Move & Reorder Content

The Dashboard page of your Lumen textbook is a good way to see what content is in the book. However, it offers limited functions for manipulating content.

The “Organize” page is a much better starting point for making changes to the structure of your book. You’ll ultimately spend more time on the Organize page than on the Dashboard page.

To access the Organize page

Screenshot showing "organize" buttons in two locations, circled in red

Hover over the “Text” button on the left menu to find the Organize link from any edit screen. Or use the Organize button on the main dashboard page.

Pages & Parts

Lumen’s platform distinguishes between Pages and Parts. “Parts” equate to chapters, or buckets of content (i.e., modules or units). Pages are single bits of content that live inside of these Parts.

To Rearrange Existing PAGES

Drag & Drop to reorder existing pages.  If something currently is living in the first part, and you want to move it later in the same part, or even down to the last part of the book, just grab it with your mouse and drag it to its new home.

To Rearrange Existing PARTS

To move existing parts (chapters) into a different order, you’ll need to use the “Edit” option at the top of the Part you’d like to move.

Screenshot showing Edit buttons for parts, circled in red

From there, you have access to alter the name of the part (chapter) and other features. By default, the Parts will be given a sequential order.  To reorder, adjust the order number under the “Attributes” section.Screenshot showing Page Attributes box, Order number circled in red

Or, if you know you’re not going to use a particular part at all, you can choose to make it invisible, which will make it disappear from public view. (When you’re logged in, you’ll still see it on the website table of contents and edit screens, but students and other viewers won’t know it’s there.)

Screenshot showing the Part Visibility "invisible" check box option circled in red

Note: making a part invisible only hides the Part title (Chapter title) from public view. The individual pages in that part will still be visible, but appear to “float” on the table of contents without a chapter.

To hide everything in a part, you’ll also need to mark each page in that part as private on the organize screen.

 

We recommend skipping some numbers between the different parts.  So, instead of Part 1 being numbered 1, and Part 2 being numbered 2, we recommend numbering Part 1 as number 5, Part 2 as number 10 in the Order screen, and so forth.

The skipped numbers won’t appear or take up space in your book.  It will make it easier, though, if you decide later to add in another part.  Assign the new part a number in the gap, and then you won’t have to renumber every other part in the book to adjust.