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Content Installer Tab

Use this tab to view, install, uninstall, upgrade, activate, and deactivate server content located at the URL(s) mounted from the Content Locator tab. If no content is displayed in the list, ensure a content server was specified in the Content Locator tab.

The Content Installer list indicates whether the course is ACTIVE, INACTIVE, or UNINSTALLED, followed by the course number and course name. Select a course from the list or use the CTRL or Shift keys to select multiple courses, then click one of the buttons listed below:

  • Activate - Courses listed as INACTIVE are activated by selecting the course and clicking the Activate button. Activated courses are added to the Administrator's Curricula Builder view.
  • Deactivate - Courses listed as ACTIVE are deactivated by selecting the course and clicking the Deactivate button. Deactivated courses are removed from the Administrator's Curricula Builder view.
  • Install - Courses listed as UNINSTALLED are installed by selecting the course and clicking the Install button. Installed content is listed as ACTIVE.
  • Uninstall - Remove any selected course(s) and their associated Job Aids and Course Evaluations from the Management web server.
  • Upgrade - Content is occasionally updated with new data (such as Job Aids or SkillBriefs) after a course has been installed. Upgrade a course by selecting it and clicking the Upgrade button.
  • Make Changes Visible to Users - When your changes are complete, click Make Changes Visible To Users. This ensures your changes are visible to users without restarting the LMS server.

Content Installer Notes

  • To preserve course evaluations and results, ensure you deactivate a course (and do not uninstall it).
  • Any course evaluations - which can be linked to courses from the Course Eval Builder tab - linked to course you uninstall are deleted and therefore are no longer available for linking to other courses.
  • User results for an uninstalled course are deleted and therefore are no longer available for reporting.
  • Course evaluations linked to course content appear in the Content Installer tab's list of available content. However, if you need to delete or unlink course evaluations, only use the Course Eval Builder tab.
  • Job Aids are:
  • installed to the content server when their associated courses are installed
  • deactivated, activated, and uninstalled along with their associated courses
  • accessible from the Catalog tab in SkillPort
  • accessible from SEARCH-and-LEARN
  • distinguished from learning events with the same name by an appropriate icon