Content Libraries Overhaul

Owned by Jenna Makowski
Last updated: Oct 02, 2024
1 min read

Value Proposition and why we’ve relaunched (pull from Libraries Relaunch Proposal: For Product Review , https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IeCVClg2iV_KrURM5vMBEWOtcmPpQshntKmsAfObgsg/edit#slide=id.g2e55a96eb73_0_778

Key changes

  • From many libraries to one: Libraries now support content at scale

  • Libraries support any content reuse, including but not limited to problem bank randomization

  • Reuse, remix, (share), manage independently from the course

Demo use cases (record as videos):

  • Create sets of collections within a single library to manage assessments and randomization needs (Harvard)

  • Create “playlists” around subjects, effort levels and more

  • Align competency or skills tags to content

  • Easily track content usage in courses

  • Sync updates centrally

New functionality and changes

  • Reimagined library experience

    • Brand new UI

    • Search functionality

    • In-context sidebars

  • Collections for content management

  • Expanded content creation capabilities (text, problem, video editors)

  • Tagging functionality

  • Expanded reuse functionality, including central updates and syncing

  • Improvements to content randomization

  • Third-party static asset support

 

MVP scope and limitations

  • Support for components (text, video and problem blocks)

  • No support yet for advanced blocks or ORAs

  • Import/export at scale not yet supported

 

Sunsetting Legacy Libraries

  • Phase-out plan

 

What’s coming next?

  • Support for all advanced blocks

  • Support for ORAs

  • Mass import

  • Support for unit reuse

  • Improved static asset management in Libraries

  • Improvements to randomization

  • Improvements to reuse workflows

  • One-click migration from Legacy Libraries to New Libraries