Publishing a Template

1. From you Home page locate the Repositories section.
2. Click on the repository link.
3. Click on the Add Content link in the toolbar.
4. Click on the saved template link and edit as appropriate.
5. Click the Publish button in the toolbar.
6. The Publish editor page allows you to customize your template and select which courses can access it.
7. Click OK when done.
8. Go to a course which can use it and choose Add Content and Add From Template under the Templates and Wizards section.
9. Publish your template.
10. Your newly published template will be available for you to select.

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Once you have finished adding lesson items and field tokens to create the content template, you must publish the template to make it available from other courses, groups, and resource libraries.

Click on the content template and then click the Publish link in the toolbar. The Publish Template Editor will appear with a list of the {{field tokens}} created when the template was created. To change the order that the field tokens will be presented to the editor, select the token you wish to move and click the Up or Down buttons. Select the first field token in the list and optionally modify the default label as displayed in the Label field.

Note: The value provided in the Label field only determines the label that will be presented to the editor during the import process. This value has no direct impact on the title of lesson content.

From the Type drop down menu, select the type of input field you would like for the editor to use when specifying a value for the field token. Tip: Select "Custom List" and provide individual list choices in the list box that appears if you prefer to limit the selection of choices that the editor can choose from.

Optionally, provide a default value for the field token in the Default text field. The editor will provide the opportunity to modify this default value during import process. If applicable, type directions, in the Directions field, for the editor regarding the purpose of the field and its relation to the content template as a whole.

Complete the same process for each field template listed. Optionally check the Page Break option, for specific field tokens, to specify a natural break for different types of tokens that must be defined. Use of the Page Break option allows you to break up the task of defining large numbers of field tokens across several wizard-type pages.

Tip: When using the paging option, consider providing all directions for the page on the first field token for the page (leaving all other directions fields empty) to create a wizard-type interface.

Scroll down to the Sharing section of the page and click the checkbox next to each course, group, and resource library with which you want to share the content template. Provide a description for the content template in the Description field.

Note: The description is viewable during the import (Add From Template) process by moving the cursor over the title of the template. When enabled for general search (in the Searchable by drop down menu), the content template search tool will return a list of all tokens that include the search terms in the title or description for the content template.

Optionally modify the Searchable by by drop down option if you want to make the content template available (through the Add From Template Search option) to all editors in the system.

Note: The "Searchable by Everyone" option is provided for future planned support for the sharing of content templates with other institutions/repositories.

Select a content template category from the Category drop down menu or click the Other button to create a new category. Click the OK button to publish the content template.

Note: You may change the publish settings for the content template at any time by clicking the Publish link located at the root level of the content template.