Metadata template types
Brightspace comes with 4 basic metadata template types:
- Default Template
- Dublin Template
- GEM Template
- IEEE Template
Create a metadata template
A template is a collection of predefined values that users can use to quickly add standard metadata to a resource. Templates enable you to quickly apply standard metadata to resources that have duplicate information, saving you from re-entering the same information for each resource.
Templates can include static information that is the same every time a user applies the template and dynamic information based on replace strings that updates when a user applies the template.
For example, if members of an anthropology department are cataloging images of pottery shards from a site, they can use a template to automatically fill in standard data associated with all of the images including the resource type, format, associated keywords, etc.
- From the Admin Tools menu, click Metadata Administration.
- On the Templates page, click New Template.
- Enter your New Template details.
- Click Save.
- On the Edit Template page, using the provided tabs, further customize your Properties and Values options.
- Click Save.
Import a metadata template
- From the Admin Tools menu, click Metadata Administration.
- On the Templates page, from the More Actions button, click Import Template.
- On the Import Template page, enter a Template Name.
- To select the template that you want to import, click Browse. Locate your file and click Open.
- Click Import.
Export a metadata template
- From the Admin Tools menu, click Metadata Administration.
- On the Templates page, from the More Actions button, click Export Template.
- From the Export Template drop-down list, select the template you want to export.
- Click Export.