5.2. Digital Category

• Digital categories are collections of library categories, that are created to facilitate users to post resources of type URL, Document, PDF, etc.

• Categories can have single or multiple sub-categories.

• It has 2 types of access types:

  o Public: Categories created are available to all the users in LMS application.

  o Private: Categories created are available only for the selected users under particular group.

• A category approver or the administrator has rights to approve | reject the resources, uploaded by the users.

• Only administrator has right to delete the resources uploaded by the user, even if it is either approved or not approved.

• The administrator can manage digital categories by adding, editing or deleting categories.

• The categories created are mapped to the users, listed under Library tab on the user accounts.

To access digital category:

Click Admin > Digital Category. The following Manage Digital Category screen appears displaying digital category details.

5.2.1. Create Digital Category

To create digital category:

Click Create New. The following Add Category screen appears with the respective details to be filled.

5.2.2. Edit, Delete and View Digital Category Details

To edit digital category:

Click Edit . The Edit Category screen appears with the chosen fields to be edited.

To delete digital category:

Click Delete . An alert box is displayed with the following message: “Do you want to delete the category Category_Name?” click Ok or Cancel.

Note

Digital categories cannot be deleted, if it is assigned with dependency. For example, if categories are already mapped with the resources and published to user groups, then it cannot be deleted.

To view digital category details:

Click Details . The Digital Category Details screen appears displaying details of the particular library category.