Edit properties of a learning object
Once a learning object is in a learning repository, you can edit any of the following attributes:
- Which repository it resides in
- Status (unassigned, approved, archived, draft, or in review)
- Visibility to other users
- External availability
- Creative Commons license rights
- Metadata details
- Classifications applied to it
To make further changes to a learning object, you must retrieve it from the repository and then publish it again.
You cannot perform edits on non-local learning objects.
To edit properties of a learning object
- On the navbar, click LOR.
- On the Search page, locate the learning object you want to edit.
- Click the learning object and then click Edit.
- Make your changes and then click Save.
Note: If you move a learning object to a destination learning repository where you have different permissions than you do in the source learning repository, you might not be able to perform the actions as laid out in the following steps.
Moving learning objects might cause users who follow links to these learning objects to no longer be able to see them if they do not have the necessary permissions.
D2L recommends caution when you move learning objects to different repositories since their predecessors stay in the repositories where they were overwritten. As a result of moving and overwriting an object, you may lose permission to view the learning object.
Hidden learning objects can only be seen by the user that published them and users that have sufficient permission. Hidden learning objects display the Hidden icon on the search results page.
Delete a learning object
Deleting a learning object deletes its current version and all its previous versions.
Warning: You cannot undo a learning object deletion.
When you delete learning objects, links to deleted learning objects or previous versions of the deleted learning objects do not work.
You cannot delete non-local (federated) learning objects.
To delete a learning object
- On the navbar, click LOR.
- Locate the learning object you want to delete.
- Do one of the following:
- To delete a single learning object, from its context menu, click Delete.
- To delete multiple learning objects, select each object you want to delete. On the tool's action bar, click
Delete.
View files contained in a learning object
- On the navbar, click LOR.
- On the Search page, locate the learning object for which you want to view files.
- From the learning object's context menu, click Open > Expand Files.
Import a learning object into a quiz or question library
You can only import quizzes and quiz questions from Brightspace LOR; linking to quizzes is not available.
When you want to import a learning object as a quiz, quiz section, or question from a learning repository, you must start in the course that you want the quiz, quiz section, or question to exist in.
To import a learning object into a quiz or question library
- On the navbar, click Quizzes.
- Do one of the following:
- On the Manage Quizzes page, from the More Actions button, click Add Learning Object.
- On the Question Library page, click Import. From the Import Source drop-down list, select Learning Repository (LOR). Click Add Learning Object.
- Locate the object you want to import.
- Select the learning object or file. Click Select.
About Brightspace LOR collections
If you have permissions that allow you to search any repository, you can organize learning objects (including harvested resources) into collections. Collections have the following characteristics:
- Only the user who creates the collection can add items to it.
- Collections aggregate their key words from the learning objects they contain.
- Collections always reference the newest version of the learning object they contain.
When working in a collection, you can do any of the following:
- Include content from any local repository or harvested resource (which you have permission to search) in a single collection.
- Make your collection public or limit it to your personal use by hiding the collection in search results.
- Retrieve a collection to course content.
Add a learning object to a collection
- On the navbar, click LOR.
- Locate the learning object you want to add to a collection.
- From the context menu of the learning object you want to add to a collection, click Add to Collection.
- From the Destination Collection drop-down list, select a destination. Only the collections you create appear.
- Click Add.
Manage a collection's properties
- On the navbar, click LOR.
- Locate the collection for which you want to manage properties.
- From the context menu of the collection, click Edit [collection name].
- Do any of the following:
- To edit the collection name, in the Collection Name field, enter a new name.
- To add an image to the collection's header, in the Header Image area, click Upload or Choose Existing and locate your image.
- To hide your collection from searches, select Hide collection in search results.
- Click Save.