18.7. Content Management Functions

Browse Content

This function allows you to browse through content to find one suitable for a lesson

Search Content

Searching content helps you to find something to match your specific needs, without having to browse through many pages. This function provides you with a powerful search facility to find the learning objects you are interested in.

View Content Details

This function allows you to view detailed information about the content, including information contained in management, educational, technical and rights management metadata held by the object

View Content

This function allows you to view content. This provides a way for you to determine whether the content meets your needs.

View Related Outcomes

This function allows you to view the related outcomes for content.

Download Content

This function allows you to download content to your local machine for viewing outside of the BELTS environment, or for viewing offline.

Publish Content

Publishing content makes it available for use in lessons. This function handles publishing of content.

Unpublish Content

Unpublishing content makes it unavailable for use in lessons. This function handles unpublishing of content.

Delete Content

This function handles deleting content from the local store. Once content is deleted, it is no longer available for use in lessons and must be downloaded again from the repository.

Add Content to a Lesson

This function is used to add content to an existing lesson.

Create a New Lesson For Content

This function is used to create a new lesson and add content to it.

Upload Local Content

This function is used to upload locally developed content to the local BELTS server for use in lessons. Content added in this way must be valid IMS packages.