Folder Overview

As you customize the Catalog into libraries to meet your organization's needs, you work with several types of folders:

• Stock folder: A folder of content created by Skillsoft.
• Root folder: A folder in the top level of the Library under the Catalog folder. A root folder can be designated as a browse view.
• Custom folder: This is a folder you create that is not linked to a stock folder. The contents of the folder are not affected by changes to the contents of any other folder.
• Linked folder: A copy of a stock folder that maintains a dynamic relationship to the stock folder. If the contents of the stock folder are changed in any way (additions, changes, and deletions to the assets and child folders therein), the copies in the linked folder are automatically updated in the same manner. You cannot reorder the linked subfolders or linked assets within a linked folder; they remain at the top of the folder. However, you can add custom folders and custom assets to the bottom of the linked folder.

  If Skillsoft removes a stock folder in the Library for which you have a linked folder, the following occurs:

  • The linked folder becomes a custom folder (that is, the dynamic relationship is broken). If there are no custom assets in the folder, the folder is removed entirely.
  • All linked assets are removed.
  • All custom assets are preserved.

For information about icons used to represent folders, see Folder Icons.

Folder Behaviors

• Normal: Any folder you create that is not a series folder or a featured topic folder.
• Series: A series is a folder of assets whose order of completion is prescribed for learners. A series can contain assets of different types (courses and related resources). A series cannot contain subfolders.

  A series is often used to:

  • Group related assets together (for example, the assets required to obtain a certification).
  • Maintain a specific order when displayed in the Library. Unlike a learning program, a series cannot be completed, but the assets within a series may be completable.

  When a learner views the assets in a series in the Library, he views them in the fixed order determined by the creator of the series. In contrast, when he views other assets, he views them sorted and displayed by the first date they were published. Assets for which this publication information is not available are displayed last and in alphabetical order.

• Featured Topic folder: You can designate a subfolder of a browse view as a featured topic folder. These folders display as featured topics on the What's New page in the Skillport Learner interface. Users with the role of End User or higher and the Curator custom user privilege can add assets to featured topics using the Skillport Learner interface. Folders of this type cannot contain any series folders or subfolders.

  For more information, see Designate the Library's Featured Topics.

Support for Multiple Languages

Every folder has the following:

• A specified default language and a corresponding folder name in that language.
• (Optional) One or more additional languages specified and corresponding folder names in those languages.

  Note: You must provide the additional language folder names. They are not auto-generated.

In the learner interface, a learner views the folder name that matches the language in which he is currently browsing the Library. In the administrator interface, an administrator views the English-language folder name if it is available. Otherwise, he views the folder name specified for the default language.

For more information, see Create a Custom Folder and Create a Root Folder.