Understanding publicly available repositories

You can making an entire learning repository publicly accessible via a public search interface. Public users can search, browse, view learning object details including metadata and reviews, and download learning objects. Public search engines index content in public repositories.

Note   All learning objects in a publicly accessible repository are publicly accessible as well.

Publicly available repositories can allow prospective attendees or members to preview the material put forth by your institution. They also show your institution's commitment to increasing everyone's access to teaching and learning resources, regardless of enrollment status.

A user can reach a publicly available repository through a link to the repository's main page, or by inserting its url in a web browser's address bar.

The public access interface contains all components of the regular LOR UI, including search and advanced search,learning object details, and search filters.

Repository public access interface

 

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