JSON-LD Course Info ❺🧪

Generate valid JSON-LD Structured data from CMS Content

EXPERIMENTAL ALPHA ⑤

DO NOT USE this in production code, as it may be removed. We'll see if this approach works. Testing with Google is in progress.

STATUS

Testing Google response to our script generated JSON-LD.

Overview

• Course list: A rich result that lists courses from the same website.

• Course info: A carousel that shows detailed course information from a variety of websites.

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/course#guidelines

When to Use

Google actually has some fairly strict and easy requirements if you want to use this type of markup:

• only use it for educational content that fits the criteria for a course i.e. lectures, lessons, or modules in a particular subject

• the course must have ” an explicit educational outcome of knowledge and/or skill in a particular subject and/or topic, and be led by one or more instructors with a roster of students.”

• e.g. a general event such as “how to make eggs” is not a course

https://jsonld.com/json-ld-course/

Usage Notes

<script>
var article = new window.sa5.LdJsonCourse();
article.headline = `Article headline`;
article.addAuthor (`Bob Hershel`);
article.publisher = `Sygnal`;
article.generate();
</script>

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Course",
  "name": "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming",
  "description": "Introductory CS course laying out the basics.",
  "provider": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "University of Technology - Eureka",
    "sameAs": "https://www.example.com"
  }
}
</script>

Notes

hasCourseInstance

offers

Required by Google GSC.

https://search.google.com/search-console/r/course-info?resource_id=sc-domain%3Asygnal.com

Video (VideoObject, Clip, BroadcastEvent) Schema Markup | Google Search Central  |  Documentation  |  Google for DevelopersGoogle for Developers

References

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/course-info

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/course

https://jsonld.com/json-ld-course/

https://schema.org/Course