Set Access Restrictions for a Component

Set Access Restrictions for a Component#

If you have more than one enrollment track in your course, or if you have enabled cohorts, you can limit a component’s availability to specific groups of learners. For information about offering different content to different learner groups, see Offering Different Content to Different Learner Groups.

Note

Components inherit any group access restrictions that are set for their parent unit. If you set additional group access restrictions for a component, make sure the component access settings do not contradict the unit access settings. For example, you cannot give Group A of learners access to a component if Group A does not have access to the unit that contains the component.

To specify a component’s access settings, follow these steps.

  1. In Studio, select Content, and then select Outline.

  2. On a unit page, for each component for which you want to restrict access to, select the Access Settings icon.

    The access settings icon for a component on a Studio unit page
  3. In the Editing access dialog box, for the Restrict access to option, select the group type by which you want to restrict access.

    Note

    The Enrollment Track Groups option is available only if your course has more than one enrollment track. The Content Groups option is available only if you have created content groups for use with cohorts.

    The access settings dialog for a component, with a dropdown list for selecting the type of learner group you will use for restricting access.

    After you have selected a group type, you see a list of the groups that exist for that group type.

  4. Select the checkbox for each group for which you want the current component to be available.

  5. Select Save.

    The groups which have access to the component are listed under the component title in the Studio course outline.

    When a component has restricted access, a message listing the groups which have access to the component appears under the component title in the Studio course outline.

    In addition, on the unit page in Studio, a message in the publishing status bar indicates that some content in the unit is restricted to specific groups of learners.

    When any component in a unit has restricted access, a message appears in the unit's publishing status bar.