Managing Course Outline

Managing the Outline of a Project

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1. In the Project, users can manage the Course Outline in the Outline mode and Author mode
2. In the Outline mode, users can perform the following actions on the course outline:
   • Drag and Reorder - the drag icon (grid of six little dots) allows to drag content nodes and reorder them within the outline
   • Lock/Unlock - the lock or unlock icon implies or revokes complete freezing of the node respectively i.e. no updates (content, metadata, reorder, add, edit, delete) will be possible
   • Node State - the state of node is reference to LOR (clicking the icon displays the usage details along with the link(s) to view the related projects)
     • Hidden LOR Object
     • Global LOR Object
     • Edited Global LOR Object
     • Blank - Local Object Node
   • Node Type - The type of node will be mentioned next to the node name. It can a folder, content, assessment, URL, etc.
   • Nodes - the name of the node is a clickable link that allows to edit content pages in the editor. (non-clickable for folders)
   • Duplicate - to duplicate the node (duplicated object is added as a local object).
   • Metadata -  to add the KVP, Tags and Taxonomy
   • Add - the “+” icon allows to create new nodes under a folder
   • Comment - the comment icon allows to add comments to the node
   • More - Click the More ( ⋮ ) icon on the content/folder node to view more options to perform the following:
     • Settings - the settings icon allows you to edit node information (name)
     • Delete - the delete icon allows you to delete nodes
   • Status - the available status listed can be assigned to the node (not available for folders)
     • Not Started (default)
     • Authoring
     • Copy Edit
     • Review
     • Final
3. In the Author mode, users can perform the following actions on the outline in the left panel:
   • Lock/Unlock - the lock or unlock icon implies or revokes complete freezing of the node respectively i.e. no updates (content, metadata, reorder, add, edit, delete) will be possible
   • Node State - the state of node is reference to LOR (clicking the icon displays the usage details along with the link(s) to view the related projects)
     • Hidden LOR Object
     • Global LOR Object
     • Edited Global LOR Object
     • Blank - Local Object Node
   • Node Type - The type of node will be mentioned next to the node name. It can a folder, content, assessment, URL, etc.
   • Nodes - the name of the node is a clickable link that allows to edit content pages in the editor (non-clickable for folders)
   • More - Click the More ( ⋮ ) icon on the content/folder node to view more options to perform the following:
     • Comments - allows adding comments to the node
     • Metadata -  to add the KVP, Tags and Taxonomy
     • + Add Node - allows creating new nodes under a folder
     • Duplicate - to duplicate the node (duplicated object is added as a local object)
     • Status - the available status listed can be assigned to the node (not available for folders)
       • Not Started (default)
       • Authoring
       • Copy Edit
       • Review
       • Final
     • Settings -  allows to edit node information (name) and manage metadata tagging
     • Delete - the delete icon allows you to delete nodes

Note: 

• On navigating to Author or Preview mode from the top navigation, users will need to select a node to view its content.
• Users can continue performing actions or work on other nodes of the Course Outline while one node action(add, delete, reuse, edit) is in process.
• The Duplicate Node feature can be viewed only if it is enabled by the Super Admin.