Mass-Upload Publication Content Standards and SOCKs

Since a content standards publication may consist of many content standards and SOCKs, it may be easier to upload all the content standards and SOCKs instead of manually adding them one at a time. You can do this to create a new publication or to update one that already exists.

If an update to an existing publication lacks one of the existing standards, that standard will be deleted unless it is in use (that is, associated with an item). If such a standard is in use, the file will not load successfully. If an update to an existing publication lacks one of the existing SOCKs, that SOCK will always be deleted.

  1. On the Manage Content Standards Repository with ITS page, click Mass upload Excel. The Mass CSR Update window appears.

  1. To download a sample CSR upload template, click Download. An Excel (XLSX) spreadsheet downloads or opens, depending on your browser.

  1. Fill out each worksheet of the template as applicable and save the file to your computer. For example, in the Categories worksheet, enter the hierarchical levels that will be available and enter the corresponding standards in the Standards worksheet.

  2. Click Browse and select the file you created in the previous step.

  3. Optional: If you wish to associate the content standards publication (either new or existing) with a specific subject in the item bank, do the following:

    1. Mark the checkbox for Associate new CSR Publication to a subject in this bank.

    2. In the additional fields that display, specify the subject and other required values.

  4. Click Update. A message appears, asking you to verify that you wish to upload the content standards publication.

  5. Click OK. A message appears, indicating whether the file loaded successfully or failed.