This document discusses the Open Course Data project at Loughborough University which is exploring using the Terminal Four Site Manager CMS as the canonical source for course marketing information. It performed data mapping between the CMS, LUSI database, and website fields. Next steps include determining if the CMS approach works for those involved in course marketing, identifying other useful data, handling composite fields and program variants, outputting data directly from the CMS as XML, and prospects app development. Simplifying processes more generally is also being considered.

1. Open Course Data
at Loughborough
University
Martin Hamilton
http://martinh.net

2. Open.Lboro

3. Open Course Data project
Joint effort from Academic Registry,
Marketing and Communications and IT
Services.
Exploring whether Terminal Four Site Manager
CMS can be canonical source of course
marketing information.
Looking at process simplification more
generally.

6. Data Mapping

7. Data Mapping
<dc:identifier>http://www.lboro.ac.
uk/study/undergraduate/courses/departments/geography/geographywitheconomic
s/</dc:identifier>
Marketing – web-prospectus
<dc:identifier>LL17</dc:identifier>
LUSI
<dc:title>BSc (Hons) Geography with Economics</dc:title>
LUSI has: BSc Geography with Economics 3
Website: Typed
<dc:subject>Geography with Economics</dc:subject>
This should be programme name initially but can be expanded
LUSI: vle_programmes_v long_title
Website: Typed

8. Site Manager CMS

9. Site Manager CMS

10. Formatting as CSV

11. Formatting as CSV

12. CSV as a Starting Point...

13. Slurping that CSV...

14. Structured data

15. Baby Steps

16. Next Steps
Key point: Does CMS approach work for folk
involved in course marketing?
Also for consideration:
● Useful data that isn't in our prospectus?
● Composite fields and programme variants
● Output directly from CMS as XML?
● Prospectus app development
● Wider process simplification stuff

17. Next Steps

18. Next Steps

19. Next Steps

20. Next Steps

21. Open Course Data
at Loughborough
Martin Hamilton
http://martinh.net