Curriculum Online (eLCs)

Academia are approved suppliers of Curriculum Onlines Electronic Learning Credits (eLCs) so you can spend them with us enabling your school to make greater use of ICT and multimedia resources in the classroom. Please see list below of the software availavle under eLCs Click here for more information on Curriculum Online eLCs

Adobe
Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional for Schools
Adobe Studio 8 Site License
Adobe School Collection 4

Autodesk
Autodesk Secondary School Bundles
Autodesk AutoCAD 2007
Autodesk Inventor Professional 11
Autodesk AutoCAD Architectural Desktop 2007
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series 9
Autodesk Building Systems 2007
Autodesk 3ds max 9

Corel
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3
Corel Painter IX
Corel Paint Shop Pro X
Corel License for Learning (CLL)

IMSI (Please call of more information)
IMSI Floorplan 3D 10
IMSI TurboCAD v12 Professional
IMSI TurboCAD v12 Deluxe

Inspiration
Inspiration 8
Kidspiration 2

Mindjet
Mindmanager Pro 6

Quark
QuarkXPress 7 Classroom Packs

Serif (Please call of more information)
Serif DrawPlus 8
MoviePls 5
Serif PhotoPlus 10

Sibelius
Auralia 3.0
Compass
G7
Instruments
Musition 2.0
Notes
Sibelius 4
Starclass

Ulead Systems (Please call of more information)
Ulead VideoStudio v10 Plus
Ulead PhotoImpact v11
Ulead VideoStudio & PhotoImpact Classroom Bundle

Abount Curriculum Online eLCs

Curriculum Online is central to the Government's drive to transform teaching and learning in schools by improving access to ICT and multimedia resources for all pupils. Here's how eLCs fit in…

The Government has set aside substantial funds for your school to spend on multimedia resources in the form of eLCs (eLearning Credits). The money is distributed from central Government via LEAs to individual schools, which decide locally how to spend it*.

Every school has an appointed eLC budget-holder holder (eg your head, head of department, Bursar or ICT coordinator). All teachers are invited to recommend resources for purchase.

By April 2006 schools will have received £330million in eLC money. In addition a further £125 million has been allocated over the next two years; £75 million in 2006-07 and £50 million in 2007-08 will be ring-fenced and only available for spending on Curriculum Online approved products and services.

eLCs in a nutshell 

• What are eLCs? Money set aside for your school to spend on multimedia resources. Multimedia resources are generally defined as items of educational software designed to support the teaching of the curriculum in England. They cannot be spent on hardware such as computers or projectors.
• How much money? £330million between 2002/3 and 2005/6.
• Which schools? Funding is available for all Government-funded nursery, primary and secondary education, up to and including Key Stage 4.
• Where's our money? Your school should be receiving funds already. Check with your eLC budget-holder or LEA. 
• How do I use eLCs? Search this site for the resource(s) you want. Ask your eLC budget for approval, then order direct from the supplier (details supplied), saying you are using eLCs.
• When do we have to spend our eLCs? All Standards Fund grants must be spent by the end of the academic year (31st August) to ensure their effective use. If the money has not been spent by the deadline, the DfES will reclaim the money from LEAs so it can be redistributed to other areas. In practise "spent" means that schools must have either placed orders for resources or paid for ordered resources by 31 August. If an invoice is yet to be received and/or paid prior to 31 August, then the expenditure should be recorded as "committed" in the school accounts. The outstanding invoices can then be paid after 31 August.

* In some cases, schools may decide to pool their allotted eLC money in order to make larger purchases for shared use. Schools may also decided to authorise their LEA or RBC (Regional Broadband Consortium) to spend eLC money on their behalf – for example, to obtain a greater diversity of products or to make bulk purchases.