Create and Manage Course Categories

The Categories feature allows you to group courses by a defined list of categories.  This is used primarily to aid catalog administration. Administrators can filter the list of learning modules by category in the Learning Modules page.  Learners cannot search the course catalog for courses by category.

Create a Category

To create a category

  1. Go to Manage Center > Learning > Catalog Configuration > Categories. 
  2. Click + Create Category. 
  3. Enter a name for the new category and click Save. 

Set the Category Permissions

Once you have saved a category, you can assign permissions. 

To set the category permissions

  1. Go to Manage Center > Learning > Catalog Configuration > Categories. 
  2. Locate the appropriate category. 
  3. Click the action menu and select Permissions.
  4. Set the permissions as required.
  • Users with read-only permissions can see a category, use it as search criteria in the Learning Modules page and assign it to a learning module.
  • Users with unrestricted access to a category can update or delete it, and also update the permissions.

Edit a Category

You can edit a category's name.  When you do so, the change of name is reflected in the Catalog Search results filters, in the Learning Modules page Category filter, and in the Catalog Editor for all learning modules it is assigned to.

To edit a category

  1. Go to Manage Center > Learning > Catalog Configuration > Categories. 
  2. Locate the appropriate category. 
  3. Click the action menu and select Edit.
  4. Enter a new name for the category.
  5. Click Save.

Delete a Category

Categories can be deleted only if they are not in use in a learning module.

To delete a category

  1. Go to Manage Center > Learning > Catalog Configuration > Categories. 
  2. Locate the appropriate category. 
  3. Click the action menu and select Delete.
  4. Click OK.  If the category is being used in a learning module, you will get a message that it cannot be deleted.