What this screen is for
The library is the store of raw learning material, from which courses and quizzes are then built. Each entry shows its title, description, category, type and size. Filter by category or by file type (PDF, document, video, image, external link), and search by title. External links point at material hosted elsewhere, such as a video on a public platform.
When to use it
Use it to look something up directly, to check what already exists before adding more, or to find the material you want to base a course lesson or quiz on. Adding to it is done from Upload Material.
What you see on this screen
The screen is headed Education Materials, subtitled "Learning resources & study materials", and can be read as a grid or a list.
As a grid, each card carries an icon for the file type, the title, a type badge, the category name, the description, and View and Download buttons.
As a list, the columns are Title, Category, Type, Size and Actions.
Where nothing has been added yet, the page reads "No materials found" and invites you to upload the first item.
Filters and actions
A search box matches on the title. Show Filters reveals two dropdowns: Category, defaulting to All Categories, and File Type, defaulting to All Types and offering PDF, Video, Image, Document and External Link. Reset clears both. Two icons switch between the grid and list layouts.
Upload Material appears for users allowed to add to the library. Categories themselves are managed on the Categories screen.
Status values
Materials carry no status. The Type badge reports how the item is stored: pdf, document, spreadsheet, presentation, video, image, audio, link for an external resource, or other. The File Type filter covers only five of these, so a spreadsheet, presentation or audio file is reachable by search but not by that filter.
Related
- Upload Material
- Categories
- Courses