Content Libraries Overview#
In Studio, you can create a library to build a pool of components for use in randomized assignments in your courses. You can add Text components, problems, and video components to a library. Open response assessment and discussion components are not supported in libraries.
Note
Content libraries are available only for courses that have course
identifiers in this format: {key type}:{org}+{course}+{run}
. For
example, course-v1:edX+DemoX+Demo_2015
. Your course identifier appears
in the browser address bar as the final part of the URL when you open your
course in Studio. For more details, see Create a Course.
After creating a library and adding components to it, if you have enabled content libraries in your course, you can use these library components in randomized assignments in your course. You do this by adding a randomized content block to a course unit and specifying the name of the library from which the randomized content is to drawn. You also specify the number and type of problems that each learner is assigned. For information about randomized content blocks, see Randomized Content Blocks.
Libraries have separate users and levels of access from courses. Initially, only the person who created the library has access. She can add other users to the library. For details, see Give Other Users Access to Your Library. The libraries that you create or have access to are listed on the Libraries tab on the Studio Home page.