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Learning Equality

Step-by-Step Studio Tutorial

September 2022

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How do we prepare resources to share offline with learners on Kolibri?

We present resources in the form of channels. A channel is a collection of learning materials (exercises, videos, audio files, and documents) and the associated metadata, selected, prepared, and organized on Kolibri Studio (with internet) for sharing on Kolibri (without internet).

Before sharing on Kolibri, it’s helpful to know or have on hand:

• The organization of the channel into a topic tree or collection
• The metadata you’ll need: a title, description, and copyright holder
• Details about the content (any associated exercises, the mastery model, etc.)
• A sense of how the material will be used or discovered by a learner or coach

Remember that we use Kolibri Studio to:

Browse through the available public resources

Choose the resources which meet your learning objectives

Reorganize them into learning pathways

Add exercises and your own learning materials

Share your channel for Kolibri use and collaborators

1. Create an account on Kolibri Studio

1. Access Kolibri Studio at https://studio.

learningequality.org on a computer (please do not use a mobile phone or a tablet).

• Click on “Create an account” and respond to the questions asked (these will not affect your Studio experience).

2. Browse the resources in the public library

• From the home page, click on the “Public” tab.
• Scroll through the list of resources and click to learn more, such as a description, the languages included, and a preview of the subjects covered.
• If you’d like to use any of the resources as is, copy the token to share with your Kolibri users.

3. Select your desired resources and save them

• Inside the channel, you

will see a series of folders

to create the structure, with content files inside.

• Click on any folder to

see the resources inside and a preview of how

they will look on Kolibri.

• If any resources interest

you, click copy to

save them to the Studio clipboard.

• Find the resource again within the Studio

clipboard on the right-hand side of the screen.

4. Create an empty new channel of your own

• On the home page,

click on “+ Channel,”

the blue button.

• Describe your channel: choose the language, set

a title, and write a

description for learners

and coaches.

• To do so most effectively,

consider the purpose of

your channel: what it

will be used for, what

types of resources you

will put in it, and the

people you want to

discover it.

5. Add any resources you have saved on Studio

• Create folders to

organize your materials for Kolibri by clicking

“Add Topics.” This folder

structure is what users

on Kolibri will see when

the channel is

transferred.

• Click on the clipboard

and find the resources.

• Click on the resources

and drag and drop them into whichever folder

you wish. You can also

change the order in

which they appear.

6. Add resources directly from the public library

• After having browsed through the public listing, identify the folders you want to import.
• Select “Add” and then “Import from Channels.”
• Find the name of the desired channel in the list and select the resources you want to add.
• Once the materials are in your channel, reorganize them as you wish.

7. Add resources from your own computer

• Select “Add” and then “Upload Files.”
• Choose the desired

files from your own

computer.

• Describe the resources with a title, description,

and name of the

copyright owner of the

file.

8. Add exercises to any folder or resource

• Navigate to the desired folder and select “Add” and then “Exercise.”
• Go to the “Questions” tab

and write your questions and responses

as directed.

• On the “details,” tab

click on “Mastery model”

to select how many questions the user needs to get right to have mastered the exercise.

9. Save channel for sharing across Kolibri products

• At any time during editing, you can share the channel with other collaborators by clicking “Invite” and adding their email address, but they must have a Studio account.
• Click “Publish” to

make the chain available on Kolibri (but only to those who have the token)

• Click “Show Token” and copy it to share it with your Kolibri users to bring onto the platform.

Thank you!