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Provision of teaching materials

This use case describes how lecturers can easily provide training materials to a broad audience of learners and improve the quality of teaching through diverse learning materials. Training materials are automatically integrated and accessible to learners on the platform.

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Overview

Value: This use case describes how lecturers can easily provide training materials to a broad audience of learners and improve the quality of teaching through diverse learning materials. Training materials are automatically integrated and accessible to learners on the platform.

Problem: Challenges in efficiently integrating and updating diverse training materials on the platform because of limited automation and user-friendly processes for material integration and accessibility.

Solution: Training materials are automatically integrated and accessible to learners on the platform.

Who Benefits

Primary

  • Lecturers

Secondary

  • Learners

When to Use

  • Automated integration and deployment of multi-format training materials.

When Not to Use

  • Projects unrelated to teaching content distribution.

Process

  1. The lecturer creates a new project in GitLab using the provided template for training materials.
  2. Integration of teaching materials (videos, text documents, self-assessment tests) into the project.
  3. When a release is created, an automatic action is triggered, which generates the page and uploads it to the web hosting platform. Alternatively, this can be triggered manually.
  4. Lecturers receive a confirmation of the successful integration of their materials.

Requirements

People

  • Lecturers
  • Learners
  • Administrators

Data Inputs

  • Training materials
  • GitLab project templates
  • Metadata
  • Linked resources and external media

Tools & Systems

  • GitLab
  • CI/CD pipeline tools

Policies & Compliance

  • Accessibility standards for digital learning materials
  • Data privacy and access control policies

Risks & Mitigations

  • The integration of the materials fails; lecturers receive an error message with instructions on how to solve the problem.

    • Notify stakeholders promptly
    • Provide manual fallback procedure

Getting Started

Prerequisites: Git access and configured tools/systems listed below.

  1. Prepare repository/template/content as needed
  2. Configure tooling, permissions, and integrations
  3. Run the workflow and review results

Resources

FAQ

How are teaching materials published?

Materials are automatically built and deployed to GitLab Pages via CI/CD when a release is created.

Can materials be updated easily?

Yes. Updating the project and creating a new release triggers automatic redeployment.

Glossary

GitLab Pages
Service for hosting and publishing static web content directly from GitLab projects.
CI/CD
Automation process for building, testing, and deploying content or code changes.
Release
A GitLab milestone triggering the automated publication of updated teaching materials.
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