Learning Repository Feature Overview

Workflows

Repositories can use the status field to track a learning object's progress, from a development repository to a production repository and finally to an archive.

Peer Reviews

Users provide their name and date along with a comment and rating for a Learning Object which ensures quality and enables an in-depth approval process. Peer reviews allow greater flexibility and assistance in group development of Learning Objects. Review comments can link to related Learning Objects.

Interoperability

The Learning Repository provides an open and interoperable environment where searching can be federated through the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) cooperative. Harvesting enables you to centralize searching of open repositories and the ability to selectively open your repository for others to search. This advanced functionality gives you a powerful platform for learning object management. Harvesting enables organizations to centralize searching of open repositories and the ability to selectively open the repository for others to search.

Advanced Search Options

Additional refinements for searching Learning Objects allows users to choose specific options, such as rating, object status, learning standard, publish date, and object type. These flexible features allow users the ability to retrieve objects that are relevant to them.

Browsable Classifications

Organizations can define classifications and learning standards for browsing and organizing learning materials.

Metadata Administrator

Simplify the metadata experience using custom views and automatic metadata population through templates. Make metadata meaningful for your organization by customizing metadata field names and setting up specific vocabularies for tagging and searching.

Metadata Editor

Intuitive and highly flexible, metadata tagging and searching is easier than ever within the Learning Repository, while maintaining a wide-range of options and fields for technical metadata standards.

Event Logs and Reporting

The advanced reporting tool enables you to generate simple reports or download the data for detailed manipulation. Using the event log at the Learning Object level enables you to manipulate and report comprehensively on Learning Repository data.

Security and Administration

Advanced admin and security features in The Learning Repository give organizations the ability to define and secure Intellectual Property and control access and availability based on roles and permissions.