ZTC Degree Mapping
Unraveling the
Credential Maze
Amanda Grey, MLIS
Dr. Nishan Perera, PhD
Oluwatobi Ojo, BSc

Acknowledgement of Country
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
campuses are located on the unceded
traditional and ancestral territory of the
qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen)
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)
q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie)
SEMYOME (Semiahmoo)
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scəwaθən məsteuəxʷ
(Tsawwassen)
qiqeyt (Qayqayt)
kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem)

Introduction - ZTC Mapping
What is this
presentation about?

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Presentation Outline

• Background – ZTC at KPU
• Tracking Credentials
• Dashboard Demo
• Creating the Dashboard

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by Eluj from Pixabay

Background
Where is ZTC at?

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Zero Textbook Costs
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Courses are designated ZTC when students are
not required to purchase learning resources,
such as a commercial textbook, to fulfill the
learning objectives of a course.

Zero Textbook Costs
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ZTC can be achieved by
• having no required textbook
• Assigning an OER
• Assigning library resources
• Providing instructor notes
• Using free online content

ZTC at KPU
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• Spring 2018 (BCcampus grant)
• Certificate in Arts program
• 75 course sections; 38 instructors
• Fall 2024
• 8 ZTC Credentials
• 440 course sections; 210 instructors

Course Section
Banner Data

Tracking Credentials
Connecting ZTC Courses to
ZTC Degrees

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ZTC Degree Data
Mapping
ZTC Section Offered

No ZTC Sections Offered

ZTC Section Offered

No ZTC Sections Offered

Course 1
Credential 1

Course 2
Course 3
Course X

Course 1
Credential 2

Course 2
Course 3
Course X

Creating the Dashboard
How did we make this?

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Information
Gathering

Data Cleanup and
Design
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Oluwatobi Ojo, BSc.

Dashboard Demo
We made a thing!

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Production on Pexels

Next Steps
Reporting Out
Strategic Approaches

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Thank you!

Amanda Grey

Dr. Nishan Perera

Oluwatobi Ojo

Open Education Strategist

Director, Learning
Technologies & Educational
Development

Open Education
Student Assistant

amanda.grey@kpu.ca

nishan.perera@kpu.ca