Manage Repository

Manage Repository Help

The Content Repository Manager allows Editors to view and manage all the contents of the repository in one place.

Heading Description
Title lists each content object's title, along with an icon depicting its content type.
Proxies tells how many places that content object is being used.
ShowPublic tells how many places that content object is viewable to Anonymous users.
Modified displays the date on which that content object was last modified.

Export All Assets: allows Editors to export the content of the repository, except for questions and videos, into a SCORM-compliant XML format.

Re-Catalog: allows Administrators to recatalog the repository in order to get the proxies to reconnect to their content.


Using Manage Repository

  • Locate "Manage Repository" under repository on all levels of the sites. The Content Repository stores all of the content for the entire metasite.
  • If you know the title of the content, you may use the Search option to locate it in the repository. The content items are listed in alphabetical order by type of content.
  • Select the "Title" link to display the content description and links to the content proxies.

Manage Text Content, Images, Audio, Documents, and Video

These categories all may be accessed in the repository section and are managed in the same manner as stated above.

To add an Image, Audio, or Document:

  • Select the type of content you want to manage (Image, Audio, or Document)
  • Select "Add Image Asset" at the bottom of the manage box (or Audio, or Document)
  • Add a title for the content in "Repository Title"
  • Select the "Browse" button to search the files on your computer for the content you want to upload
  • Add a description. (This is optional. If a description is not provided, the Title will automatically be used as the description.)
  • Once the content information is entered, select the "Create" button at the bottom.

You may now use this Image, Audio, or Document throughout the Meta-site.

To add a Video:

  • Select "Manage Video"
  • Select "Add Video Asset" at the bottom of the manage box
  • Add a title for the video in "Repository Title"
  • Enter the address of the server path (ex. rtsp://www.video_server.com/videos)
  • Enter the remaining address of the file name (ex. educational_video.ram)
  • Verify the dimensions of the video
  • Select the format of the video using the drop down arrow
  • Add a description. (This is optional. If a description is not provided, the Title will automatically be used as the description.)
  • Once the information is entered, select the "Create" button at the bottom.

You may now use this Video throughout the Meta-site.


View Repository Statistics

This provides a table listing each type of Knowledge Object in the repository and the number of unique instances of that type.


Set Repository Options

The Repository Options currently has one option. This is to show thumbnail views of the images under Manage Images. The Content Editor may deselect this option or use the drop down box to change the size of the thumbnail images.