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The authoring contract for Risk Academy modules

Contribute a module or lab to Risk Academy.

A module is written once, to one contract: the Academy’s course-kit schema, its lesson anatomy and its originality rules. It then passes automated checks, subject review and editorial review before it is published with its authors named.

Course-kit schema

Every module is course-as-code.

Modules are written as course-kit sources (schema ra-course.v1). The validator reads the same file the Academy publishes, so what is reviewed is what learners see.

ЧастьЧто в нем содержитсяОбязательно
ИдентификацияSchema version, slug, title, summary, programme and level (beginner, intermediate, expert or all levels)Да
AcademicLearning hours, delivery mode, audience, two or more learning outcomes with a Bloom level, and the assessment with weightsДа
ОбзорWhat the course or module covers and for whom, as content blocksДа
Modules and itemsLessons, quizzes, лаборатории and the practicum, each with an id and titleДа
ЧтениеReferences with a citation, a link and the access (open, library or restricted)In every lesson

Alignment is enforced: every learning outcome is taught by at least one lesson and assessed by at least one quiz, assignment or lab.

Lesson anatomy

What a lesson contains, in order.

The Academy’s editorial standard sets one anatomy for every lesson, so a learner always knows where they are.

Opening

Objectives, a hook and key terms

Lesson outcomes, a documented real situation that poses the problem, and four to six key terms.

Teaching

Explanation, diagrams and a table

Why, how and what goes wrong, with at least two diagrams and one table, and a worked example with numbers labelled hypothetical unless documented.

Практика

Checks, a case and a lab

Two checks of understanding with answers revealed later, one documented case study, and an optional lab framed before and after.

Closing

Mistakes, practice, reflection, summary, reading

Common mistakes, how it works in practice, a reflection on the learner’s own context, a three-point summary and real sources.

Originality rules

Written fresh, cited properly, never copied.

The course kit checks what a machine can check; editors check the rest. The rules below are the kit’s originality guard.

ПравилоПределЗачем
No third-party name in a titleA standard, framework, product, platform or university name never names a course, module or lessonNames belong to their owners. Cite them inside the lesson instead.
Short quotations onlyAt most 40 words in one quotation, and at most 2 in every 100 teaching words quoted, each with its sourceLessons teach in the Academy’s own words.
Point to sources, do not rebuild themNo more than two external clause numbers reproduced in one lessonA reader is sent to the source; its structure is not copied.
No repeated textA lesson shares at most 15 in 100 of its eight-word sequences with any other lessonCatches templated or copied prose across the catalogue.
Review stages

Six stages before a learner sees it.

  1. 01

    Предложение

    The form below. You receive a reference.

    Ведет
    Labs intake
    Запись
    Справка
  2. 02

    Scope check

    Matched to a planned course and discipline, or declined with a reason.

    Ведет
    Academy editors
    Запись
    Примечание об области
  3. 03

    Authoring

    The module is written in the course kit, with sources and the worked example.

    Ведет
    Lab authors
    Запись
    Course-kit source
  4. 04

    Automated validation

    Schema, outcome alignment, originality and repeated-text checks must pass.

    Ведет
    Course-kit validator
    Запись
    Validation report
  5. 05

    Subject and editorial review

    A subject reviewer checks accuracy and sources; an editor checks teaching quality and the house rules.

    Ведет
    Reviewers and editors
    Запись
    Review notes and responses
  6. 06

    Publication and upkeep

    Published in the course with authors and lab named, a licence and a DOI for its materials; corrections become new versions.

    Ведет
    Risk Academy
    Запись
    История версий
Propose

Propose a module.

A working title, the discipline it serves, two to four outcomes and your key sources are enough to start.

  1. 01

    Send the proposal

    You receive a reference on screen and by email.

  2. 02

    Scope check

    We match it to a course or explain why not.

  3. 03

    Authoring brief

    The course-kit template and the review plan.

  4. 04

    Review and publication

    As set out above.

A proposal received is stored and queued for review; it is not a commission or an acceptance. Answers are handled under the privacy notice.

Вопросы

Questions about contributing a module.

Do I need to be in a partner lab?
No. Individuals can propose a module. Partner labs can also commit to a series of modules and to review.
Can I reuse my existing lecture notes?
As a source for your own new text, yes. Lessons are written fresh to the lesson anatomy, and anything quoted stays within the originality limits.
Who is named on the module?
The authors and their lab, the subject reviewer unless they ask not to be named, and the licence.
Is the module paid?
There is no fee schedule. Any funded authoring would be set out in a written agreement before work starts.
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Отчёты is the Consortium’s quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.

GCRI

Никогда не отправляйте персональные данные, сведения о чувствительной инфраструктуре или то, чем вы не вправе делиться. Материал проходит рассмотрение перед использованием; его отправка не дает авторских или редакционных прав, а спонсорство никогда не покупает выводы.

Авторы

Start with one module.

Propose it in a few lines. The scope check tells you where it fits and what the brief asks.