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How to collaborate with other course authors

Authors can work with other authors and reviewers to get feedback and support in creating their course content.

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Written by Lorcan Reilly
Updated over a month ago

Authors can work with other authors and reviewers to get feedback and support in creating their course content.

An overview of the Author and Reviewer roles

Authors have full access to edit, view, archive and publish your course content. They can make permanent changes to content and publish/republish, allowing changes to flow out to any current class activations and learners.

Reviewers can view and make notes on your content, but they are unable to edit the content or publish the course. When content is published, reviewers can no longer make comments.

Note: Reviewer notes are deleted when the content is published and are not visible to learners.

How to add collaborators from your Create dash

To add a collaborator to a course, from your Create dash:

  1. Select the three dots to the right of the relevant course content and chose Collaborators.

    Screenshot of a content row selected and the kebab menu open showing the Collaborators menu item selected.

  2. Add an Email and choose the Role (Author or Reviewer) you want the person to have.

  3. Select Add and we'll email your collaborator with a link to the course content.

    You'll now see your collaborator listed.

    Screenshot of the Collaborator modal showing the field Add collaborator and an access drop down menu with Author selected.

How to add collaborators from within the course

To add a collaborator to a course, from within your course:

  1. Head to the main course menu and choose Collaborators.

  2. Add an Email and choose the Role (Author or Reviewer) you want the person to have.

    Image shows the collaborators menu item and the area where a collaborator is added

  3. Select Check then Send invitation and we'll email your collaborator with a link to the course content.

    You'll now see your collaborator listed.

Note: For both methods, if your collaborator is new to iQualify, you'll need to also add their first name and surname so we can send an email them to create an iQualify account.

How to manage multiple authors working on the same course

While authors can be working on the same course content at the same time, only one author can work on any particular page at a time. If an author navigates to a page that someone else is currently editing, a message will display at the top of the page telling them who is working on it, and when they started that work. The author won’t be able to make any changes to that page until the other author has saved their work or exited that page.

Image shows the message that gets displayed to the author. Content can only be edited by one author at a time, and Susie Chen started editing this content at 11.29 AM

Once an author leaves the page, any other author viewing the page is instantly alerted that the new content is available, and are provided with a link they can follow to take them to the page. They are now able to make their own edits.

Image shows message given. A new version of this page is available. Click here to load the newest version.

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