Appendix A – Learning Resources Collection Metadata

FIELD NAMEMETADATA NAMEREQUIREDREPEATABLECONTROLLED VOCABULARYDESCRIPTION
Titledc.titleYesNoEnter the title of the item.
Project Nametaaccct.projectNameYesNoEnter the official name for the project from the
TAACCCT grant proposal.
Grantee Institutiondc.publisherYesNoEnter the name of the institution responsible for creating this item.
Copyright ownerdcterms.rightsHolderNoNoEnter the copyright owner for attribution purposes; leave blank if this is the same as the Grantee Institution.
Author(s)dc.contributor.authorNoYes[Last Name, First Name]Enter the name(s) of the individual(s) credited with the creation of the resource, for attribution purposes.
Primary Licensedcterms.licenseYesNo[CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND, Public Domain, CC0, Other]Select the license that applies to the majority of items in the work. Most resources will be CC BY (the default choice) according to the grant requirements.
Additional Licensestaaccct.license.secondaryNoYes[CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND, Public Domain, CC0, Other]If third-party resources in the work are offered under a different license from the above, indicate that here. Note that commercial, copyrighted works cannot be uploaded to the repository. To select more than one value in the list, hold down the "CTRL" or "Shift" key.
Primary Material Typedc.typeYesNo[Animation, Assessment Tool, Assignment, Case Study, Collection,
Development Tool, Drill and Practice, ePortfolio, Hybrid/Blended Course, Illustration/Graphic, Learning Object Repository, Online Course, Online Course Module, Open Journal-Article, Open Textbook, Photographic Image - Instructional, Presentation, Quiz/Test, Reference Material, Simulation, Social Networking Tool, Syllabus, Tutorial, Video - Instructional, Workshop and Training Material, Video - Instructional, Other]
Select the predominant type or kind characterizing the learning resource. See Material Type Descriptions.
Secondary Material Typetaaccct.type.secondaryNoYes[Animation, Assessment Tool, Assignment, Case Study, Collection,
Development Tool, Drill and Practice, ePortfolio, Hybrid/Blended Course, Illustration/Graphic, Learning Object Repository, Online Course, Online Course Module, Open Journal-Article, Open Textbook, Photographic Image - Instructional, Presentation, Quiz/Test, Reference Material, Simulation, Social Networking Tool, Syllabus, Tutorial, Video - Instructional, Workshop and Training Material, Video - Instructional, Other]
Select any secondary type or kind characterizing the learning resource. To select more than one value in the list, hold down the “CTRL” or “Shift” key. See Material Type Descriptions.
Descriptiondc.description.abstractYesNoProvide a written description of the resource.
Course or Program Notetaaaccct.courseNoteNoYesProvide the name of the course and/or program to which this item belongs. For example, an online course module in computing percentages could be part of a Foundational Math Skills Course that is part of a program in Construction.
Date Createddc.date.issuedYesNo[YYYY-MM-DD]Please give the date the resource was created. You can leave out the day and/or month if they aren't applicable.
TAACCCT Roundtaaccct.roundYesNo[1, 2, 3, or 4]Select the TAACCCT Round.
Industry Partnerdc.description.sponsorshipYesYesEnter the name of your employer partner and/or industry partner and briefly describe how they collaborated with your project.
Industry Sectortaaccct.industryYesNoSee Appendix C for list of NAICS CodesSelect the main Industry Sector covered by this resource, or 'Developmental Education' if this is a preparatory or remedial education course or item.
Occupation Classificationtaaccct.occupationYesNoSee Appendix D for list of SOC CodesSelect the Occupation Classification.
Instructional Program Classificationtaaccct.instructionalNoNoSee Appendix E for list of CIP CodesSelect the Instructional Program Classification.
Credit Typetaaccct.creditTypeYesYes[Credit, Non-Credit, Other, None]Select the type of credit to which this learning resource was originally applied. To select more than one value in the list, you may have to hold down the "CTRL" or "Shift" key.
Credential Typetaaccct.credentialTypeYesYes[Diploma, Certificate, Credential, Stacked/latticed Credential Model, Associate Degree, Bachelors Degree, Other, None] Select the type of credential to which this learning resource was originally applied. To select more than one value in the list, you may have to hold down the "CTRL" or "Shift" key.
Educational Level of Materialstaaccct.levelYesYes[1st year Community College or equivalent; 2nd Year Community College or equivalent; Upper division of Bachelors degree or equivalent]Select the educational level of the instructional material(s); To select more than one value in the list, hold down the “CTRL” or “Shift” key.
Interactivity Typecw.interactivityTypeYesNo[Active - requires user to respond to prompts, questions, etc.; Presentation only - requires user to navigate through content; Mix of Active and Presentation] Select the predominant mode of learning supported by the learning resource.
