Units are a measurement used in U.S. higher education to indicate class contact time. In our example, we provide information on the nature of the units, in this case Semester as opposed to Quarter Units. Secondly, we indicate a unit value, 3.0. We create a reference to this learning activity by using the college's course number, FILM 290. This information is encapsulated within the Description and Short tags.
Evaluation provides the area to describe nature and result of our learner's efforts.
In other circumstances our learner may have simply earned, for example, a Certificate of Completion with no corresponding mark. As you have seen, LIP allows you to build learner information packages tailored to the needs of your organization. The three examples above are all valid LIP XML records. The packages contain only the information required. Use these examples as a starting point for creating IMS Learner Information Packages to meet your needs.