Administration of the Master Repository

Use

The master repository is the central storage area for learning nets , learning objects and media objects. All authors have access to it.

The master repository view displays the following objects:

  • Checked-in objects

  • Released objects

  • Published objects

  • Locked objects (currently being edited)

As in the local repository, you can set a filter for the data in the master repository. The following views are available:

  • You can display All Objects .

  • You can display All Objects (including dependencies) .

  • You can display the version hierarchy of the objects. All versions of an object are ordered in a hierarchy according to their hierarchy version derivation.

  • You can display only the leading versions , that is, only the most recent versions of an object.

Prerequisites

If you want to make locally created objects accessible to other authors or have access to the objects of other authors, you must work online or connect to the master repository.

To do this, choose Connect in the master repository. In the dialog box that appears, enter the required system and user data for logon to R/3.

Features

The master repository contains the following functions:

  • Release objects (learning nets, learning objects, and media objects)

  • Publish released learning nets as course content

  • Start a preview of objects in the Content Player

  • Search for objects (full-text search is only available if a central search engine has been set up and configured)

  • Refresh view