Digitisation and Scanning Programmes
Digitisation projects frequently produce unusable images and unsearchable files. This course covers the planning, capture standards and quality control that make a scanning programme deliver something worth having.
Course outline
What this programme covers, module by module.
- 01Deciding what to digitise and why
- 02Capture standards: resolution, colour, format and file naming
- 03Document preparation, batching and scanning workflow
- 04Text recognition, indexing and making files searchable
- 05Quality control, sampling and acceptance criteria
- 06Metadata capture and loading into the destination system
- 07Legal status of digital copies and disposal of originals
What you will gain
- Plan a digitisation programme with realistic scope and cost
- Set capture standards appropriate to the material and purpose
- Prepare documents and manage the scanning workflow
- Apply text recognition and index for retrieval
- Run quality control and acceptance checks
- Decide the legal status and fate of the source documents
Who should attend
- Records and registry managers
- Project managers running digitisation
- Administrative and operations staff
- IT staff supporting document capture
Upcoming sessions
| Date | City | Duration | Fees | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 to 28 Oct 2026 | Durban | 3 Days | R13,000 | |
| 23 to 25 Nov 2026 | Cape Town | 3 Days | R13,000 | |
| 11 to 13 Jan 2027 | Johannesburg | 3 Days | R13,000 | |
| 8 to 10 Feb 2027 | Dubai | 3 Days | US$1,500 | |
| 20 to 22 Apr 2027 | Pretoria | 3 Days | R13,000 | |
| 5 to 7 Jul 2027 | Durban | 3 Days | R13,000 |
Fees are per delegate and exclude VAT. Public intakes are confirmed once minimum numbers are met. We also deliver this course on your own schedule, in-house or live online.
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- R13,000 per delegate
- Duration
- 3 Days
- Field
- Document & Records Management
- Formats
- In-house, public, online
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