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Overview

Understand materials, the Workspace, and how content flows from creation to completion.

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:

RoleAccess
Owner / AdminAll materials in the organisation
CreatorOnly materials you created or are a collaborator on
RegularNo Workspace access (learners only)

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, branding, and AI features:

SettingDescription
UnlistedHide the material from learners. It won't appear in their view, but remains accessible in your Workspace.
LogoDisplay a logo in the header when users view the material.
ThemeOverride the default accent colour used for buttons and interactive elements.
Smart content indexingAllow the AI to index this material's content for use in smart search and contextual AI assistance. Requires the material to be published. Not available for surveys.

Access settings from the Settings tab when editing a material.

Add branding to your material by displaying a logo in the header. When configured, the logo appears at the top of each page as users progress through the content.

Options:

  • No logo (default): No logo is displayed.
  • Organisation logo: Uses your organisation's logo from General Settings. Disabled if no organisation logo is set.
  • Custom image: Select any image from your media library.

The logo appears when users take the material, when creators preview it, and when viewing attempt history.

Tip

Custom logos are useful when creating materials for different departments or external clients who need specific branding.

Theme

Customise the accent colour used throughout your material. This affects buttons, selected states, and other interactive elements, allowing you to match your brand or create visual distinction between materials.

Options:

  • Default: Uses the standard platform accent colour.
  • Custom: Choose a custom colour using the colour picker or select from your Brand Kit colours.

When you select Custom, you'll see:

  • Colour picker: Click the pipette icon to open the colour picker and choose any colour. You can also enter a hex code directly.
  • Brand colours: If your organisation has colours defined in the Brand Kit, they appear as swatches for quick selection.

The accent colour applies to:

  • Primary buttons (Next, Submit, Continue)
  • Selected answer states in quizzes
  • Radio buttons and checkboxes when selected
  • Other interactive highlights

Note

Theme settings only affect the user-facing view. The Workspace and editor always use the default platform styling.