The current status of the user interface for administrating download versions of an ILIAS learning module is not satisfying. Workflow and GUI could easily be improved.

Problems:

1. You do not see that an export version is outdated due to changes since the creation of the last download module.
2. At the export tab you do not see if the Download tab is available for users - even if you have created a download version and defined it for public access.
3. You cannot define two objects at once for public access. Even if there are select boxes and not radio buttons, I always need to run the workflow twice.
4. If you activate "Download" as menu entry in tab "Properties" > sub menu "Menu", there is no information if there is any item to download and if this setting makes sense or if you still need to do something.

Suggestions:

1. If there has been made a change in the Learning Module since the last creation of a download package, ILIAS shows a message "Outdated" behind the version.
2. At the page of tab "Export" you always get a status information if the Download menu is enabled and if it is also available for non-registered users (similar to "Properties > Menu").
3. Defining two or three export packages for public access is possible - as long as there are not two or more items of the same type (XML, HTML, SCORM). If so, an error message is shown.
4. In "Properties > Menu" you can see if there are already download items.
5. If there are no download items in at an activated Export page, the table should tell the user "At the time being there are no versions to download for you!".

Additional:
It might be useful for authors to get the information about outdated download versions already when entering the learning module editor - and not only when entering the Export tab. In my opinion, the importance of this information is very high. But this might require a general "Status information" concept for LM and other objects.

• Multiple files can be selected
• Export listing shows an info message for public files, if the export feature is not activated in the menu
• The menu properties screen shows an info message, if no export files are available

It is not possible in a performant way, to show whether an export file is outdated, since this can be due to changes in the learning module (page changed) in a referenced glossary, in a referenced media object (changed in a media pool), in a referenced content snippet (also in a media pool), ...