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Manage Web Catalogs

Web catalogs are available in the Learning and eLearning licenses only.  For additional information, please contact your PeopleFluent representative.

Currently, PeopleFluent Learning supports Web Catalog integration with Skillsoft and LinkedIn Learning. Content from web catalogs can be integrated into catalog search results. Similar to standard LMS catalogs, web catalogs utilize permissions to manage viewing and editing access.

To import learning content into web catalogs, your role must have unrestricted access to the Content Package, AICC Course Structure, Resource, Web Catalogs and PENS Import features.

Add a Skillsoft Web Catalog

To make Skillsoft training available in the LMS, the content must first be imported. Because Skillsoft clients often have thousands of courses, manual import isn't practical. Instead, Skillsoft uses a system called Open Learning Services Architecture (OLSA) to share catalog and course data directly with the LMS.

You will need the Skillsoft URL, Customer ID and Shared Secret in order to perform this task.  Have this information handy.

  1. Go to Manage Center > Learning > Catalog General Settings > Web Catalogs.
  2. Click + Add Skillsoft Web catalog.
  3. Configure the fields:
  • Name - Enter the name for the Skillsoft catalog.  This is the name learners will see in the catalog browser and catalog search results.
  • Endpoint - Enter the URL of the Skillsoft server providing the catalog information.
  • Customer ID - Enter your Skillsoft customer ID.
  • Shared Secret - Enter the shared secret provided by Skillsoft for your organization's account.
  • Include OLSA Search and Learn categories in Universal Search - enable the checkbox to include additional Skillsoft course information in standard searches.
  • Assign newly downloaded courses to - Choose an option.  If you select this specific catalog, select the appropriate parent catalog.
  • Catalog assignment handling for downloaded courses that already exist: 
  • Preserve existing catalog assignments - Skillsoft courses downloaded with the same course ID as an existing course are assigned to the same catalog they are currently or previously assigned to in the LMS.
  • Add the catalog assignment defined above to existing assignments - Downloaded courses are assigned to LMS catalogs using the catalog assignment handling configured above for new courses, in addition to any current catalog assignments. This option preserves existing catalog assignments and assigns the downloaded courses to catalogs using the option specified for assigning new courses.
  1. Click Save. 

Add a LinkedIn Learning Web Catalog

If your organization offers LinkedIn Learning courses, you can connect them to the LMS using the LinkedIn Learning API, allowings learners search for and launch courses directly from the LMS. 

You will need the LinkedIn Client ID, Content Connector Prefix and Secret in order to perform his task.  Have this information handy.

  1. Go to Manage Center > Learning > Catalog General Settings > Web Catalogs.
  2. Click + Add LinkedIn Web catalog.
  3. Configure the fields:
  • Name: Enter the name for the LinkedIn Learning catalog.  This is the name learners will see in the catalog browser and catalog search results.
  • LinkedIn Client ID: Enter the ID provided by LinkedIn.
  • LinkedIn Content Connector Prefix: Enter the connector prefix.
  • LinkedIn Client Secret: Enter the client secret.
  1. Click Save. 

Set Permissions for a Web Catalog

On the Web Catalogs page, locate the appropriate catalog. Click the action menu and select Permissions.

  • Read-only allows the user to view the web catalog.
  • Unrestricted additionally allows the user to update, delete and set permissions for the web catalog.

Refresh a Web Catalog

Refreshing a web catalog ensures that the courses registered in the LMS stay synchronized with those hosted by third-party content providers. Take one of the following actions:

  • On the Web Catalogs page, locate the appropriate catalog. Click the action menu select Refresh.
  • Clik Refresh All at the top of the page to refresh all of the web catalogs.

When the catalog update is complete, the Last Update column on the Web Catalogs list page is refreshed to reflect the date.

Delete a Catalog

When you delete a web catalog, you can choose to delete all related courses. 
  1. On the Web Catalogs page, locate the appropriate catalog. Click the action menu and select Delete.
  2. Select the check box if you also want to delete all courses and training records associated with the catalog.
  3. Click OK.

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