.. _Verawood Tagging:

Easier to Tag Content and Manage Taxonomies In-Platform
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Verawood makes content alignment a first-class part of the Studio authoring
experience, with the tagging tool now more easily accessible from the course
outline page — and a much improved experience for managing taxonomies
themselves.

**Easily tag at every level of your course.** The new Align sidebar is
available throughout Studio, letting you search for and apply taxonomy tags or
learning outcome alignments to sections, subsections, units, and individual
components — all without leaving the page you're working on.

.. figure:: /_images/release_notes/verawood/Tagging_AlignSidebar.png
   :align: center

   The Align sidebar lets you apply taxonomy tags at any level of the course structure.

**See your tags in context within the new Studio sidebar.** The Info sidebar
now surfaces taxonomy alignment information for any selected section,
subsection, unit, or component — showing the number and names of applied tags
at a glance, with a quick path to manage them via the kebab menu or the Align
sidebar.

.. figure:: /_images/release_notes/verawood/Tagging_InfoSidebar.png
   :align: center

   The Info sidebar shows applied taxonomy tags for the selected item.

**Redesigned taxonomy view pages.** Taxonomy pages have been refreshed with a
cleaner layout, making it easier to navigate and understand the structure of
your taxonomies at a glance. Tag counts make it easier to track how and where
tags are used.

.. figure:: /_images/release_notes/verawood/Tagging_TaxonomyPage.png
   :align: center

   The redesigned taxonomy page provides a clearer overview of tag structure and usage.

**Edit taxonomies directly in the platform.** You can now add new tags and
rename, edit, and delete existing tags without needing to export, modify, and
re-import a taxonomy CSV file. This makes it much faster to keep your
taxonomies accurate as your content and learning objectives evolve. Changes are
automatically applied to course and library content.

.. figure:: /_images/release_notes/verawood/Tagging_EditTaxonomy.png
   :align: center

   Taxonomy tags can now be edited directly in the platform without importing a CSV.


.. seealso::

   :ref:`Verawood Product Notes` (reference)

   :ref:`Verawood Dev Notes` (reference)


**Maintenance chart**

+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| Review Date  | Working Group Reviewer        |   Release      |Test situation                  |
+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| 2026-07-30   | Product WG                    | Verawood       |   Pass                         |
+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+