diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/src/main.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/src/main.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5959edd2ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/src/main.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+@CMS =
+  Models: {}
+  Views: {}
+
+  start: ->
+    new CMS.Views.Course el: $('section.main-container')
+
+_.extend CMS, Backbone.Events
+
+$ ->
+  $.ajaxSetup
+      headers : { 'X-CSRFToken': $.cookie 'csrftoken' }
+
+  CMS.start()
diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/src/models/module.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/src/models/module.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aba2c4f2d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/src/models/module.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class CMS.Models.Module extends Backbone.Model
+  editUrl: ->
+    "/edit_item?id=#{@get('id')}"
diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/src/models/week.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/src/models/week.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03e9c5d6f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/src/models/week.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+class CMS.Models.Week extends Backbone.Model
diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/src/views/course.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/course.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..769612de72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/course.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+class CMS.Views.Course extends Backbone.View
+  initialize: ->
+    @$('#weeks > li').each (index, week) =>
+      new CMS.Views.Week el: week, height: @maxWeekHeight()
+
+    CMS.on('showContent', @showContent)
+
+  showContent: (subview) =>
+    $('body').addClass('content')
+    @$('.main-content').html(subview.el)
+    @$('.cal').css height: @contentHeight()
+    @$('>section').css minHeight: @contentHeight()
+
+  maxWeekHeight: ->
+    _.max($('#weeks > li').map -> $(this).height()) + 1
+
+  contentHeight: ->
+    padding = 29
+    $(window).height() - padding
diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/src/views/module.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/module.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d7368778c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/module.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class CMS.Views.Module extends Backbone.View
+  events:
+    "click .module-edit": "edit"
+
+  initialize: ->
+    @model = new CMS.Models.Module(id: @el.id)
+
+  edit: =>
+    CMS.trigger('showContent', new CMS.Views.ModuleEdit(model: @model))
diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/src/views/module_edit.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/module_edit.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..556424bd9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/module_edit.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class CMS.Views.ModuleEdit extends Backbone.View
+  tagName: 'section'
+  className: 'edit-pane'
+
+  initialize: ->
+    CMS.trigger 'module.edit'
+    @$el.append($('<div id="module-html">').load(@model.editUrl()))
diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/src/views/week.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/week.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f80d63de52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/week.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class CMS.Views.Week extends Backbone.View
+  events:
+    'click .module-edit': 'edit'
+
+  initialize: ->
+    @model = new CMS.Models.Week(id: @el.id)
+    @$el.height @options.height
+    @$('.editable').inlineEdit()
+    @$('.editable-textarea').inlineEdit(control: 'textarea')
+
+    @$('#modules .module').each ->
+      new CMS.Views.Module el: this
+
+  edit: =>
+    CMS.trigger('showContent', new CMS.Views.WeekEdit(model: @model))
diff --git a/cms/static/coffee/src/views/week_edit.coffee b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/week_edit.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0deab707a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/static/coffee/src/views/week_edit.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class CMS.Views.WeekEdit extends Backbone.View
+  tagName: 'section'
+  className: 'edit-pane'
+
+  initialize: ->
+    CMS.trigger 'week.edit'
diff --git a/cms/templates/index.html b/cms/templates/index.html
index 6bc04dc8a2..92b5cc296c 100644
--- a/cms/templates/index.html
+++ b/cms/templates/index.html
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
   <%include file="widgets/navigation.html"/>
 
   <section class="main-content">
-    <section class="edit-pane">
-      <div id="module-html"/>
-    </section>
   </section>
 
 </section>
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/navigation.html b/cms/templates/widgets/navigation.html
index ea158d305a..372f298a8b 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/navigation.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/navigation.html
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
     </ul>
   </header>
 
-  <ol>
+  <ol id="weeks">
     % for week in weeks:
-    <li>
+    <li id="${week.location.url()}">
       <header>
-        <h1><a href="#" class="module-edit" id="${week.location.url()}">${week.name}</a></h1>
+        <h1><a href="#" class="module-edit">${week.name}</a></h1>
         <ul>
           % if 'goals' in week.metadata:
             % for goal in week.metadata['goals']:
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
         </ul>
       </header>
 
-      <ul>
+      <ul id="modules">
         % for module in week.get_children():
-        <li class="${module.category}">
-            <a href="#" class="module-edit" id="${module.location.url()}">${module.name}</a>
+        <li class="module" data-type="${module.category}" data-id="${module.location.url()}">
+            <a href="#" class="module-edit">${module.name}</a>
             <a href="#" class="draggable">handle</a>
         </li>
         % endfor