Document Type
White Paper
Publication Date
2021
Keywords
Open educational resources, Instructional systems -- Design, Educational innovations
Abstract
VCU Impact Level medals from the Affordable Course Content Awards, a grant program supporting faculty who wish to transition to zero-textbook cost courses.
The VCU Affordable Course Content Awards program strives to celebrate the success of projects developed with our support. Through the VCU Impact Levels, the Affordable Course Content Awards celebrates project achievements with set "milestones" that mark the number of students impacted, cost savings from using free resources, and semesters the resource has been used at VCU. Medals mark each milestone, with current levels and color/medal designs outlined in the document.
Accessibility Note
Content is digitally accessible 2026
Rights
“VCU Impact Levels” by Jessica Kirschner on behalf of the VCU Libraries’ Open and Affordable Course Content Initiative is licensed using a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerical-Share Alike 4.0 license. The medals are by Todd Easter and are licensed using Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerical-Share Alike 4.0 license.
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Recommended Citation
Kirschner, J., and Easter, T. 2021. Affordable Course Content Impact Level Medals. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/siteview.cgi/scholarship/1
Photoshop file for VCU Impact Medals
Comments
Actual medal designs are included as a supplementary photoshop (psd) file.