A vocabulary exercise covering content management terminology. These terms are used by content managers, digital marketers, and web teams managing content across websites and digital platforms.
📚 Key vocabulary editorial calendar — a planning tool used to schedule and organize content creation and publication over time taxonomy — a classification system for organizing content into categories and subcategories on a platform workflow — a defined sequence of steps for creating, reviewing, approving, and publishing content content audit — a systematic review of all existing content to assess its quality, accuracy, and performance version control — a system for tracking changes to content files and reverting to previous versions if needed metadata tagging — the practice of adding descriptive labels to content to improve searchability and organization CMS administrator — the person responsible for managing user access, configuration, and maintenance of a content management system publishing workflow — the series of steps content goes through from creation to public release content lifecycle — the stages a piece of content passes through, from planning and creation to archiving or deletion digital asset management — the storage, organization, and retrieval of digital files such as images, videos, and documents
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. We need to ensure that the correct version of a document is being __________________________ at any given time.
Correct answer: accessed.
2. An ECM (enterprise content management) system manages documents throughout their entire life ____________________.
Correct answer: cycle.
3. We got rid of our last ECM software because it just didn't __________________________ (meaning: wasn't a good fit for) our business needs.
Correct answer: match.
4. Thanks to the new ECM system, we've __________________________ performance and increased sales.
Correct answer: improved.
5. You are going to have to ____________________ all of these documents and add them to the new system. You can use the scanner in Robert's office.
Correct answer: scan.
6. What type of __________________________ control software are you familiar with?
Correct answer: version.
7. How can I ____________________ these emails into the new content management system?
Correct answer: import.
8. This system is really _______________________. It takes a long time to understand how to use it.
Correct answer: complicated.
9. We need to install a digital ____________________ system; we have over 2,000 images that need to be organized properly.
Correct answer: archiving.
10. This system is quite __________________________ - It will accept data in diverse formats from mixed sources.