Topics screen

The Topics screen on the side navigation shows you all the topics you have access to, ordered by the date they were created, with the most recently created topics shown first. Topics are used to group related items of together in chapters so that they are ordered and structured.

Example: A topic called "Health and Safety" might contain lots of different items of content related to health and safety best practices at a company, divided into chapters to help organise and break down this information. This topic could then be shared with employees to help them understand the health and safety rules they must follow while at work, or it could be added to a as a module within it. You can also add different types of  assessments to content and chapters within a topic to test your user's knowledge. 

Viewing a topic

To view a topic, click the View button on the card:

You can see how many items of content are in a particular topic on the card. For example, in the topic below, there are 4 items of content in the topic:

If you do not have permission to create topics, the Create a topic button is not present on this screen:

Searching and filtering

If you have a very long list of topics, you can search through them using the search bar at the top of the screen and the list of topics narrows down to only show topics that match your search criteria:

You can also filter the list to only show topics that exist in particular communities you have access to:

Creating a topic

If you are a site admin or a user who is a member of an admin group with the permission to create/manage topics, you will see the Create a topic button in the top-right corner of the screen. Clicking this button takes you to the topic creation screen , where you can create topics for standalone consumption, as well as to be added to learning plans as modules.

Editing a topic

You can add and remove content from a topic, as well as adjust other settings, including adding assessments , using the Edit Topic button.

To access the Edit Topic button for a particular topic:

1. Click the View button on the topic.

   

   The topic opens.

   

2. Click the Edit Topic button.

   

3. The edit screen for the topic appears.