Overview

Materials are the building blocks of learning in Enlytning. They're the courses, policies, and surveys you create and assign to your team. This section covers how materials work, where they live, and their lifecycle from draft to completion.

The Workspace

The Workspace is your content creation hub. Access it from Workspace in the sidebar. Here you'll find:

• Materials: All materials you have access to—your own creations plus any where you're a collaborator.
• Media: Your organisation's shared media library for images, videos, and audio files.

What You See

The materials you see in your Workspace depend on your role:

Material Lifecycle

Materials progress through distinct stages:

Draft → Published → Assigned → Completed
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Draft

When you create a material, it starts as a draft. In this state:

• Only you and collaborators can see it.
• You can freely edit content, add modules, and configure settings.
• It's not visible to learners or available for assignment.

Published

Publishing makes your material available for assignment. Once published:

• The content is locked into a version.
• You can still edit—changes become a new draft that must be republished.
• Admins can assign it to users and groups.

Assigned

After publishing, Admins assign materials to learners:

• Learners see the material in their Learn queue.
• Progress is tracked per user.
• Deadlines can be applied (see Assignments).

Completed

When a learner finishes a material:

• Their completion is recorded with timestamp and score (if applicable).
• Results appear in reports and insights.
• For recurring assignments, completion resets at each new cycle.

Versioning

Enlytning automatically tracks versions when you publish updates to existing materials.

How Versioning Works

1. You publish a material (Version 1).
2. Later, you edit and republish (Version 2).
3. Each version is preserved—you can see the history in the material's details.

Version Impact on Learners

When you publish a new version:

• Learners who haven't started: See the new version.
• Learners in progress: Continue with their current version.
• Completed learners: Their completion records reference the version they completed.

You can optionally notify assigned users when publishing updates (see Publishing).

Material Settings

Each material has settings that control visibility and AI features:

Access settings from the Settings tab when editing a material.