May 2024


April 2024
  • Moderators can indicate if a UQAF bibliography is exemplary and whether a unit should be flagged for unit review (ACT internal measures)
  • A Moodle course now be created by linking Scheduled Units to an existing Moodle course


February 2024
  • PIR reporting for Academic Staff


September 2023
  • Improved Backup for Academic Staff.
  • New comprehensive view and CSV download option for Academic Quality Officer.
  • Automatic notification to users with the role "Academic Quality Officer" if an Academic Staff member is deactivated but is also associated to other colleges.


August 2023
  • On screen calculation of Word Count visible on "Create UQAF page".
  • Notification preferences for the UQAF scheduling job now includes options to have notification sent after each UQAF is scheduled or a summary email once the UQAF scheduling job is completed.
  • Moodle courses can be deactivated.
  • UQAF scheduling job automation process modified to include a check prior scheduling to ensure a scheduled unit with same details doesn't exist on Paradigm yet.
  • Academic Services can mark "result released" for Cat C units.

July 2023
  • Enrolment and Engagement check enabled for Moodle courses - more info
  • Colleges can now deactivate Academic Staff
  • Link to Paradigm's "Unit Result Sheet" can now be accessed via UQAF details page.
  • PIR data now available on Academic Staff page (list and form).

June 2023
  • Moodle courses can be created with a complete, partial or no gradebook
  • PDF to Academic Approval Panels includes qualifications, AQF level of highest qualification, Employee Qualification Assessment N=
  • Units can now be combined for moderation. A new section "Additional units moderated with this unit"
  • A unit can be removed from list of moderated units if there are no enrolments.

May 2023
  • colleges can now create Marker/Tutor
  • UQAF form now checks if the Academic Staff is approved to teach in the AQF level and the field
  • New function: recreate a Moodle course

  • New function: append UQAF to existing Moodle course


April 2023
  • A Chinese Unit Name can be entered for UQAFs with a 'language of delivery' set to Chinese. When the UQAF is scheduled on Paradigm, it will populate the field 'Provider Other Unit Id'.
  • The field 'Date UQAF Previously Approved' is now prefilled when an approved UQAFs is cloned.
  • The default Moodle Course Full Name and Short Name can be overwritten when a new Moodle course is created.
  • The course format 'Collapsed Topics' can now be selected in the Moodle Course Preset - note, it requires the correct plugin installed on Moodle.
  • The Additional Lecturer 1 and 2 are now added to the field 'Unit Coordinator(s)' on Paradigm when a UQAF is scheduled. 
  • The field 'Year Long Indicator' is now populated on Paradigm (TCSI field E622) when the value is set to YES
  • User interface update for lists - more icons. shaded rows in lists, conditional text formatting for selected columns
  • Enriched CSV download of 'All UQAFs' list, now including columns: Census Date, End Date, Approval Date, Unit Category, Date UQAF previously approved, Assessment Details (name, weighting and word count)
  • Moodle Connection Check enabled (requires configuration of Moodle connection for participating colleges). 
  • UQAF list is now pre-filtering to 'My' (where current user is UQAF contact), can be changed to show all college UQAFs.
  • Check UQAF list is  now pre-filtering to 'My' (where current user is UQAF checker), can be changed to show all records saved for internal checking.
  • Moodle course presets option to Moodle course visibility (show/hide) and enable completion tracking (Y/N).


March 2023
  • On the screen 'Submit Scripts', a college user (moderation contact) can now be selected so moderators can get in touch for further information. -> more info
  • Moderators receive weekly summary emails listing moderated units that have been marked as 'moderation material complete'.
  • ACT's Moderation Manager receives weekly summary email listing units that have been moderated (moderation status: 'moderation complete').
  • The UQAF details screen shows moderation comments (if released) and the college response.
  • Chinese character validation is now enabled for 12 cps units (not projects).
  • Project Details (project aim, rationale, methodology, synopsis and bibliography) can be uploaded instead of entered in fields.
  • A new optional field 'Return to UQAF Creator' has been added to support an additional workflow to circle UQAF back internally. Only the UQAF creator will be able to submit the UQAF to the moderator / save for scheduling (if previously approved).



February 2023
  • Moderators can now submit the General Unit Field report via the Moderation Portal -> more info
  • Colleges can edit a response to a moderation report within 7 days of providing the response -> more info
  • Change request email can be triggered from 'Edit Academic Staff' page -> more info
  • Colleges can download as CSV file of the moderation report including college responses -> more info
  • The internal UQAF checking process support now multiple rounds of checks -> more info



January 2023
  • Confirmation emails of reviewed UQAFs (approved, approved with conditions, re-submit) contain comments added by the moderator.
  • Details of Academic Staff can be edited by colleges. -> more info
  • Requests of new Academic Staff supports now Equivalency Assessment. -> more info
  • Approval workflow for new Academic Staff implemented.
  • Moodle integration turned on to allow creation of Moodle courses based on multiple scheduled units incl. groups and gradebook based on assessments (requires configuration of Moodle connection for participating colleges). -> more info
  • Users can deactivate UQAFs as long as they are not scheduled on Paradigm
  • Additional views and context menu items now available on the 'All UQAFs' page to allow users to edit, check, re-submit forms directly
  • Users can mark a UQAF record as required to be moderated -> more info



December 2022
  • Word count range is no longer displayed and validated for projects.
  • Improved fields and functionality on 'moderate unit' form for moderators.



November 2022
  • Moderators can create and edit their leave records. 
  • Leave calendar view on home page.
  • The Paradigm Unit Report Sheet can be downloaded for a moderated unit directly from the Moderation Portal.
  • SharePoint folders for moderation scripts are accessible by colleges directly via a link. Files link back to unit record on Moderation Portal 



October 2022
  • Friendly auto-reminders are being sent to moderators on the 15th day for UQAFs that don't have an approval status.
  • A page lists expiring UQAFs that have 12 months left in their approval (incl. previously approved).
  • The 'UQAF Details' page includes now links to the scheduled unit(s) on Paradigm 
  • The 'Submit scripts' page for moderated units includes links to the PDF version of the Unit Report Sheet report on Paradigm
  • A unit name suffix can be provided to 'generic units'.
  • Attachments are required on the Check UQAF form.
  • An internal link to the attachment can be provided for the UQAF checker.



September 2022
  • Word count validation enabled for 12cp units, checking the sum of all assessment method word counts to ensure they fall into required word count range for the level (min word count and max word count).
  • A created or cloned UQAF requires an internal check prior to being submitted to moderator.
  • Delivery methods 'Intensive' and 'Directed Study Contract' are now supported when creating a UQAF and scheduling on Paradigm. 
  • Approved UQAFs (approval status of 'Approved' OR 'Approved with conditions' OR 'Previously approve') are no longer automatically scheduled on Paradigm. A scheduling job needs to be created which schedules units and assessment methods on Paradigm in bulk and on demand.