Managing learning objects and files

Once an object or file is in an LOR, you can edit the following:

• Which LOR it resides in
• Its status (unassigned, approved, archived, draft, or in review)
• Its visibility to other users
• Its external availability
• Creative Commons license rights
• Metadata details

If you want to make changes to an object beyond this, you must retrieve it from the LOR and then publish it again.

You cannot perform edits on non-local learning objects.

Moving learning objects and files might cause users who follow links to these learning objects and files to no longer be able to see them if they do not have the necessary permissions.

Desire2Learn recommends caution when you move learning objects to different LORs since their predecessors stay in the repositories where they were overwritten. This causes problems with dynamic links generating “not accessible” errors when an overwrite and a move causes the user to lose the permission to view a learning object or file.

Edit learning objects or files' properties

1. Click LOR on the navbar, or click the Learning Repository (LOR) widget on My Home or Course Home if it is available.
2. On the LOR Results page, click the name of the learning object you want to edit.
3. On the learning object's page, click Edit. Make changes to any of the object/file’s properties.
4. Click Save.

Edit multiple learning objects or files

1. Click LOR on the navbar, or click the Learning Repository (LOR) widget on My Home or Course Home if it is available.
2. On the LOR Results page, select the objects you want to edit.
3. Click Manage on the action bar.
4. Make changes to any of the objects’ properties the same way as for individual objects. You cannot change rights for multiple objects.
5. Click Save.

Add a review to a learning object or file

1. Click LOR on the navbar, or click the Learning Repository (LOR) widget on My Home or Course Home if it is available.
2. On the LOR Results page, click Add Review from the learning object's context menu.
3. Choose one of options in the Rating section to rate the learning object.
4. Enter a comment in the Comment HTML editor.
5. Click Save Review.

See also

• Searching an LOR
• Searching an LOR using advanced search options
• Browsing an LOR's content
• Working with LOR search results