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Virtual Exhibits Investment Program - Technical Requirements for the Development of Learning Object Collections

November 2008

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NOTE: The following list provides the maximum character limits and media formats and sizes required of content for use with the Learning Object Input Tool. Any field which is not present in the list below does not have a limitation.

Institutional Profile		Maximum Limit
Institution Logo	file size image size file type	80Kb 200W x 90H pixels GIF or JPEG(24-bit)

Learning Object Collection		Maximum Limit
Collection Name	text box	200 characters
Description	text box	200 characters
Introduction	text box	1250 characters

Homepage Image		Maximum Limit
Title	text box	200 characters
Homepage Image	file size image size file type	400Kb 450W x 300H pixels GIF or JPEG(24-bit)
Short Description (Alt Text)	text box	125 characters
Caption	text box	500 characters
Creator	text box	100 characters
Relevant Location(s)	text box	See NOTES (1) & (2)

Learning Object		Maximum Limit
Title	text box	200 characters
Description	text box	200 characters
Learning Objective	text box	1250 characters
Relevant Location(s)	text box	See NOTES (1) & (2)

Text Asset		Maximum Limit
Title	text box	200 characters
Text	text box	See NOTES (3)
Footnotes	text box	See NOTES (3)
Creator	text box	100 characters
Description	text box	200 characters
Relevant Location(s)	text box	See NOTES (1) & (2)

Audio Asset		Maximum Limit
Title	text box	200 characters
Audio File	file size file type	2Mb .wma (Windows Media Audio)
Caption	text box	500 characters
Creator	text box	100 characters
Short Description (Alt Text)	text box	125 characters
Relevant Location(s)	text box	See NOTES (1) & (2)

Video Asset		Maximum Limit
Title	text box	200 characters
WMV Video File	file size video size file type	2Mb 320W x 240H pixels .wmv (Windows Media Video)
MOV Video File	file size video size file type	2Mb 320W x 240H pixels .mov (QuickTime Player)
Thumbnail File	file size image size file type	80Kb 225W x 225H pixels GIF or JPEG(24-bit)
Caption	text box	500 characters
Creator	text box	100 characters
Short Description (Alt Text)	text box	125 characters
Relevant Location(s)	text box	See NOTES (1) & (2)

Image Asset		Maximum Limit
Title	text box	200 characters
Image File	file size image size file type	400Kb 450W x 300H pixels GIF or JPEG(24-bit)
Thumbnail File	file size image size file type	80Kb 225W x 225H pixels GIF or JPEG(24-bit)
Short Description (Alt Text)	text box	125 characters
Caption	text box	500 characters
Creator	text box	100 characters
Relevant Location(s)	text box	See NOTES (1) & (2)

Flash Asset		Maximum Limit
Title	text box	200 characters
Flash File	file size flash size file type	2Mb 680W x 410H pixels .swf
Thumbnail File	file size image size file type	80Kb 225W x 225H pixels GIF or JPEG(24-bit)
Caption	text box	500 characters
Creator	text box	100 characters
Short Description (Alt Text)	text box	125 characters
Relevant Location(s)	text box	See NOTES (1) & (2)

NOTES:

(1) Canadian locations must conform to the NRCAN list of official names. To view the list of official names, click on the NRCAN GEOGRAPHIC NAMES link on the 'Add Relevant Locations' page which appears when you select 'CANADA' in the 'Country' drop-down list.

(2) International locations must conform to the international standard of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN). You may access the TGN here: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ .

(3) Only the first 1000 characters will be displayed when previewing the text on its Learning Object page.

Date Modified: 2009-11-07

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Virtual Museum of Canada

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Virtual Exhibits Investment Program - Technical Requirements for the Development of Learning Object Collections

Institutional Profile

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Learning Object Collection

Maximum Limit

Homepage Image

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Learning Object

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Text Asset

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Audio Asset

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Video Asset

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Image Asset

Maximum Limit

Flash Asset

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NOTES:

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Institutional links

Professional Exchange

Virtual Museum of Canada

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Virtual Exhibits Investment Program - Technical Requirements for the Development of Learning Object Collections

Institutional Profile

Maximum Limit

Learning Object Collection

Maximum Limit

Homepage Image

Maximum Limit

Learning Object

Maximum Limit

Text Asset

Maximum Limit

Audio Asset

Maximum Limit

Video Asset

Maximum Limit

Image Asset

Maximum Limit

Flash Asset

Maximum Limit

NOTES:

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