A Guide to Implementation: Getting Started
This guide, the XCRI-CAP Self-assessment Framework and selected resources in the XCRI Knowledge Base form part of a package of support to institutions seeking to implement XCRI-CAP. For technical staff involved in the JISC Course Data Programme, the relevant XCRI version is XCRI-CAP 1.2.
The Guide to Implementation is divided into the following parts:
- Getting Started - you're here!
- Implementation steps
- The XCRI-CAP Self-assessment Framework
- Resources
You can follow the steps of the Guide by clicking 'Next' to move from stage to stage.
Introducing XCRI-CAP - the XCRI Knowledge Base
There is a wealth of information available on the XCRI Knowledge Base aimed at staff in non-technical, technical and strategic roles. You can find information about planning and processes and technical implementation, as well as a range of case studies from institutions that have already worked with XCRI-CAP. There is also a generic presentation introducing XCRI-CAP.
Planning your implementation
Institutions that have implemented XCRI-CAP over the last few years have ranged from those applying an external feed to their course marketing system to those who have implemented, or are implementing, a more thorough change to how their systems interact within the institution, perhaps as a part of an overarching Service Oriented Approach. A flexible six-step implementation process was developed by the Centre for International e-Portfolio Development (CIePD), as a result of the East Midlands Lifelong Learning Network XCRI projects, and this guide is a version of that pattern modified by further review in 2011.
Before you start your implementation, you may find it helpful to refer to the Implementation Steps section of this guide.
We are always striving to improve the information that we provide to staff considering implementing XCRI-CAP or reviewing their courses information. If you have any comments on this Guide, please email the editor at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
