Filtering Objects

How to Filter Objects in LOR 

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1. Navigate to the LO Repository.

Note: Filters can be used independently, in combination with other filters or with a keyword. Search between filters and keywords works using an “AND” search. The more filters that get added, the further refined the search results are.

2. On the Learning Object Repository page, under the search panel the Filters are displayed.
3. The various filters available are: 
   • Type - Type of the object
   • Date - modified date
   • Creator - the name of the user who uploaded the object
   • Metadata - KVP, tag and taxonomy associated with the content
   • License - the validity of the object license
   • Usage - object usage count
   • Applications - source applications integrated
   • More
4. To filter by Type, select one or more filters from the below mentioned:
   • All - default selected, shows all object type
   • Media - extends to:
     • All  - all media objects
     • Image - all images in the LOR (physical & referenced)
     • Audio - all audios in the LOR (physical & referenced)
     • Video - extends to: 
       • All - all videos in the LOR (physical & referenced)
       • In Repository - Pysically present videos
       • Vimeo - all Vimeo videos in the LOR
       • Kaltura - all Kaltura videos in the LOR
       • Youtube - all Youtube videos in the LOR
   • Document - extends to:
     • All - all documents
     • Document- all documents like doc in the LOR (physical & referenced)
     • Worksheet - all worksheets like xls, xlsx.(physical & referenced)
     • Presentation - all presentations ppt, pptx.(physical & referenced)
     • PDFs - all PDF files (physical & referenced)
     • Others - all other documents like txt, vtt, etc. in the LOR (physical & referenced)
   • Course Package - Extends to:
     • All - all course packages
     • Frost Course (.fcd) - all the courses published from Designer
     • Folder (.fld) - all folders published as global from Designer
     • Online Course (imscc) - all IMSCC  files directly uploaded in the LOR.
     • Epub (epub) - all Epub files directly uploaded in the LOR.
     • Gadget - all gadgets published from Designer or zip files uploaded in LOR and updated from Unidentified to Gadget type.
   • Content -  Extends to:
     • All - content files
     • Content Fragment - all content screens created in LOR to be used in Designer.
     • Content Screen - all content screens published from Designer as global or HTML files directly uploaded in LOR.
     • External Link - all external links created in the LOR
     • External Tool - all external tools created in the LOR
   • Assessments -  Extends to:
     • All - 
     • Assessment (.js) - all assessments published from Designer as global or any .js file uploaded in LOR
     • Question (.js) - all questions published from any .js file uploaded in LOR
     • Assessment (QTI) - all valid QTI 2.1 packages uploaded in LOR
   • Assignments -  All assignments published as public from Designer
   • Forum - All forums published as public from Designer
   • Unidentified - any file type unrecognized by LOR gets this type.
5. To filter by Date, select one of the filters from the below mentioned:
   • Any Modified Date (by entering a value in the On field)
   • Last Modified Date (by filling up only Till field)
   • Between a date range (filling up both On and Till fields)
   • To choose a custom date, first, select the Last-Modified field and then proceed with choosing dates.
6. To filter by Creator
   • Choose any owner from the list of the owners who uploaded the objects using the search panel
   • If multiple owners are added, the search is “OR” based.
7. To filter by Metadata
   • Select the tags, key-value pairs, and taxonomies as filtering attributes. 
   • It is an “AND” search between tag, taxonomy, KVP, and an “OR” search between multiple values within the same section. 
   • After selecting the metadata, click Done to filter the objects.
8. To filter by License, select one of the filters from the below mentioned:
   • Expired - filters out all objects where a KVP “License Valid Till” is applied and the expiration date has crossed.
   • Active - filters out all objects where a KVP “License Valid Till” is applied and the expiration date has not exceeded.
9. To filter by Usage on objects. There are 3 categories to choose from: 
   • High - fetch records with usage count from 30 and higher
   • Medium - fetches records with usage count between 11 to 29
   • Low - fetches records with a usage count  of 10 or below 
10. To filter by Applications, choose the source applications integrated with LOR.
    • All
    • Frost
    • LO Repository
11. The More filter contains the filter to find objects based on availability.
    • By default, it is set to “Any”. 
    • Objects that exist physically in LOR can be filtered using the Physically in LOR option. 
    • Objects that exist as a reference can be filtered using the Referenced option.
12. Once a filter has been applied and the results are displayed on the page, a button called Reset Filters will appear on the page.
13. Click Reset Filter to reset the selection, and to display the default results on the LOR homepage.
14. Click Save Search to save the selection to be used in future.
    • Name the Saved Search
15. Click Save.