Including metadata for media

Metadata is data about data. It typically includes information such as a description of the object, the author, the date it was created, and so on. Search engines look within metadata for relevant information to the term that was searched. Within objects, the metadata will be published as standard XML metadata into the accompanying imsmanifest.xml file for any AICC, SCORM, or CourseMill published projects. Metadata added to objects within a project that is published strictly to HTML will be written directly to the resulting HTML pages containing the objects. The metadata can be specified as custom metadata or as name/value pairs using predefined IMS Metadata Data Elements following the IEEE LTSC LOM standard.

Metadata added to media within your Media Library will be carried over when the media object is added to a project.

See also: Including metadata for an object

To include metadata for media:

Select the media within your media library to which you want to add metadata.
Click the Properties button or right-click and select Properties. The (Media) Properties window opens. Click the Metadata tab.

Select the Use Metadata check box and specify the following information:

Custom Metadata

Select this to display the Custom Metadata text field for you to directly enter custom metadata.

IMS Metadata Data Elements (IEEE LTSC LOM)

Select this display a pre-populated list of name value pairs for all the SCORM 1.2 required IMS Metadata data elements. Click the Add button to open the Metadata Data Element Entry window. Select a predefined data element from the Name combo box and specify a data element value from the Value edit/combo box. Select OK to accept the data element. Select from previously entered data elements from the Name/Value lists and click Edit or Remove to edit or remove the selected element.

Click OK.