The Centre collégial de développement de matériel didactique is Publisher of print and digital teaching materials available throughout the Quebec college network
Mandate
Its mandate is both to ensure that college students have access to quality educational materials in both French and English and to contribute to the development of these materials at the various stages of production.
The CCDMD produces materials for a wide range of courses and programs for students as well as specific materials aimed at improving French and English language skills.
Most documents produced by the CCDMD are created either by teaching staff from the college network or by specialists supported by a college’s direction of studies. An annual call for projects runs from November to March, during which any teaching or professional staff member from one of the 48 public colleges or 22 private colleges in Quebec who wishes to submit a project for the development of educational materials can do so by filling out the proposal form found in the Call for Projects section.
These services are funded by the ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur. Additionally, some benefit from the Canada-Quebec Agreement for Minority-Language Education and Second-Language Instruction.
History
The CCDMD was founded in 1993 following a major revamping of the Direction générale de l’enseignement collégial (directorate of college education) in Quebec. It was previously a division of the ministère de l’Éducation, called the Service de développement de matériel didactique (department for educational materials development), whose role was to provide educational, technical, and financial support to college teachers wishing to produce quality printed or computer-based educational material. When its administration was transferred to Collège de Maisonneuve in 1993, it became the CCDMD.
The center is funded mainly by the ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur. Since 2005, some of its services are also supported by funding from the Canada-Quebec Agreement for Minority Language Education and Second Language Instruction.
Use of the logo
The CCDMD makes its logo available to its partners and associates. Any use of this logo by other third parties is prohibited.
The logo is one of the important aspects of the CCDMD’s visual identity. Its use is subject to rules designed to protect its integrity and ensure its readability. Under no circumstances should it be adapted, enlarged, reduced, or altered in size. All the rules for the logo’s use are written in our graphic charter.
To obtain our logo and graphic charter, please contact us at the following address: communications@ccdmd.qc.ca.