IMS Common Cartridge versions

IMS Common Cartridge version

Summary

Technical details

IMS Common Cartridge 1.0

In the resource metadata context, includes the higher education value.

Contains metadata for the intended user roles, Learner and Instructor. These are the user roles that can view the resource.

Contains the intendedUse attribute for Web Content Resources. This attribute must contain one of the following values: lessonplan, syllabus, or unspecified.

The package file should have the extension .zip.

Cartridge manifest metadata must refer to version 1.0.0.

IMS Common Cartridge 1.1

Offers easy support and integration with IMS Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) v1.0 resources. You can integrate rich learning applications or premium content with platforms or other systems from which applications can be launched, without additional customization.

In the resource metadata context, includes the following values: higher education, school, training, and other.

Adds metadata for the Mentor intended user role.

The intendedUse attribute for Web Content Resources is optional in this Cartridge version.

IMS Common Cartridge 1.1 supports LTI links through iLearn Learning Environment User Interface, Bulk Course Create (BCC), and Course Import API.

The package file should have the extension .imscc. This extension helps identify files that are likely to be Common Cartridges.

Users are notified in the processing logs when the resource is imported successfully; however, their intendedUse type is discounted.

Cartridge manifest metadata must refer to version 1.1.0.

IMS Common Cartridge 1.2

Includes metadata for curriculum standards, which provides the option to associate the cartridge, resource, or question item with zero or more curriculum standard identifiers, from one or more providers. Users can use any curriculum standard, provided that it supports unique identifiers.

The intendedUse attribute for Web Content Resources offers a new attribute called Assignment.

Curriculum standards metadata is recognized in v1.2, but is not supported by iLearn Learning Environment. As a result, it is discounted, and users are instead notified in the processing logs whether their data was imported successfully.

Common Cartridge specification has deprecated authorization to the Course Import workflow. D2L still supports it, but recommends that users use Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) links to access remote/secure content.

Cartridge manifest metadata must refer to version 1.2.0.

IMS Common Cartridge 1.3

Allows you to import multiple question banks within a single cartridge.

Provides the ability to specify Common Cartridge XML descriptions within an imsmanifest.xml file, which are imported by iLearn Learning Environment.

Provides the option to add metadata to LTI links. In iLearn Learning Environment, this metadata is incorporated into the content topic so that it can point to the LTI link.

Question banks have no titles, so they are categorized as "Section 1", "Section 2", and so on, in iLearn Learning Environment. Question banks can be translated into any language that D2L supports.

For multiple imports of multiple question banks, section numbering does not increment; it is constrained to the number of banks within the package. For example, if users import a package containing two question banks, and then again with only a single question bank, the following will occur:

Multiple question banks in a question library

The following new features are not entirely supported by iLearn Learning Environment:

• ePub3, Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) and Accessible Portable Item Profile (APIP) file extensions for resources
• Other unknown extensions for resources

iLearn Learning Environment imports files with these extensions into the Manage Files tool, but does not create a content topic because the content type is not currently supported in the application. Users will receive a message about this in the processing logs.

Cartridge manifest metadata must refer to version 1.3.0.