National Workshop on
Content Creation for National Coordinators and Subject Coordinators
e-PG Pathshala
INFLIBNET Centre: Technical Overview
Dr Jagdish Arora
Director, INFLIBNET Centre
About e-Content Project
MHRD, under its NME-ICT, has allocated funds to the UGC for
development of e-content in 77 subjects at postgraduate
level.
Social Sciences, Arts, Humanities, Natural &
Mathematical Sciences, linguistics and languages
E- PG Pathshala
National Coordinator (Technical)
Technical
Responsibility
Financial
Responsibility
Disbursement of
Payment to all
Project Entities
• Provide
Platform to
Upload all eContent of 77
Subjects in a
LMS
• Provide an
Application to
Manage and
Monitor the
Administrative
Work.
• Provide
Common
Administrative
Responsibilities
To administer the
project from
inception to
completion under
the able guidance
of Standing
Committee
Workshop /
Training
Programme
Technical
Responsibility
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Content Collection
from CW
Production and
Packaging
Document
Management
The Most Effective e-Content can be one where the Knowledge of “Domain Expert”, is
Married to the Multimedia Skills of “Web Designers” and “Instructional Designers”
Domain
experts:
Team of
Subject Coordinators (To coordinate content
creation for all 16 papers in a subject)
Paper Coordinators (To coordinate content
creation for all (16x35) modules in a paper
Content Writers / Authors (To develop
content of 35 modules / topics for each paper
and prepare storyboard for multimedia
enrichment)
Content Reviewers and Language Editors
Web
designers /
Instructional
designers
Design and develop interactive
multimedia (using description
provided by Content Writers
using story board)
Assign metadata to
courseware at different levels
Host the content in SCORM
compliant Learning
Management System (LMS)
and provide features like
online examinations, quizzes,
etc.
e-Content Development Process
Domain
Experts
Static Content
Web /
Instructional
Designer
INFLIBNET/
Web Development
Team
Authors
Reviewers
Story Board
Static Content + e-Content (
Multimedia Enriched)
Phase I
Phase II
Hosting
Server
Content Collection
• Designed input /output templates for
the content
• Guidelines for Content Writers
• Collect content as per the templates
Production and Packaging
•
Multimedia Enrichment of Static Content
• Animation
• Simulation
• Graphics: Sketches, Line Drawings, Photographs,
Graphs, Charts, Maps, etc.
• Audio Narration of chunked material
• Video Clips: As per the story board
• Repurposing Static Content into SCORM compliant
Module
• Host in LMS interface
Volume of Work
Subjects
Papers
E-Modules
• Total 77 Subjects
• 1 Subject = 16 Papers
• Total No of Papers (77X16) = 1232
• 1Paper = 35 e-Module
• Total No of e-Module (77 X 16 X 35)
• 43,120 e-Module
Graphics for 43,120 Modules
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Graphics for 43,120 Modules will have at least:
 43,120
animations
 Double
the number of other graphic objects
 Audio
Narrations for the Chunked Material
 Interaction
with Content Writers while preparing the
content and its final approval
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It requires massive Technical Support from Core
Technical Team and External Outfits / Jobbers
Physical Interaction between Domain Experts
and Technical Team for Animations, Simulation,
Graphics, Testing and Correction
Graphics for 43,120 Modules . . .
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How do we achieve this:
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4 Teams of Graphic Designers working simultaneously
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Each Team Consisting of 4 well-trained Graphic Designers
including a Supervisor for distribution of work, its
management and guidance
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Jobs will also be outsourced to external outfits as and when
required
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Subject Coordinators may also choose to enrich their content
with multimedia on approved rates
Sharable Content Object Reference Model
 SCORM is a set of technical standards for e-learning software
products
 SCORM tells programmers how to write their code so that it can
“play well” with other e-learning software.
 It is the de facto industry standard for e-learning interoperability.
 SCORM governs how online learning content and Learning
Management Systems (LMSs) communicate with each other.
What it Means to You as Content
Writer?
Strictly Use Templates Made Available to
You to Ensure SCORM Compliance
Published in
LMS interface
Source file from the Content Writer (CR)
Self Learn, e-Text, self assessment , Learn
more based on CR input
Adding animation and Voice over as per
CR narration
Sample output template from CR
Authoring Tool &
template
Output
Four Quadrant SCORM Compliant e-Content
Chain Indexing
Chain Indexing or chain procedure is a mechanical method
to derive subject index entries or subject headings from the
Class Number of the document. It was developed by Dr.
S.R. Ranganathan.
The cataloguer to derive subject headings or class index
entries from the digit by digit interpretation of the class
number of the document in the reverse direction, to provide
alphabetical approach to the subject of the document.
Different kind of links
 SL
: A link in which a user is likely to approach a document.
 USL : A link in which a user is not likely to approach a document.
 FL
: A link is a false link, if it ends with a connecting symbol or
relation device, etc.
 ML : A link in a chain-with-gap, corresponding to the missing isolate
in the chain.
Example: The document entitled ‘Macbeth’ by William
Shakespeare, having class number O111,2J64,M will generate
the following chain.
O
O1
O11
O111
O111,
O111,2
O111,2J64
O111,2J64,
O111,2J64,M
= Literature (SL)
= Indo European literature (USL)
= Teutonic literature (USL)
= English literature (SL)
= (FL)
= English drama (SL)
= Shakespeare (SL)
= (FL)
= Macbeth (SL)
Corresponding to these five sought links, the subject heading or
class index entries will be generated by the chain
O
= Literature (SL)
O1
= Indo European literature (USL)
O11
= Teutonic literature (USL)
O111
= English literature (SL)
O111,
= (FL)
O111,2
= English drama (SL)
O111,2J64 = Shakespeare (SL)
O111,2J64, = (FL)
O111,2J64,M = Macbeth (SL)
Learning Management System
e-PG Pathshala Management System
Workshop /
Training
Programme
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National Workshop for National Coordinators and
Subject Coordinators
Workshop for Paper Coordinators and Content
Writers
Meetings among National / Subject / Paper
Coordinators
How to approach us:
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E-mail: epgp.ugc@gmail.com;
abhishek@inflibnet.ac.in
Chat: epgp.ugc@gmail.com;
s.abhishek.k@gmail.com
Phone: 079-079-26304695, Ext-38
Financial
Responsibility
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Disbursement of Payment to all Project Entities
Payment to all Coordinators as per guidelines
 Payment for Workshop / Training
 Hardware and Software Purchase
 Manpower at INFLIBNET
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