alignmentType
A Schema.org Property
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A category of alignment between the learning resource and the framework node. Recommended values include: 'requires', 'textComplexity', 'readingLevel', and 'educationalSubject'.
Values expected to be one of these types
Used on these types
Examples
Example 1
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Example notes or example HTML without markup.
<div>
<h1>The Declaration of Arbroath</h1>
<p>A lesson plan for teachers with associated video.
Typical length of lesson, 1 hour.
Recommended for children aged 10-12 years old.
</p>
<p>Subject: Wars of Scottish independence</p>
<p>Alignment to curriculum:</p>
<ul>
<li>England
National Curriculum: KS 3 History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)
</li>
<li>Scotland
SCQF: Level 2
Curriculum for Excellence: Social studies: people past events and societies
</li>
</ul>
<p>Link to lesson plan: <a href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
<video>
<source src="http://example.org/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
Duration 03:12
</video>
<p>This example is based on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr">Declaration of Arbroath</a> from BBC Bitesize</p>
</div>
Example encoded as Microdata embedded in HTML.
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/WebPage">
<h1 itemprop="name">The Declaration of Arbroath</h1>
<p>A <span itemprop="learningResourceType">lesson plan</span>
for <span itemprop="audience"
itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/EducationalAudience">
<span itemprop="educationalRole">teacher</span></span>s with associated video.
Typical length of lesson, <span itemprop="timeRequired" content="PT1H">1 hour</span>.
Recommended for children aged <span itemprop="typicalAgeRange">10-12</span> years old.
</p>
<p>Subject: <span itemprop="about">Wars of Scottish independence</span></p>
<p>Alignment to curriculum:</p>
<ul>
<li>England
<span itemprop="educationalLevel"
itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/DefinedTerm">
<span itemprop="inDefinedTermSet"
itemscope
itemtype="https://schema.org/DefinedTermSet">
<span itemprop="name">The National Curriculum for England</span>:
<link itemprop="url" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum" />
</span>
<span itemprop="name">Key Stage 3</span>
</span>
<span itemprop="educationalAlignment"
itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
<meta itemprop="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
<meta itemprop="educationalFramework" content="The National Curriculum for England" />
<span itemprop="targetName">History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)</span>
<link itemprop="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/ENC/subjects/3102">
</span>
</li>
<li>Scotland
<span itemprop="educationalLevel"
itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/DefinedTerm">
<span itemprop="inDefinedTermSet"
itemscope
itemtype="https://schema.org/DefinedTermSet">
<span itemprop="name">SCQF</span>
<link itemprop="url" href="https://scqf.org.uk/">
</span>:
<span itemprop="name">Level 2</span>
</span>
<span itemprop="educationalAlignment"
itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
<meta itemprop="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
<span itemprop="educationalFramework"> Curriculum for Excellence</span>:
<span itemprop="targetName">Social studies: people past events and societies</span>
<link itemprop="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/CFE/subjects/3362">
</span>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Link to lesson plan: <a itemprop="url" href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
<video itemprop="video" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/VideoObject">
<source itemprop="url" src="http://example.org/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<span itemprop="name">Video Title</span>
<span itemprop="description">Video description</span>
<span itemprop="uploadDate">2000-01-01</span>
<img itemprop="thumbnailUrl" src="http://example.org/thubnail.mp4" alt="thumbnail" >
Duration: <span itemprop="duration" content="PT3M12S">03:12</span>
</video>
<p>This example is based on <a itemprop="isBasedOn" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr">Declaration of Arbroath</a> from BBC Bitesize</p>
</div>
Example encoded as RDFa embedded in HTML.
<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="WebPage">
<h1 property="name">The Declaration of Arbroath</h1>
<p>A <span property="learningResourceType">lesson plan</span>
for <span rel="audience"
typeof="EducationalAudience">
<span property="educationalRole">teacher</span></span>s with associated video.
Typical length of lesson, <span property="timeRequired" content="PT1H">1 hour</span>.
Recommended for children aged <span property="typicalAgeRange">10-12</span> years old.
</p>
<p>Subject: <span property="about">Wars of Scottish independence</span></p>
<p>Alignment to curriculum:</p>
<ul>
<li>England
<span rel="educationalLevel"
typeof="https://schema.org/DefinedTerm">
<span property="inDefinedTermSet"
typeof="https://schema.org/DefinedTermSet">
<span property="name">The National Curriculum for England</span>:
<link property="url" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum"/>
</span>:
<span property="name">KS 3</span>
</span>
<span rel="educationalAlignment"
typeof="https://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
<meta property="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
<meta property="educationalFramework" content="The National Curriculum for England" />
<span property="targetName">History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)</span>
<link property="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/ENC/subjects/3102" />
</span>
</li>
<li>Scotland
<span rel="educationalLevel"
typeof="https://schema.org/DefinedTerm">
<span property="inDefinedTermSet"
typeof="https://schema.org/DefinedTermSet" >
<span property="name">SCQF</span>
<link property="url" href="https://scqf.org.uk/">
</span>:
<span property="name">Level 2</span>
</span>
<span rel="educationalAlignment"
typeof="https://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
<meta property="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
<span property="educationalFramework"> Curriculum for Excellence</span>:
<span property="targetName">Social studies: people past events and societies</span>
<link property="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/CFE/subjects/3362" />
</span>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Link to lesson plan: <a property="url" href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
<video rel="video" typeof="https://schema.org/VideoObject">
<source property="url" src="http://example.org/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
<span property="name">Video Title</span>
<span property="description">Video description</span>
<span property="uploadDate">2000-01-01</span>
<img property="thumbnailUrl" src="http://example.org/thubnail.mp4" alt="thumbnail" />
Duration: <span property="duration" content="PT3M12S">03:12</span>
</video>
<p>This example is based on <a property="isBasedOn" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr">Declaration of Arbroath</a> from BBC Bitesize</p>
</div>
Example encoded as JSON-LD in a HTML script tag.
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "WebPage",
"name": "The Declaration of Arbroath",
"about": "Wars of Scottish independence",
"learningResourceType": "lesson plan",
"timeRequired": "PT1H",
"typicalAgeRange": "10-12",
"audience": {
"@type": "EducationalAudience",
"educationalRole": "teacher"
},
"educationalAlignment": [
{
"@type": "AlignmentObject",
"alignmentType": "educationalSubject",
"educationalFramework": " Curriculum for Excellence",
"targetName": "Social studies: people past events and societies",
"targetUrl": "http://example.org/CFE/subjects/3362"
},
{
"@type": "AlignmentObject",
"alignmentType": "educationalSubject",
"educationalFramework": "The National Curriculum for England",
"targetName": "History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)",
"targetUrl" : "http://example.org/ENC/subjects/3102"
}
],
"educationalLevel": [
{
"@type": "DefinedTerm",
"name": "Level 2",
"inDefinedTermSet": {
"@type": "DefinedTermSet",
"name": "SCQF",
"url": "https://scqf.org.uk/"
}
},
{
"@type": "DefinedTerm",
"name": "KS 3",
"inDefinedTermSet": {
"@type": "DefinedTermSet",
"name": "The National Curriculum for England",
"url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum"
}
}
],
"url" : "http://example.org/lessonplan",
"video": {
"@type": "VideoObject",
"description": "Video description",
"duration": "PT3M12S",
"name": "Video Title",
"thumbnailUrl": "http://example.org/thubnail.mp4",
"uploadDate": "2000-01-01",
"url" : "http://example.org/movie.mp4"
},
"isBasedOn": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr"
}
</script>
Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.