Content Object Identification Instructions
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The Content Object Identification Instructions have been created to assist dScribes in identifying individual media and other content that appear inside of course material. It presents a range of example content types, representative of the type of content that may appear in University of Michigan course materials. Once identified, the dScribe can accurately classify the objects and follow the dScribe Workflow to make clearing recommendations.
See the RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree for an understanding of the steps dScribes should take after identifying and classifying a content object. The RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree ensures that a content object passes through one of our "policy checkpoints" ( copyright, privacy, endorsement) before it is marked as "cleared" for review and publication.
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[edit] Introduction
[edit] Defining Content Objects and Context Images
| In the context of the Open.Michigan OER initiative, a content object refers to individual media items like photos, illustrations, recordings, text, equations, screenshots, and other such media that appear within learning materials. A "context image," i.e. an image of a single page or slide in a learning material, may contain one or more "content objects" and surrounding text. Learning materials include lecture slides and other multimedia presentations, posters, handouts, readings, quizzes, class notes, and a host of other associated educational material used for instruction and learning. | Image:Context Image vs CO.png |
[edit] Content Types
There are nine major categories of content objects within U-M course materials. Each of these categories is arranged in a manner that defines the specific content type and helps the dScribe to quickly and effectively identify and classify individual content objects.
[edit] Photographs
A photograph is a picture made using a camera; x-rays, microscopy slides, radio scans, and ultrasound images are classified differently - see category 6: OTHER - Scientific Images. For the purposes on our project, we distinguish two categories of photos: Photographs of People & Photographs of Objects
[edit] Photographs of People
- Any photograph including an individual or group of people. The photograph may or may not contain faces. It might be of a:
- -group
- -student
- -patient
- -celebrity
- -profile
Instructions:
- Once you have identified the content object, capture the object with the Snapper. Then, classify the correct content type in the content object's Information Tab. Next, turn to the RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree for a more specific understanding of the steps you will take to clear the "policy checkpoints" before making edits and publishing the material.
[edit] Photographs of Objects
- A photograph of an object might range from a photograph of a work of art to pictures of surgical instruments, human or animal anatomy, a scan of an artifact using a flatbed scanner, even a shot of a sunset over Lake Michigan. Sure, it's a broad category, but you get the idea. If it is not a photograph of a person, it is a photograph of an object.
- -artifacts
- -specimen
- -landscape
Instructions:
- Once you have identified the content object, capture the object with the Snapper. Then, classify the correct content type in the content object's Information Tab. Next, turn to the RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree for a more specific understanding of the steps you will take to clear the "policy checkpoints" before making edits and publishing the material.
[edit] Illustrations
Illustrations encompass a wide range of objects. Maybe it's a sketch of an individual? Maybe it's a computer generated graphic or a cartoon? It might be a chemical representation. You get the idea. Here's a list of what you might find and classify as an Illustration:
- -cartoons
- -graphics
- -drawings or sketches
- -chemical representations
Instructions:
- Once you have identified the content object, capture the object with the Snapper. Then, classify the correct content type in the content object's Information Tab. Next, turn to the RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree for a more specific understanding of the steps you will take to clear the "policy checkpoints" before making edits and publishing the material.
[edit] Artwork
[edit] Graphs
Graphs are diagrams that show the relation between variable quantities, each measured along one of a pair of axes at right angles.
Instructions:
- Once you have identified the content object, capture the object with the Snapper. Then, classify the correct content type in the content object's Information Tab. Next, turn to the RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree for a more specific understanding of the steps you will take to clear the "policy checkpoints" before making edits and publishing the material.
[edit] Charts
Charts are tables, lists, or other written words. These may include:
- -maps
- -pie charts
- -bar charts
- -histograms
- -flowcharts
- -other diagrams
Instructions:
- Once you have identified the content object, capture the object with the Snapper. Then, classify the correct content type in the content object's Information Tab. Next, turn to the RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree for a more specific understanding of the steps you will take to clear the "policy checkpoints" before making edits and publishing the material.
