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Don’t make a meal out of creating a feed. Applying the XCRI-CAP data definitions and vocabularies to your data. Alan Paull, APS Ltd 15 May 2012, Brunel University, CDATA Assembly. Resources. XCRI Knowledge Base: xcri.co.uk
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Don’t make a meal out of creating a feed Applying the XCRI-CAP data definitions and vocabularies to your data Alan Paull, APS Ltd 15 May 2012, Brunel University, CDATA Assembly
Resources • XCRI Knowledge Base: xcri.co.uk • JISC Course Data Programme: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/coursedata.aspx • Data definitions and vocabs: http://www.xcri.co.uk/data-definitions-and-vocabulary-framework.html • Full doc, summary, spreadsheet, vocab framework • Examples
Pilot: useful headings • Nature of provision • Sources of data • Data structures and data analysis • Process capability
Pilot: sources of data • Data on all courses is in SITS – except Continuing Professional Development, online, foundation degrees, some part time, and of course research degrees • All marketing data is in our CMS, which is Red Dot – except for module data, URLs to the pages, start & end dates, duration, credit, etc • Some data (Entry Profiles for UCAS) is keyed directly into web-link and not held here – so not available for a feed • Data on all courses is in SITS • All marketing data is in our CMS, which is Red Dot • Some data (Entry Profiles for UCAS) is keyed directly into web-link and not held here
In groups 1: Where’s the data? Key Issue
Pilot: Mapping and Transforming AWARDCOURSE/ROUTE Pathway Module Subjects Course
STRUCTURES SOURCE EXAMPLES PROBLEMS
In groups 2: Populating the feed Key Issue
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