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Categories in the Learning Library (Content Library)
Originally asked by a community member in the Litmos Community forum on 6 October 2025.
I've just started with an organisation using Litmos again, and they've implemented a lot of different courses.
Is there a way to show a menu of courses by Category? I don't want to include them as Learning Paths, as I'm using those specifically to group compliance courses in various areas. What I'm looking for is something similar to this - the user clicks Learning Library, they're presented with carousels by Category (Compliance, Soft Skills, Management, IT, Marketing etc).
I can see I can Categorise courses, but is there a way to display these Categories anywhere?
Reply from a community member, 13 October 2025
Hi Matt,
Unfortunately there is no way to create a custom layout for the Learning Library page. Depending on your needs, the solution would be to either use Tags or Competencies to group your content. Your learners would then need to use the filters on the Library page to find the content they're looking for.
The docs can help you decide if either of those features will help (you will need to be logged in to view these pages):
Tags: litmos.com/docs/litmos/content/content-tagging
Competencies: litmos.com/docs/litmos/content/competencies
If neither of those are the solution you're looking for, this is probably a good idea to make a feature request for. You can log in to the Litmos Ideas Portal and submit your comment for consideration by our Product Team.
Reply from a community member, 14 October 2025
Hey Matt,
Great question!
The feature "Categories" was retired a few years ago.
There's a few ways to do this depending on what you want.
Topics -Topics And Subtopics - Litmos
This shows up in the Learning Library on the left hand side.
Tags - Content Tagging - Litmos
Less structured than topics - but works in the same fashion.
Collections - Collections Feature Bundle Assets Courses And Learning Paths As Collections - Litmos
Where you can manually setup - groups of content together - I think this may be what you're looking for.
Hope it helps - Reach out to me if you need a hand.
Campbell
Reply from a community member, 23 October 2025
Thanks - I think being able to customise the dashboard would be a good option, though I also appreciate the AI curation tools might also do this.
Reply from a community member, 23 October 2025
Thanks, after posting this question I looked at Categories and it looks like this will do what I'm looking for. I can categorise learning paths and courses by role and topic, meaning learners don't necessarily have to know what they're looking for to get some ideas on where to go in terms of non-mandatory course content.