K-12 Playbook
Created by IMS K-12 members, these resources are intended to help districts of all sizes shorten the learning curve around the adoption of IMS interoperability standards and accelerate your move to a fully integrated digital learning ecosystem.
New Resources Spotlight
K-12 In Focus: Read the latest updates for IMS district and state members. This edition spotlights member leader Colet Bartow from the Montana Office of Public Instruction.
Learning Impact On-Demand K-12 Highlights: See the summary and analysis of the district and state-focused topics from our virtual series on Solutions for Highly Effective Digital Teaching & Learning.
Announcements
Standards First: Discover why leading institutions and edtech suppliers are signing the Standards First pledge to make open standards the cornerstone of the edtech ecosystem—and why you should too.
Digital Transformation Using IMS Standards
The K-12 Playbook is organized so you can easily get the support and resources you need to ensure successful implementation at any stage in your district's digital transformation.
Foundation
Learning
Achievement
Let's Get Ready!
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Procurement Documents and Checklists: Review these resources to help you know what to ask for from your vendors and what to include in your RFPs.
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K-12 Statement of Intent to Adopt IMS Standards: Sample RFP language to use when negotiating with suppliers to ensure the adoption and support of the most current IMS standards in a timely manner.
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IMS Global Glossary of Terms: This glossary of terms provides definitions of terms commonly used throughout IMS Global.
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Understanding Conformance Certification: This course is designed for IMS members (website login required) to learn more about the conformance certification process and how to interpret the results.
Resources
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OneRoster for Educators (presentation): This presentation is intended to give an introduction to OneRoster® 1.1 for those with little or no technical background.
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LTI for Educators (presentation): This presentation is intended to give an introduction to Learning Tools Interoperability® (LTI®) for those with little or no technical background.
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OneRoster FAQ: This guide highlights all aspects of OneRoster, including planning, data governance, implementation, and user roles.
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How to Adopt a Learning Management System in K-12: IMS helps institutions understand what's important to consider when purchasing a new LMS.
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Digital on Day One: Checklist for OneRoster Implementation: Checklist to assist implementation of OneRoster for the beginning of the school year.
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Recommended Practices: Planning for, Acquiring and Vetting Thin Common Cartridges: This template can be used by districts to create a roadmap for acquiring and verifying Thin Common Cartridges.
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Intro to IMS TrustEd Apps (recorded webinar): Learn about the IMS community-driven process to vet teaching and learning apps and certify that they meet IMS standards for data privacy.
User Stories
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Achieving a Seamless Plug and Play Ecosystem: The School District of Lee County (FL) has focused on changing its procurement practices to achieve student-centered learning.
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Chicago Public Schools' Declaration of Adopting IMS Global Standards: CPS uses this letter to notify providers of educational resources of the interoperability requirements in the school district.
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Pittsburgh Public Schools: Discover how PPS revolutionized their process for rostering students and allocating access to digital resources using IMS standards.
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OneRoster & LTI Advantage: Understand how the IMS OneRoster and LTI Advantage standards together will help your district build a more effective digital learning ecosystem.
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Caliper Analytics v1.1 Profiles: Caliper Analytics® defines a number of metric profiles, each of which models a learning activity or a supporting activity that helps facilitate learning. These profiles will help you understand the ways in which Caliper may be used.
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LTI Resource Search Checklist and RFP Language: This guide provides specific language for requesting products that are IMS certified in the IMS LTI Resource Search standard.
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QTI Specification Documents: Question and Test Interoperability® (QTI®) enables the exchange of item and test content and results data between authoring tools, item banks, test construction tools, learning platforms, assessment delivery systems, and scoring/analytics engines.
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APIP Specification Documents: Accessible Portable Item Protocol® (APIP®) provides assessment programs and question item developers with a data model for standardizing the interchange file format for digital test items.
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Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers (PARCC) and Accessible Portable Item Protocol (APIP) Profile Documents: PARCC and APIP enable interoperability of the packaging and delivery of assessment tests and items, as well as the Personal Needs and Preferences instances related to accessibility content.
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IMS Caliper Analytics Best Practice Guide: Guidelines that represent the most efficient course of Caliper Analytics implementation.
User Stories
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Resource Efficacy with Caliper Analytics: An IMS App Note that describes one approach to computing instructional resource efficacy to help deliver the most effective resources at the right time for learners.
Resources
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Competencies & Academic Standards Exchange (CASE) Primer: A primer on conformance for end-user institutions, faculty, and buyers of third-party services and tools.
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Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange Checklist and RFP Language: An explanation of language to include in a procurement document and questions to ask suppliers.
User Stories
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Georgia Department of Education: Preparing Students to Learn, Live, and Lead: GaDOE is developing a digital ecosystem that will blend traditional, virtual, and personalized competency-based learning.
