Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Curriculum Metadata Template
Curriculum Metadata Template
Additional REQUIRED
Information
The display name of the course in the course catalog.
Curriculum Name
Subject(s)
REQUIRED
Professional
Development;Leadership
Subject(s)
Curriculum Description
REQUIRED
This is the description of the learning object. Please reference the Curriculum Standards tab for best
practices.
Note: In the new system, curriculum description and objectives are captured in one field.
The Caring Leader Academy Online is intended for all new managers. Led by our CHRO John
Lacy, this series provides an introduction to our leadership philosophy, expectations and
engagement tools.
Curriculum Description
Keywords
REQUIRED
Keywords
Content Included in Curriculum Content Owner(s)
REQUIRED REQUIRED
List the titles of the content included in the curriculum in the order that they must be Name of Content Owner.
completed.
Name of Business Group The User must complete the Please include any additional comments for the Learning
that owns the content. prerequisite before registering for this & Development Team.
curriculum, if prerequisites are
required to be completed before
registration is allowed.
Human Resources
Curriculum Titles
Rule
Be descriptive, clear, to the point - keep it short
State the value proposition
Curriculum Titles
Example
“Lawn Mowing Tips”
“Lawn Mowing Tips That Will Cut Your Mow Time In Half”
“How To Mow A Lawn In Half The Time, 10 Lawn Mowing Tips From Experts”
“10 Lawn Mowing Tips, Expert Advice To Cut Your Time In Half”
“2018 BSWH Lawn Mowing Tips”
“BSWH: Lawn Mowing Tips”
“ARR Lawn Mowing Tips”
Curriculum Descriptions
Rule
What is it? A concrete description.
Why do I care? What problem does it solve, or what benefit will it give me?
Do I want it? Give information that helps people make a decision (list
objectives).
Should I spend my time watching it? What audiences will benefit?
Details?
Don’t put instructional or administrative info in the description.
Search Keywords
Keyword Sources
Course Title
Don't Use
ulum Descriptions
Example
“A course about cutting the grass…”
“…that will help you get a professional looking lawn”
arch Keywords
Details
• Include keywords in your titles
• Search engines will give title keywords extra weight
• List words that learners will use as search terms
• Choose basic language over technical language
• Use conversational words over jargon
• Use words that describe the content concretely, not abstractly
• Think about words people in your company and industry would use
to describe the content
• Big ideas and objectives from your content
• Add commonly used alternatives to words (ex. file, record, profile,
info)
• Abbr.
• A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S.
• _Non-alph@#numeric/characters