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The Subject Area is important as it will determine the second level in the Learning Object Repository that this Learning Object will be filed under.

Subject Areas are set up in TASS.web program Student Admin > Student Records > Setup Information > Student Records Setup on the 'Subject Areas' tab.

This field determines the first/top level folder in the Learning Object Repository that this Learning Object will be filed under.

This Learning Object Repository is best described as a filing cabinet for Learning Objects.

Every Learning Object that you create by using either Staff Kiosk program Assessment or webBook Progressive Assessment will be filed in this repository.

The repository is divided into:

• My Learning Objects - This is where you store your own Learning Objects that you do not want to be available to other teachers.

• Central Repository - This repository is available to all teachers. Learning Objects that you elect to store here will be available to all teachers to use.

Add to My Learning Objects

By selecting this option, this Learning Object will be added to your personal 'My Learning Objects' repository. It will not be added to the school's Central Repository for sharing with other teachers.

Add to Central Repository

By selecting this option, this Learning Object will be added to the school's Central Repository under the Subject Area you have chosen.

This Learning Object will be visible to all teachers in Staff Kiosk program Assessment > Learning Objects (Maintain & Assign).

Where this field is disabled, the following message will display “Central Repository has not been set up for the Subject Area that you have chosen”.

Why can’t I see my Subject Area in the Central Repository?

Administrator Note:

You can determine the availability and default for this button by using TASS.web program Student Admin > Student Records > Setup Information > Student Records Setup on the 'Subjects Areas' tab.

This field will be the default option where a Central Repository has been set up for the Subject Area that the teacher has chosen and the school has indicated that content created for this Subject Area, should be added to the Central Repository.

This field determines the first/top level folder in the Learning Object Repository that this Learning Object will be filed under.

This Learning Object Repository is best described as a filing cabinet for Learning Objects.

Every Learning Object that you create by using either Staff Kiosk program Assessment or webBook Progressive Assessment will be filed in this repository.

The repository is divided into:

• My Learning Objects - This is where you store your own Learning Objects that you do not want to be available to other teachers.

• Central Repository - This repository is available to all teachers. Learning Objects that you elect to store here will be available to all teachers to use.

Add to My Learning Objects

By selecting this option, this Learning Object will be added to your personal 'My Learning Objects' repository. It will not be added to the school's Central Repository for sharing with other teachers.

Add to Central Repository

By selecting this option, this Learning Object will be added to the school's Central Repository under the Subject Area you have chosen.

This Learning Object will be visible to all teachers in Staff Kiosk program Assessment > Learning Objects (Maintain & Assign).

Where this field is disabled, the following message will display “Central Repository has not been set up for the Subject Area that you have chosen”.

Why can’t I see my Subject Area in the Central Repository?

Administrator Note:

You can determine the availability and default for this button by using TASS.web program Student Admin > Student Records > Setup Information > Student Records Setup on the 'Subjects Areas' tab.

This field will be the default option where a Central Repository has been set up for the Subject Area that the teacher has chosen and the school has indicated that content created for this Subject Area, should be added to the Central Repository.

This is important as it will determine the third level in the Learning Object Repository that this Learning Object will be filed under.

This is important as it will determine the fourth level in the Learning Object Repository that this Learning Object will be filed under.

A topic is best described as a unit of work. For example in English, students may be studying a topic of Poetry.

If you have chosen to add this Learning Object in the Central Repository, this field will provide a list of Topics that already exist in the Central Repository for the Subject Area you have selected.

Where you have chosen to file this Learning Object in 'My Learning Objects', this field will provide a list of Topics that you have previously created.

Choose from an existing Topic or alternatively, create a new Topic using the 'Enter a New Topic' field.

Use this field to create a new Topic; the text that you enter here will create a new folder in the Learning Object Repository under the Subject Area and Year Group you have selected above.

The system will not duplicate a Topic if it already exists in the repository.

This field can be used to acknowledge the original author of a Learning Object.

You should check that use of this Learning Object falls within your school's copyright guidelines and completion of this field also adheres to school guidelines.

Use the 'Self Source' button if you are the author of the Learning Object. This will place your name automatically in the field.