Browse Views vs. Entitlement Views

There are two distinct types of views of content that you can create when organizing your library: browse views and entitlement views. Browse views allow learners to browse for content, while entitlement views facilitate assigning and entitling content to learners.

A browse view is a type of library view that:

• Is specified as a browse view in the root folder properties.
• Is eligible to be exposed to learners (up to a maximum of three browse views) when they select Browse the Library from the top of the Skillport home page.
• May be created solely for the purpose of organizing and facilitating catalog and learning plan assignments.
• Is visually indicated in the Library Manager by the icon.

Although you can create unlimited browse views, you can only designate up to three browse views at a time to be exposed in the Browse the Library area in Skillport. However, sites with Advanced Groups enabled, can designate up to three different browse views for each Advanced Group.

Note: Learners will only see content to which they are entitled in browse views.

A learner's entitlement is content entitled to them via the catalog assigner or the learning plan assigner.

An entitlement view is a type of library view that:

• Groups content together for entitlement or assignment purposes.
• Will not appear in Browse the Library in the Skillport learner user interface (UI).

Assets can be catalog-assigned and entitled to a learner but not contained within any of the three exposed browse views. If this is the case, then:

• A learner will not find the asset by browsing the library.
• A learner can find the asset via Search.
• A learner may see the asset in their learning plan (if assigned) and/or learning transcript (if previously launched).