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Learning Object Manager

The Learning Object Manager (LOM) provides a graphical way to manage your Learning Objects. You can access it from the Management Control section of the main LearnCenter page by either clicking Resource Manager or Learning Object Manager (LOM).

The following User Permissions are required for this feature:

View Management Links (sub permission of Manage Options)
Manage Learning Object Manager (parent and sub user permissions)

See Learning Object Manager User Permissions for instructions on granting and denying user permissions.

LearnCenter and the LOM include a Source Control feature, which keeps track of the source code, text, documents, graphics, and other related files associated with Learning Objects. You can check objects in and out of the source control to prevent other Administrators from attempting to make changes to the same file while you are working on it. You can also publish or unpublish (or delete from publication) Learning Objects, so that Users cannot access the objects until you or another Administrator finishes updating them.

The LOM also includes version-control software, which provides a means of recording information about each revision made to Learning Objects by all the authors associated with those objects. An “author” is a Administrator who either added a Learning Object (by adding a Class or Course) or an Administrator who has been made an author for the Learning Object by the original author.

There are five buttons on the top left of the page. Each are described below:

Check Out - enables you to check out a Course or Class so that changes you make do not conflict with changes made by other authors who might also decide to work on the Course or Class at the same time you do.
Check In - enables you to check in a Course or Class you previously checked out so that others may view or edit it.
Refresh - enables you to Refresh the information in the LOM page.
Publish - enables you to Publish or make a Course or Class available to Users after you have completed changes.
Unpublish - enables you to delete a Course or Class from availability to Users so that you may
edit it.

If you Unpublish content in one LearnCenter, it is unpublished in all sub LearnCenters as well.

All LOM Categories are listed in the left section. These Categories are associated with all existing Learning Objects (those available in the LearnCenter “warehouse”), and those that have been imported into LearnCenter. Each Learning Object displayed represents the current version of the Learning Object.

Categories are driven by the Registry Key Category_User_Map. The LearnCenter can be set so that the only Categories that the User is able to see are those to which the User is mapped. It can also be set so that the User can search for objects in any Category in the LearnCenter.

See Registry Editor for instructions on setting Registry Keys. Contact Customer Support through My Oracle Support if you need additional information or support when activating or deactivating Registry Keys.

You can display all objects, or just Courses or Classes by clicking one of the links in the Filter section. Notice there are icons that display for each object. Each are described below.

Learning Object Manager File Icons

Icon	Description
	Indicates the Learning Object is Published.
	Indicates the Learning Object is Unpublished.
	Indicates the Learning Object is Checked In.
	Indicates the Learning Object is Checked Out.

Each Learning Object displayed represents the current version of the Learning Object. When you move your pointer over an object, a menu displays. Using this menu you can:

View the Versions of the file available and upload new versions of a file.
View the Change History for a Learning Object. This enables you to view an Audit Trail of all updates made to the Learning Objects.
View the items to which the object is mapped (LearnCenter Mappings).
Map objects to Categories (Category Mappings).
Check In or Check Out Learning Objects (depending on the current status of the object, and whether or not you are an author for that object)
Publish or Unpublish Learning Objects (depending on the current status of the object, and whether or not you are an author for that object)
View, add or edit Metadata for a Learning Object.
View and edit Class or Course Properties.

You can use BI Reporting Reports to see whether learning items are via the Learning Object Manager. Create a custom report and use the Learning Object is Published field in the Learning Objects Data View. See Creating Custom Reports for instructions on creating custom BI Reports.