Secondary Career Technical Alignment Initiative

Interactive Media CTAG FAQ

What is the Secondary Career Technical Alignment Initiative (SCTAI)? The Initiative, which began in 2011, was purposed to explore the creation of additional secondary Career- Technical Assurance Guides.

So, is SCTAI the same thing as CTAGs and TAGs? Essentially, the SCTAI is a time-limited allocation of Perkins grant-funding designated to create additional statewide CTAGs. All of the efforts support ORC 3333.162, which established the first CTAG in 2007. The same time-tested quality steps used for creating OTM, TAG and CTAGs were used on the Initiative. And, just as with the Engineering Technology TAG/CTAG, if learning outcomes were applicable to an associate degree as well as a bachelor’s degree, the statewide agreements share the same learning outcomes.

How have statewide faculty been involved? The initiative is faculty-led and student-centered. Lead faculty conduct upfront statewide research on course availability and application, faculty panels and additional faculty statewide help vet academic content through panel meetings and surveys, and, where applicable, faculty assist in the development of end-of-course examinations that may add a component of student measurement to newly create SCTAI CTAGs. All faculty and staff are encouraged to view the faculty involvement video. Faculty nominated by their CAO or Provost will be asked to attend statewide SCTAI Faculty Workshops on March 26th or 27th to learn more.

I have heard about CTAG and TAG review panels, as well as statewide student examinations. What does this mean? Discipline-specific faculty who have worked with the SCTAI have assisted the Transfer Network in making a determination about the parameters of a statewide agreement. In some cases, these faculty groups felt that the administrative burden could be lifted from statewide faculty review panels by having a simplified assurance process for secondary programs and an added new student measure through the use of the Ohio Department of Education’s end-of-course assessments. The items on these examinations have been written by post-secondary faculty and are developed by a third party, the Center on Education for Training and Employment (CETE) at The Ohio State University.

In some cases, faculty panels may determine that full course review and approval by a faculty review panel is required. Each CTAG document will specify credit terms and conditions for secondary programs seeking approval, as well as students seeking credit.

What are the requirements for the Interactive Media CTAG? 1. Secondary institutions must review the SCTAI alignments and post-secondary learning outcomes for each Interactive Media CTAN for which they wish to submit, and affirm with OBR that their institution is teaching the essential learning outcomes in those courses to receive approval. The ODE courses and associated CTANS are:

Animation (ODE Course 145115) – aligns to CTIM001 2D Animation Creating and Editing (ODE Course 145100) – aligns to CTIM002 Raster Graphics Multimedia and Image Management Techniques (ODE Course 145105) – aligns to CTIM003 Vector Graphics Web Design (ODE Course 145010) – aligns to CTIM004 Internet and Web Languages Interactive Application Development (ODE Course 145125) – aligns to CTIM005 Graphical Website Design Video and Sound (ODE Course 145110) – aligns to CTIM006 Digital Video Production 3D Techniques (ODE Course 145120) – CTIM007 3D Modeling and Animation Design Techniques (ODE Course 145095) – CTIM008 Electronic Publishing

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2. Students must successfully complete the required ODE course aligned to each Interactive Media CTAN for which they seek credit, receive a qualifying score on the end of course examination (WebXam) offered by CETE that is aligned to each Interactive Media CTAN for which they seek credit, and follow the established verification form process to access CTAG credit at their post- secondary institution of choice.

How can I see the alignment document? The SCTAI alignment document, along with the CTAG document, can be found on our website: https://www.ohiohighered.org/transfer/ct2/ctags

Where can I learn more? More information on the SCTAI can be found here: https://www.ohiohighered.org/sctai