New UI - Materials Administration
With this enhancement, the Material Administration pages are upgraded with a new user interface. With these interface changes, no functionality changes are included.
To activate the new Material Administration UI modifications, administrators can go to ADMIN > TOOLS > LEARNING > LEARNING PREFERENCES > FEATURE ACTIVATION PREFERENCES. In the User Interface Modifications section, click ACTIVATE.
Activation will update the user interface for Materials Administration, Deep Link Administration, Training Request Approval, ILT Events and Session Administration, Course Catalog Administration, and Curricula Administration. Deactivation will revert back to legacy user interface.
If activated, the new UI appears for the following:
- Material Administration main page
- Material Types page
- Material Administration Edit and Create pages
To access Materials Administration, go to ADMIN > TOOLS > LEARNING > CATALOG MANAGEMENT > MATERIALS.
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Permissions
The following existing permissions apply to this functionality:
| Material Version with Append - Manage |
Grants ability to create versions of a material. This permission works in conjunction with the Materials Management permission. This permission can be constrained by OU, User's OU, and Users.
This permission only applies to organizations that are using Versioning with Append for materials.
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Learning - Administration |
| Material Version - Replace Only - Manage |
Grants ability to assign a new version of a material to a user. The constraints on this permission determine to which users the administrator can assign a new version of a material. This permission works in conjunction with the Materials Management permission. Without this permission, administrators cannot upload new material source files. This permission can be constrained by OU, User's OU, and Users. This is an administrator permission.
This permission only applies to organizations that are using Simplified Versioning for materials.
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Learning - Administration |
| Materials - Add Type |
Grants ability to add and edit Material learning object types. This permission works in conjunction with the Materials Management permission. This permission cannot be constrained. This is an administrator permission. |
Learning - Administration |
| Materials Management |
Grants ability to view the Material Administration page and create, edit, and copy materials. Once created, these "materials" can be managed like other learning objects via the course catalog. This permission can be constrained by OU, User's OU, and Provider. The constraints on this permission determine which materials the administrator is able to view, edit, copy, and create. This is an administrator permission. |
Learning - Administration |