[edit] Recordings
YouTube clips, embedded MP3 recordings of conversations and procedures, news clips and broadcasts, and songs often appear in course materials. We classify them according to two types: Audio & Video
[edit] Audio
- A full length or clip of a music, voice or other sound recording.
[edit] Video
- A full length or clip of a movie or other visual moving image with or without accompanying sound.
Instructions: It's pretty simple, really. When you see or hear an audio and video clips, classify it according to the type of recording. Turn to the RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree for a more specific understanding of the steps you will take to clear the "policy checkpoints" before making edits and publishing the material. *note: There is a separate clearing process to be worked out here - one that the dScribe 2's will deal with - so once you have classified the recording it will be escalated to the dScribe2.
[edit] Text
Text. This is an interesting category. You might be thinking: The vast majority of the course material is text! Does this mean I am going to have to classify anything that is has text in it? Answer: No.
For the purposes of this project, we are interested in two distinct categories of text: Quotes and Personal Information.
[edit] Quotes, etc.
Quotes refer to text that has some literary characteristic or is verbatim text from a given resource. These might include:
- -quotes
- -passages
- -poems
- -definitions
[edit] Personal Information
Personal information is individually identifiable information about an individual. It is text that describes or, being paired with other publicly accessible information, could be used to identify an individual. ask yourself: Could the information (image, voice, name, etc.) included here lead you to identify a specific individual?
Personal information might include:
- -patient history information and descriptions.
- -identifiable information (first and last name, a home or other physical address including street name and name of a city or town, an email address, a telephone number, a social security number, hospital records, any other identifier that the Open.Michigan team determines permits the physical or online contacting of a specific individual.)
Instructions:
- Once you have identified the content object, capture the object with the Snapper. Then, classify the correct content type in the content object's Information Tab. Next, turn to the RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree for a more specific understanding of the steps you will take to clear the "policy checkpoints" before making edits and publishing the material.
[edit] Other
[edit] Screenshots
Screenshots are merely images of the display of the computer screen. It might be a:
- -website screenshot - including websites, online applications and programs, that merit some review for organization and product information.
- -software screenshot - including computer applications and programs (e.g. word processing software, internet browsers, photo editing software, etc.)
Instructions:
- Once you have identified the content object, capture the object with the Snapper. Then, classify the correct content type in the content object's Information Tab. Next, turn to the RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree for a more specific understanding of the steps you will take to clear the "policy checkpoints" before making edits and publishing the material.
[edit] Other Media
Media might include:
- -book and magazine covers
- -cds and record covers
- -clips from newspapers
- -advertisements, etc.
Instructions:
- Once you have identified the content object, capture the object with the Snapper. Then, classify the correct content type in the content object's Information Tab. Next, turn to the RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree for a more specific understanding of the steps you will take to clear the "policy checkpoints" before making edits and publishing the material.
[edit] Trademarks
- -Trademarks in the context of text refer to:
- -words
- -logos
- -slogans
- -phrases
- -shapes
- A logo is a symbol or other small design used by an organization to identify its products, services, etc. Trademarks are symbols, words, or other phrases that are legally registered or established by use as representing an organization or product.
- During the course of any semester, it is almost certain that faculty, students, and other people who visit classrooms to participate in discussion and give presentations will mention companies and organizations, talk about specific products, or use logos and product descriptions to illustrate points, carry out procedures, or even as comparison for indicating specific preferences. While products and logos are not inherently an issue, dScribes need to be aware of when products and organizations are mentioned or appear in the materials to ensure that we effectively deal with certain policy issues related to their potential use.
[edit] Scientific Images
- -gene expressions
- -radiology images
- -microscopy images
- -ultrasound and other scans
- -equations
Instructions:
- Once you have identified the content object, capture the object with the Snapper. Then, classify the correct content type in the content object's Information Tab. Next, turn to the RAD (Recommended Action Decision) Tree for a more specific understanding of the steps you will take to clear the "policy checkpoints" before making edits and publishing the material.
