Note: If the Blackboard Community System is not installed, the options for selecting roles will not appear.
The View Catalog tool allows users to browse and search the Learning Objects catalog. This tool may be made available to everyone on the system, or only to users with specific roles. The Administrator may also choose to make the View Catalog tool unavailable system wide. These settings are selected on the Catalog Availability page. The View Catalog tool appears on the Content Collection Menu for users with roles specified on this page.
Follow these steps to open the Catalog Availability page.
Select Learning Objects Catalog under Content System on the Administrator Panel.
Select Catalog Availability.
The following fields are available on the Catalog Availability page.
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Internal Catalog: Manage Catalog Options |
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System Availability |
Select Yes or No to make the View Catalog tool available on the system. If Yes is selected, select which user roles this functionality is available to. If No is selected, View Catalog will not be available to any users on the system. |
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Available to |
Select Everyone to make the View Catalog tool available to all users on the system. To make the tool available to users with specific roles, choose Selected Roles. If Selected Roles is chosen, select roles in the multi-select box below. |
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Selected Roles |
Roles are only added to this list if Selected Roles is chosen in the Available to field. The View Catalog tool appears in the Content Collection Menu for users with the roles in this list. Select the roles in the Available Roles list and use the arrows to move these roles into the Selected Roles list. |
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Note: If the Blackboard Community System is not installed, the options for selecting roles will not appear. |