Phased content roadmap

Lessons are produced in the order courses are taught, for both programmes. Progress is computed from the lessons in the system at each release.

Lessons written210/370 modules · 57%
Plan updated 29 September 2026

Phase 0: Platform and pilot

Completed
Sep 2026 (completed)
  • Bilingual site: 72 courses, 360 modules, curriculum map, dashboards, 3D models
  • Lesson system with equations, review status and xAPI learning records
  • 221 Drone-Hub units migrated, with a sync tool
  • Pilot lessons UAT 101 and UAT 102, 10 modules in both languages
  • Private GitHub repo and install/publish scripts

Phase 1: Year 1 term 1 and going live

In progress
Oct–Nov 2026 (in time for curriculum approval)
35/35 modules
  • Lessons for UAT 103 and continuing-programme core UAT 311–314
  • 25 new knowledge units used by these courses
  • Go live at rsu-uat.pk-research.work on Cloudflare, instructor area behind Cloudflare Access
  • Sample teaching-material pack for the curriculum submission
  • Subject experts review UAT 101–103

Phase 2: Year 1 term 2

Planned
Dec 2026–Feb 2027
35/40 modules
  • Lessons for UAT 104–106, UAT 315, 316, 321, 322 and the research course UAT 309 (shared by both programmes)
  • 17 new knowledge units (Python, digital, networking, statistics, AI basics)
  • Runnable code examples and practice flight-log datasets
  • First English translation pass for units used in year 1

Phase 3: Year 2 term 1

Planned
Mar–May 2027
60/60 modules
  • Lessons for UAT 201–204 and UAT 493
  • 7 continuing-programme electives (UAT 361–367)
  • 22 new knowledge units
  • 3D phase 2: propeller thrust

Phase 4: Year 2 term 2

Planned
Jun–Aug 2027
30/35 modules
  • Lessons for UAT 205–208 and UAT 494
  • WIL (UAT 497) and co-operative education (UAT 498) handbooks for students, supervisors and academic mentors, shared by both programmes
  • Interactive calculators: link budget, PID response
  • 3D: point clouds and survey overlap

Phase 5: Year 3

Planned
Sep 2027–Feb 2028
40/40 modules
  • Required professional courses UAT 301–308
  • Lab worksheets aligned with the institute's labs and Sim-room
  • 3D: formation flight

Phase 6: Year 4 and electives

Planned
Mar 2028–Feb 2029 (electives by track actually offered)
10/160 modules
  • Lessons for UAT 401, 402 and the project guide for UAT 491
  • 29 professional electives (UAT 461–489) by track actually offered
  • Open Badges 3.0 and LMS integration via LTI 1.3

Cross-cutting tracks

Research and source verification

Every lesson cites at least 3 verified sources; CAAT rules re-checked each phase

Drone-Hub sync

Run npm run sync before each work session, link new pages to courses and use them as lesson sources

Bilingual content

Lessons written in Thai and English together; units translated in teaching order

Quality review

Draft → fact-checked → expert-reviewed → approved, against the QM Rubric

Assessment

5 quiz items per module, LMS export, item analysis once real learners use it

Platform

Connect xAPI to a university LRS, WCAG 2.2 audit, GitHub backups