Native extensibility

As an Admin, in the left panel, select Native Extensions.

Select Add an extension.

Type the name of the extension in the Name field.

Type the description of the extension in the Description field.

Select an invocation point. An invocation point is any location in Adobe Learning Manager where a link or button can be inserted on a custom app. The following invocation points are available:

For this example, select Admin, Author: Course, Learning Path - Instances - Instance row.

Select invocation point

Type the extension label that will appear on the UI in the Extension Label field.

Type the URL where you want to host the extension in the URL field.

In the Open In dropdown, select whether to launch the extension in a modal or in a new tab.

Select the size of the modal. The options are available if you’ve selected In-app modal in the previous step.

To maintain the accessibility inside the popup, the extension app must be sent to the event once they are on the last focusable element on their website, and then the user selects the TAB key. This is needed to keep the focus inside the popup to support accessibility.

window.parent.postMessage({*}

{ type: 'ALM_EXTENSION_APP', eventType: 'trapFocusInModal' }

,{}'');

Set the scope of the extension. The following scopes are available:

• All Courses, Learning Paths and Certifications: This extension is enabled for all Courses, Learning Paths, and Certifications. Along with Admins, Authors can disable it for some Courses, Learning Paths, and Certifications.
• Selected Courses, Learning Paths and Certifications: This extension is disabled for all Courses, Learning Paths, and Certifications. Along with Admins, Authors can enable it for some Courses, Learning Paths, and Certifications.

Select the Activate toggle to make the extension active. Once active, the extension appears on the specified invocation point according to the scope.

Select Save in the upper-right corner of the page to create the extension.