Select Courses

The OLSA Asset Metadata page available from the Select Courses menu option, provides options for controlling the default download behavior of courses and course topics to which you are entitled. For newly installed or updated sites, the default behavior is controlled by your Skillport Administrator and may be different for each site. However, you can override these settings on this page. You can modify and save the available options, then return to the Download Asset Metadata page to immediately download the metadata with the new default settings.

On the OLSA Asset Metadata page you can:

Use the options in the Default Behavior section to:
- Change the default metadata download behavior for all courses installed on your site in the future.
- Change the default metadata download behavior for all course topics installed on your site in the future.
- Apply default metadata download behavior to all currently installed courses.
- Apply default metadata download behavior to all currently installed course topics.
Use the Course Specific Behavior section to:
- Determine the current metadata download behavior applied to specific courses.
- Determine the current metadata download behavior applied to course topics within specific courses.
- Determine whether or not the metadata download behavior for specific courses and/or their topics differs from the default settings.
- Change the metadata download behavior for specific courses currently installed on your site.
- Change the metadata download behavior for course topics within specific courses currently installed on your site.

To Access the OLSA Asset Metadata page

In the menu on the left, click Download Asset Metadata.
Click Select Courses.
The OLSA Asset Metadata page opens in a new window.

Default Behavior

Options in the Default Behavior section effect all courses and course topics to which you are entitled. When applied, these settings will override the default settings applied by your administrator. The new default settings will persist until you modify them again.

The following options are available in the Default Behavior section:

Include Courses in OLSA Asset Feed: When this option is checked, all courses newly installed (or entitled) to your site in the future are included in metadata downloads. If unchecked, newly added courses are not included in the asset feed. Checked is the default setting for most sites.
- On Save, apply to all currently entitled courses: If both this option and Include Courses in OLSA Asset Feed are checked, clicking Save adds all currently installed (or entitled) courses to future metadata downloads. Unchecking both options and clicking Save will remove all entitled courses from future metadata downloads. Unchecked is the default setting for most sites.
Include Course Topics in OLSA Asset Feed: When this option is checked, all course topics newly installed (or entitled) to your site are included in metadata downloads. If unchecked, newly added course topics are not included in the asset feed. Unchecked is the default setting for most sites.
- On Save, apply to all currently entitled courses: If both this option and Include Course Topics in OLSA Asset Feed are checked, clicking Save adds all currently installed (or entitled) course topics to future metadata downloads. Unchecking both options and clicking Save will remove all entitled course topics from future metadata downloads. Unchecked is the default setting for most sites.

Note: If you uncheck both the Include Course in OLSA Asset Feed and the Include Course Topics in OLSA Asset Feed options, AND you check both On Save, apply to all currently entitled courses options, and then click Save, you will remove ALL courses and course topics from future asset feeds. A Warning message will display and ask you to confirm this action.

Course Specific Behavior

The Course Specific Behavior section lists all courses and course topics already installed on your site, indicates whether or not each course and its topics are included in metadata downloads, and provides an option for changing the behavior of each course and its topics. The Course Specific Behavior section includes the following columns:

ID: the course code
Title: the course title
Include Course: use this field to include or exclude the course from metadata downloads. Checked indicates the course is included. Unchecked indicates the course is not included.
Include Topics: use this field to include or exclude the course's topics from metadata downloads. Checked indicates the course topics are included. Unchecked indicates the course topics are not included. If the course is not a CCA course or has no topics, a "-" appears in the column.
Non Default: a green check mark in this column indicates whether or not the metadata download setting for this course, or its topics, is different from the current default setting applied in the Default Behavior section.
Language: the language of the course. When used for sorting, the sort order is determined by the language code and not by the displayed language string.
Install Date: the date the course was installed on the site. If the course was uninstalled and reinstalled, the value reflects the reinstall date.

To change the metadata download behavior of a course or its topics, select the check box in the Include Course or Include Topics column for the desired course. If the new setting differs from the default setting applied in the Default Behavior section, a check mark will display in the Non Default column.

Note: It is possible to download a course's topics without downloading the course.

When learners launch a referral object that includes only a course topic, they cannot access the full course or any other course topics from within the Player.

Filter and Sort by Columns

Each column header in the Course Specific Behavior section provides options for filtering or sorting the list. This can help you locate specific courses in order to determine, or modify, the metadata download settings applied to the course and/or its topics.

Sort by Column

All columns provide the option to sort the list in Ascending or Descending order.

To sort the list, hover over a column header, click the drop down that displays and click the desired sort option.

Filter by Column

All columns except the Install Date column provide filters to help refine the courses that display in the list.

To filter by column

Hover over a column header and click the drop down that displays.
In the drop down menu, hover over Filters and enter text, or select from the available filter options.
When you select a filter, a check mark appears next to the specific filter, and next to Filters in the drop down menu.

The available filter options vary depending on the column:

ID: Enter a topic ID in the filter text box.
Title: Enter a topic title in the filter text box.
Include Course: Select either Checked or Unchecked. Checked courses are included in the metadata download. Unchecked courses are not included.
Include Topics: Select Checked, Unchecked, and/or Courses with no Topics.
Non Default: Select either Does not match default settings, or Matches default settings.
Language: Select one of more of the available languages.
When you apply the filters, the list refreshes automatically and only includes courses that meet the filter criteria.

To remove an applied filter

Hover over the column header where the filter is applied and click the drop down that displays.
Uncheck Filters.
Note: The check mark next to the specific filter is not removed until you reload the page. However, the filter is no longer applied and the full list of courses appears.