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Content Authoring Tool (CAT) Question - author leaves employment?
Originally asked by a community member in the Litmos Community forum on 23 September 2025.
Today when I was looking to update one of my CAT files, I was confused that I was not able to edit it. The reason was that I was logged in as one my test accounts. I didn't realize the CAT author was the only one who can edit the file! Am I correct about this? The test account is at Administrator level.
If this is accurate, this has implications for staff that might depart that authored a CAT file. I hope I am wrong and someone can tell me if there is a way to do this or if it is true that only the CAT author can update the file.
Thanks all!
Reply from a community member, 24 September 2025
Hi Marina,
Anyone who has Content Author enabled for their account should be able to edit any of the CAT-created courses in your LMS. Courses created are not removed if the account that created them is deactivated or deleted.
It's possible that your test account just doesn't have CAT enabled. An admin account can enable users via the Admin menu > All Features, then click on the "Content Author" tile.
Check the "Adding Authors" section of this help page for more precise directions: litmos.com/docs/litmos/content-author/content-author
Hope this helps!
Reply from a community member, 25 September 2025
Hi Mitchell,
That was it, thank you much for pointing me in the right direction!