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title: "Program Management | Platform Reference | Ilmiya Documentation"
description: "The Studio catalog defines program structure across six levels, Spaces group the people who receive it, and Labels categorize across both."
url: "https://ilmiya.com/docs/platform/program-management/"
language: "en"
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# Program Management

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## What it does

The Studio catalog is the backbone of every program in an Organization: all teaching content lives in a single hierarchy that runs Collections → Pathways → Courses → Sections → Lessons → Elements. Content authors build and maintain that hierarchy in Studio; Administration manages the Spaces that group the people who receive it and the Labels that categorize records across the platform. Content structure and people grouping are kept separate by design — a program is defined once in the catalog and delivered to any number of Spaces.

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## Key objects

Program management introduces the six catalog levels plus the two organizational objects that sit outside the catalog.

| Term | Definition |
| --- | --- |
| **Collection** | The top-level catalog container — a full subject or learning track. Created with a name, a public/private status, and a cover image. Studio also labels this level “Catalog”. |
| **Pathway** | A Collection presented to learners as an ordered sequence of Courses toward a broader goal. Campus treats Pathways as designed to be completed in order. |
| **Course** | A defined topic inside a Collection, divided into Sections. Authored in Studio as an Index. |
| **Section** | A logical grouping of Lessons within a Course — one teaching unit. |
| **Lesson** | The unit learners open in the Lesson Player; it holds the Elements. Authored in Studio as a Component (also labeled Topic). |
| **Element** | A single interactive item — question, activity, or media — inside a Lesson. |
| **Space** | A virtual classroom or group that organizes Students, Staff, subjects, and teams. People belong to Spaces; content does not. |
| **Label** | A color-coded tag applied to students, tasks, and Spaces for filtering and categorization. |

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## Configuration

The documented options at each level are:

| Object | Options |
| --- | --- |
| Collection | Name, status (public or private), cover image; duplicate (clones all Courses, Sections, and Lessons inside); delete |
| Course | Title, cover image; drag-reorder within the Collection; duplicate; delete |
| Section | Title; drag-reorder within the Course; delete |
| Lesson | Title; opens in the Quiz Builder for Element authoring |
| Space | Name and icon at creation; actions: Edit, Delete |
| Label | Name and color at creation; name, color, and description editable later; delete |

Element-level authoring and settings are covered in [Assessments](https://ilmiya.com/docs/platform/assessments/).

Studio access is role-based: Owner has full access to content, assignments, results, and settings; Admin covers content management, assignments, and analytics; Editor creates and edits content and quizzes; Teacher works with assignments, live sessions, and results rather than authoring.

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## Constraints and edge cases

-   Sections can contain nested sub-sections, each shown as an additional column in Studio; otherwise each level nests only inside the level above it.
-   Content lives in the catalog; people live in Spaces. Enrollment never changes catalog structure, and editing the catalog never changes Space membership. Assignments are the documented link between the two — see [Course delivery](https://ilmiya.com/docs/platform/course-delivery/).
-   Naming differs by surface. Studio’s authoring UI presents five levels and labels the top container Collection, Catalog, or Pathway interchangeably; its internal names are Index (Course), Section (also Lesson or Module), and Component (Topic) for the Lesson level. Campus distinguishes a standalone Course from a Pathway, which is a sequence of Courses in a set order.
-   Deletion cascades. Deleting a Collection removes everything inside it; deleting a Course removes its Sections and Lessons; deleting a Section removes its Lessons.
-   Duplicating a large Collection takes time to complete; the operation should finish before further navigation.
-   Assignments reference catalog content at the Collection, Course, Section, or Lesson level.
-   Space deletion is permanent, restricted to admins or space owners, and may impact linked tasks or workflows. Archiving a Space disables it without losing data.
-   Labels are flat — a name, a color, and an optional description. They apply across students, tasks, and Spaces and are the documented mechanism for cross-cutting categorization. Deleting a Label is permanent.
-   A Collection’s public/private status is its only documented visibility setting at the catalog level; learner access otherwise follows enrollment and assignments.

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## Works with

-   [Course delivery](https://ilmiya.com/docs/platform/course-delivery/) — how catalog content reaches learners through publishing and assignments.
-   [Assessments](https://ilmiya.com/docs/platform/assessments/) — the Quiz Builder that authors Elements inside Lessons.
-   [Multi-tenant hierarchy](https://ilmiya.com/docs/platform/multi-tenant-hierarchy/) — how Organizations and Spaces are structured and administered.
-   [Enrollment](https://ilmiya.com/docs/platform/enrollment/) — how Students enter Spaces and gain access to programs.
-   Portal docs for procedures: [Studio Catalog](https://ilmiya.com/docs/studio/catalog/), [Collections & Pathways](https://ilmiya.com/docs/studio/catalog/collections-and-pathways/), [Courses & Sections](https://ilmiya.com/docs/studio/catalog/courses-and-sections/), [Elements](https://ilmiya.com/docs/studio/catalog/elements/), [Administration — Spaces](https://ilmiya.com/docs/administration/spaces/), [Administration — Labels](https://ilmiya.com/docs/administration/labels/).

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