October 8th - Team Meeting 4

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dScribe Mtg - Oct 8, 2008

Preparation for the meeting

1. Download materials from CTools (https://open.umich.edu/wiki/index.php5/Importing_Resources_from_CTools )
2. If the materials on CTools aren't in their native forms (e.g. a PDF generated from a PowerPoint), email the professor to request them.
3. Review the FAQ from previous meetings (https://open.umich.edu/wiki/index.php5/FAQ_from_dScribes)
3. Add the materials to the course in OERca (OERca Instructions).
4. Extract the context images (e.g. page or PowerPoint images) to OERca (https://open.umich.edu/wiki/index.php5/Content_Capture_Instructions)
5. Capture the content objects (COs) and add them to OERca (https://open.umich.edu/wiki/index.php5/Content_Capture_Instructions)
6. Analyze the copyright of each object using the RAD tree ([https://open.umich.edu/wiki/images/c/c9/WORKFLOW.pdf])
7. Search for replacement objects or recreate content if necessary. (https://open.umich.edu/wiki/index.php5/Open_Content_Search )
8. Keep track of how much time you spend on each of these tasks. ([https://open.umich.edu/wiki/images/8/80/Journal_for_dScribes.xls])
9. Stop by our office if you have any questions and/or are looking for a dedicated place to work on your dScribe stuff. See our public dScribe calendar on Google for our availability. We're also available via Google Chat (see 10/1 email for our chat ids).


What to bring to the meeting:

  • Laptop
  • All of the course materials for weeks 1 - 5 on your laptop
  • Journal
  • Questions


Here is what we will be covering at the meeting:

1. Go over high-level dScribe process diagram (5 min)
2. Check progress against semester timeline (30 min)
3. Items to collect (permission forms, journals) (5 min)
4. Questions (content objects, OERca) (30 min)
5. Go over adding metadata for original content objects and any replacements as well as using the ASK form to ask a professor if a replacement is suitable (10 min)
6. Action Items for next week (5 min)

Next week:

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