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The Brightspace Learning Object Repository (LOR)What is it and how can I use it?
J.C. Turner, Ph.D. Riverland Community CollegeDeb McManimon, Ph.D. Riverland Community
College
Session AgendaOverview of Learning Object Repository (LOR)
Site Admin SetupFaculty UseQuestions and Answers
What is the LOR? Shared online space within D2L BrightspaceHouses learning objects
Any file or web resource you would normally use within your courses
Each object has identifying metadata (title, description, key words) to facilitate searches
LOR Admin: Roles/PermissionsUnder Roles and Permissions, LOR is a separate category
At minimum, set these for Admins, Teachers, and Students, along with another other roles you wish to have access to a LOR
LOR Admin: Creation/TrustsCreate a LOR. Riverland has two types:
Organization - all faculty at Riverland are able to publish to it and share learning objects
Department – only faculty teaching courses within that department have access and can share learning objects
For each, you need to establish Trusts, which controls who has access Trusts can be based on existing roles or customized Department – by restricting it to a particular department, it
will only be visible to instructors of courses in that department
Overview When to consider using LOR documents Step-by-step demonstration of publishing to the LOR
Updating LOR Files Step-by-step demonstration of using LOR files in D2L
Questions to Consider How will I use this document in my courses? Will one instructor use this document in multiple courses?
Will this document be used by multiple instructors? Will this document be used by multiple departments?
Use of LOR Depends on AnswersYes
If one instructor using same file for multiple courses
If using same file across multiple sections
If using same file within a department
If using same file across departments
No If file is used by one faculty member in one class
Create File in Appropriate Application
LOR files can be of multiple varieties Word, Excel, PowerPoint, pdf, etc.
Use Edit Course toolFind Learning RepositoryChoose Publish
Choose Your FileBrowse for your fileChoose where to publish
If new, do not need to choose Overwrite Existing Object
Choose Next
Identify Object Properties- then PublishSelect Description and key words to help identify document
This is helpful when your LOR grows
Use terms, Course IDs, dates, etc. We include the course number in the title
Choose Publish
Updating a LOR FileFollow same steps as publish
Choose Overwrite Existing Object
Choose Search to find file to replace