Sepa-Kishi.
"The WIDS staff has been phenomenal as we develop a WIDS system unique to our own needs. They can answer our questions, and provide suggestions because they have experience in higher education and curriculum management."

- Lisa J. Azure, PhD,...
"The WIDS system provides us with anywhere/anytime options for working on or viewing curriculum!"

- Jeanne Williams, WCTC Coordinator, Curriculum & Assessment
"[WIDS] helped us emphasize that mastery of competencies and performance of skills are what employers are looking for in the people they hire.”

-Brandee J. Ortery, Academic Excellence and Development