Summary of stated purpose
The purpose of XCRI-CAP is to enable information about courses and other kinds of learning opportunity to be shared efficiently between the computerised information systems used by learning providers and organisations collecting, aggregating and publishing information about courses.
The framework has been developed to help Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) assess their progress towards implementing XCRI-CAP: eXchanging Course Related Information, Course Advertising Profile. The framework leads through a series of multiple choice questions (on Institutional Strategic Policy, Planning the Output, Management Implementation and Technical Implementation).
Output types
Qualitative
It results in a 'Red/Amber/ Green' (RAG) summary across a number of stages. Based on the answers given for the individual questions, the framework also calculates an overall weighted average RAG status for each stage as a whole.
Supporting evidence
It is recommended by the UK government and is generally applicable across all sectors of UK education and training. It is the UK standard for describing course marketing information. It shows how to structure the information, defines and names the data components and specifies the types of data permitted within each component.
