With the release of Workplace 4.4, a catalog is now natively available in the Workplace platform. The table below provides a comparison between the catalog included in the Kenai theme and the native Workplace catalog.
| Kenai catalog | Workplace catalog | |
| General layout | • Header includes search, sort, all filtering menus, and grid/list selection • Depending on site-level configuration, tabs can be displayed below the header for separating items based on user enrollment | • Header includes search and category filter • All other filtering is accessed from a left-side filtering pane that slides out automatically whenever a category is selected or a search is entered (the pane also collapses automatically, when a search entry is removed or the search icon is selected) |
| Program support | • Site-level configuration of programs display • Per-program configuration for user self-enrollment via catalog | • No (planned for Workplace 4.5) |
| Progress tracking | • Catalog can include a user’s current and completed learning; for current learning, cards display a progress bar and percentage of completion | • No |
| Catalog pre-filtering | • Site-level configuration allows for curriculum to be displayed based on enrollment method, or per-user self-enrollment capability (either through enrollment method or, for courses in a program, enrollment in that program) | • No (all courses available to the user display, regardless of enrollment method) |
| Filtering options | • Curriculum type (course or program) • Categories • Course/program custom fields (three maximum) • Per-user enrollment status • Competencies | • Categories • Tags • Custom course fields (unlimited) |
| Filtering management | • Fixed layout on catalog page • Mix of single-select dropdowns, checkboxes, and modals • Site-level configuration for curriculum type and competencies • “Modify View” button/modal supports end-user control of all filter/sort elements (can be disabled at site level) • For course/program custom fields that populate catalog filters, support for centralized management of values (available in menus to course/program admins) | • All elements are collapsible, multi-select • Any course custom field of the dropdown type can be displayed in the filter pane |
| Subcategory filtering | • Multi-page modal with breadcrumb • Category order is by a category’s system ID • Selection of a category with subcategories includes items in those subcategories | • Cascading menus • Depending on site-level configuration, selection of a category with subcategories will result in a multi-select menu in the filter pane • Category order is synced to the order in the course category UI • Selecting a category with subcategories will only filter by the parent category |
| Sort options | • Sorting by alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order | • No |
| Search options | • Course: full name, short name, summary and id number • Program: name, description and id number | • Site-level choice of two approaches: simple (course full name and summary), or advanced (configuration of searchable course information, including all custom fields, and ordering of search results priority) |
| Grid/list view | • Per-user control (depending on site-level configuration) | • Automated (grid for initial view, list for search/filtered view) |
| Grid layout | • Accommodates full width of page, maximum of four cards per row | • Fixed limited width (without CSS customization) found in Moodle 4.x courses and dashboards; maximum of three cards per row |
| Scrolling/pagination | • Infinite scrolling, no pagination | • Paginated, no scrolling; configurable for number of items per page |
| Item presentation | • Fields and buttons in a fixed layout • For unenrolled curriculum, users can launch a modal with image, description, and button to access • For enrolled curriculum, navigation is direct from item | • List of fields (per site-level configuration) • Supports different configuration for grid and list view • Direct navigation from item |
| Course images | • Display of uploaded image, or system-generated image if no image uploaded | • Display of uploaded image, or system-generated image if no image uploaded |
| Program images | • Display of uploaded image, or system-generated image if no image uploaded | • No |
| Image aspect ratio | • Site-level configuration of forced aspect ratio (none, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4) | • No |
| Responsive design | • Yes | • Yes |
| Available in mobile app | • No | • No |