Likelihood of reusetaaccct.archiveNoNo[Yes, No]Do you feel that the material that you are uploading will be useful to others outside of your project? (Selecting ‘No’ means this submission will be in the repository but placed in an archived area. The material will be accessible to users who select to include archived materials in their search results.)
Quality of Subject Mattertaaccct.SMQualityYesYes[Consultations during development of instructional materials; Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials; Conducting an evaluation of the instructional materials and providing a report; Using an approved rubric to conduct the evaluation of the instructional materials and providing a report; SME Quality Report is posted in Skills Commons; Other]Check all boxes that apply. Subject Matter Experts were used to assure the quality of the instructional content by:
Quality of online/hybrid course designtaaccct.OCDQualityYesYes[Quality Matters; Quality Online Learning and Teaching (Cal State University); Quality Scorecard (Online Learning Consortium); Industry Standard Quality Rubric; Custom Quality Rubric; Expertise of Project's Instructional Designers; Other Rubric; None]Check all boxes that apply to the ways that your project used evaluation rubrics to assure the quality of the online/hybrid course DESIGN of the instructional materials. How did you assure that the quality of the online/hybrid learning experiences for students?
Quality Rubrictaaccct.qualityNoNo[QM, COLT, SLOAN-C, Chico, or other]Select the rubric used to measure the quality of the learning resource.
Quality Notetaaccct.qualityNoteNoNoProvide a written description of the process used to ensure quality. You may also upload a document describing this process in the file upload section.
Subject Keywordsdc.subjectNoYesEnter appropriate subject keywords or phrases.
Languagedc.languageNoYes[N/A, English (United States), English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Other]Select the language of the main content of the item. If the language does not appear in the list below, please select 'Other'. If the content does not really have a language (for example, if it is a dataset or an image) please select 'N/A'.
Time Requiredcw.timeRequiredNoNoProvide the approximate or typical time it takes to work with or through this learning resource for the typical intended target audience.
Reuse of SkillsCommons Materialstaaccct.materialsReuseNoNoDid you reuse materials found in SkillsCommons in the creation of this resource?
URL of SkillsCommons Materialtaaccct.materialsReuse.uriNoNoIf you answered "Yes" above, please paste the URL of the SkillsCommons materials here.
Additional Public Access To Materialstaaccct.object.uriNoYesIf the resource is available online, enter the URL here.
Derivative Work from Other’s Materialscw.isBasedOnUrlNoYesEnter the URL(s) of the resource(s) that were used in the creation of this resource. For example, you used other openly licensed materials to create this derivative work.
URL to Formal Accessibility Policymerlot.ada.formalPolicyNoYesIf your organization has a formal accessibility policy, enter the URL here.
URL to Accessibility Statementmerlot.ada.statementNoYesIf your organization has an accessibility statement, enter the URL here.
URL to Accessibility Evaluation Reportmerlot.ada.organizationNoYesIf you have an Accessibility Evaluation Report for this item, enter the URL here.
Text Access - Text to Speechmerlot.ada.textAccessNoNo[Yes, No]The text of the digital resource is available to assistive technology that allows the user to enable text-to-speech (TTS) functionality.
Text Adjust - Compatiblemerlot.ada.textAdjustmentCompatibleNoNo[Yes, No]Text is compatible with assistive technology.
Text Adjustment - Adjust Font and Colorsmerlot.ada.textAdjustableNoNo[Yes, No]The resource allows the user to adjust the font size and font/background color (or is rendered by an application such as a browser, media player, or reader) that offers this functionality).
Reading Layout - Reflow the Textmerlot.ada.readingLayoutCompatibleNoNo[Yes, No]Text of the digital resource is compatible with assistive technology that allows the user to reflow the text by specifying the margins and line spacing (or is rendered by an application such as a browser, media player, or reader that offers this functionality).
Reading Layout - Page numbers match printed materialmerlot.ada.readingLayoutPageNumbersNoNo[Yes, No]If the digital resource is an electronic alternative to printed materials, the page numbers correspond to the printed material.
Reading Layout – Page number Reflow the Textmerlot.ada.readingLayoutPageNumbersAltNoNo[Yes, No]This correspondence is also preserved when a reflow function is enabled
Reading Order - Digital resource layoutmerlot.ada.readingOrderNoNo[Yes, No]The reading order for digital resource content logically corresponds to the visual layout of the page when rendered by assistive technology.
Structural Markup - Navigation Textmerlot.ada.structuralMarkupTextNoNo[Yes, No]The text of the digital resource includes markup (e.g. tags or styles) that allows for navigation by key structural elements (chapters, headings, pages) using assistive technology (or is rendered by an application such as a browser, media player, or reader that offers this functionality).
