Manage Licenses

The Learning Content Management System (LCMS) is a set of software tools for creating, storing, reusing, and delivering content from a central repository. A content license is required for each administrator using any part of the LCMS.

A content license gives an administrator access to the following areas:

To manage LCMS licenses, go to Content > Manage Licenses.

PERMISSION NAME PERMISSION DESCRIPTION CATEGORY
Asset Administrator Grants access to the Asset Administrator, which enables uploading and updating of all image, video and audio files for use in online courses. Also requires assignment of LCMS license. This is an administrator permission. Learning - Administration
Content Licenses - Manage Grants ability to assign or remove available LCMS licenses to/from users. When a content license is assigned, the user is able to create and/or publish online courses (if they also have appropriate LCMS permissions assigned). This is an administrator permission. Learning - Administration
Course Publisher

Grants access to LCMS Course Publisher, which enables upload and publishing of SCORM and AICC compliant online courses, created either in the LCMS Course Builder, or from a third party course building tool. Administrators must also be granted a content license from the Manage Licenses page. This is an administrator permission.

After Content Publisher is activated in the system, users with this permission are automatically granted the permissions to upload and publish online classes via the Content Publisher, and also the permission to view the Upload History page.

 Learning - Administration
Import Assets Grants ability to Import Assets, which enables uploading updating of image, video and audio files for use in online courses. Can view and update assets imported by others if those assets are designated as editable by anyone. Also requires assignment of LCMS license. This is an administrator permission. Learning - Administration
LCMS Course Administrator Grants ability to create and manage online training courses using modules created in the Module Builder. Also requires assignment of LCMS license. This is an administrator permission. Learning - Administration
LCMS Create Courses Grants ability to create online training courses using modules created in the Module Builder. Can view and copy courses created by others. Can edit courses created by others if appropriate setting is activated by creator. Also requires assignment of LCMS license. This is an administrator permission. Learning - Administration
LCMS Create Modules Grants ability to create online training course modules that are used in the course builder to create a custom online course. Can view and copy modules created by others. Can edit modules created by others if appropriate setting is activated by the creator. Also requires assignment of LCMS license. This is an administrator permission. Learning - Administration
LCMS Design Templates - Manage Grants ability to create and edit design templates for use in building online training modules and courses in the LCMS. Also requires assignment of LCMS license. This is an administrator permission. Learning - Administration
LCMS Module Administrator Grants ability to create and view/update all online training course modules that are used in the course builder to create a custom online course. Also requires assignment of LCMS license. This is an administrator permission. Learning - Administration

Total Licenses and Available Licenses

At the top of the page, the total number of licenses that are available to the organization is displayed. This number includes all used and unused licenses.

To the right of the Total Licenses value, the number of available licenses is displayed. This represents the number of licenses that are available to be granted to other users.

Add New Author

To add a new licensed author who can create online courses, select the Add New Author link.

Remove Author

To remove an existing author, select the Trash Can icon in the Remove column to the left of the appropriate author.