Catalog Management Options

 

Overview

The Manage Catalog tool may be set to available or unavailable system wide. If it is set to available, users with specific roles are selected to manage the Learning Objects catalog. This includes adding and modifying catalog categories and managing catalog entries. This tool appears in the Content Collection menu for all catalog managers.

 

Note:  Specific roles may be selected to manage the Catalog if the Blackboard Community System is installed. If the Blackboard Community System is not installed, only Administrators may act as catalog managers.

Find this page

Follow these steps to open Catalog Management Options page.

  1. Select Learning Objects Catalog under Content System on the Administrator Panel.

  2.  Select Catalog Management Options.

Field Descriptions

The following fields are available on the Catalog Management Options page.

 

Internal Catalog:  Manage Catalog Options

System Availability

Select Yes or No to make the Manage Catalog tool available on the system. If Yes is selected, select which user roles this functionality is available to. If No is selected, this functionality is only available to System Administrators.

Available to

Select which roles have access the Manage Catalog tool. This tool appears in the Content Collection Menu for users with the roles selected. Select the roles in the Available Roles list and use the arrows to move these roles into the Selected Roles list. Manage Catalog is available to users with roles that appear in the Selected Roles list.

 

Note: If the Blackboard Community System is not installed, the options for selecting roles will not appear.