Structural Markup - Listsmerlot.ada.structuralMarkupListsNoNo[Yes, No]The text of the digital resource includes markup for bullets and numbered lists that is compatible with assistive technology (or is rendered by an application such as a browser, media player, or reader that offers this functionality).
Structural Markup - eReader applicationmerlot.ada.structuralMarkupReadersNoNo[Yes, No]If the text of the digital resource is delivered within an ebook reader application, a method is provided that allows users to bypass the reader interface and move directly to the text content that is compatible with assistive technology.
Table Markupmerlot.ada.tableMarkupNoNo[Yes, No]Data tables include markup (e.g. tags or styles) that identifies row and column headers in a manner that is compatible with assistive technology (or are rendered by an application such as a browser, media player, or reader that offers this functionality).
Hyperlinksmerlot.ada.hyperlinkActiveNoNo[Yes, No]URLs (website or email addresses) within the text of the digital resource are rendered as active hyperlinks allowing them to be detected and activated with assistive technology (or are rendered by an application that offers this functionality).
Colormerlot.ada.colorNoNo[Yes, No]All information within the digital resource that is conveyed using color is also available in a manner that is compatible with assistive technology. For example, when a table contains negative values, these values should be conveyed with a leading ‘minus’ character in addition to (or instead of) formatting them in red.
Contrastmerlot.ada.contrastNoNo[Yes, No]The visual presentation of text and images of text in the digital resource has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1.
Language - Markupmerlot.ada.languageMarkupNoNo[Yes, No]The text of the digital resource includes markup that declares the language of the content in a manner that is compatible with assistive technology.
Language - Passage markupmerlot.ada.languageMarkupAltNoNo[Yes, No]If the digital resource includes passages in a foreign language, these passages include markup that declares the language in a manner that is compatible with assistive technology.
Images - Non-Decorativemerlot.ada.imageAltTextNoNo[Yes, No]Non-decorative images have alternative text that is compatible with assistive technology (or is rendered by an application such as a browser, media player, or reader that offers this functionality).
Images - Decorativemerlot.ada.imageAltTextNoNo[Yes, No]Non-decorative images have alternative text that is compatible with assistive technology (or is rendered by an application such as a browser, media player, or reader that offers this functionality).
Images - Decorativemerlot.ada.decorativeImagesNoNo[Yes, No]Decorative images are marked with null alternate text or contain markup that allows them to be ignored by assistive technology.
Images - Complexmerlot.ada.complextImageTextNoNo[Yes, No]Complex images, charts, and graphs have longer text descriptions that are compatible with assistive technology (or are rendered by an application such as a browser, media player, or reader) that offers this functionality).
Multimedia - Text trackmerlot.ada.multimediaTextTrackNoNo[Yes, No]A synchronized text track (e.g. open or closed captions) is provided with all video content.
Multimedia - Transcriptmerlot.ada.multimediaTranscriptNoNo[Yes, No]A transcript is provided with all audio content.
Multimedia - Assistive playermerlot.ada.multimediaAccessiblePlayerNoNo[Yes, No]Audio/video content is delivered via a media player that is compatible with assistive technology. This includes support for all criteria listed in Section 15 below.
Non flickering contentmerlot.ada.noFlickeringNoNo[Yes, No]The digital resource content does not contain anything that flashes more than three times in any one-second period.
STEM - Markupmerlot.ada.stemMarkupNoNo[Yes, No]STEM content (e.g. Mathematics, Chemistry) is marked up in a manner that is compatible with assistive technology (or is rendered by an application such as a browser, media player, or reader that offers this functionality).
STEM - Notation markupmerlot.ada.stemNotationMarkupNoNo[Yes, No]The resource conveys both the notation (presentation) and meaning (semantics) of the STEM content.
Interactive - Keyboardmerlot.ada.keyboardInteractiveNoNo[Yes, No]Each interactive element (e.g. menu, hyperlink, button) and function (e.g. annotations) allows keyboard-only operation both with and without assistive technology.
Interactive - Markupmerlot.ada.interactiveMarkupNoNo[Yes, No]Each interactive element conveys information to assistive technology regarding the element’s name, type, and status (e.g. “Play, button, selected”).
Interactive - Text promptsmerlot.ada.interactivePromptTextNoNo[Yes, No]All instructions, prompts, and error messages necessary to complete forms are conveyed as text to assistive technology (or are rendered by an application such as a browser, media player, or reader that offers this functionality).
CC-By License and DOL Disclaimer Requirementtaaccct.ccbyNoNo[Yes, No]Indicate “Yes” or “No” as to whether or not you have included the CC-BY and DOL disclaimer on the materials you are uploading.