Entering Vaast

Vaast - ELB Learning' Virtual Asset and Sharing Technology allows you to manage the design and development of your eLearning assets, such as graphics, audio, and video, from one central location. This also includes special attachments, such as Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word files. Vaast is the centralized online hub to create, manage, share, track and find digital media assets. To learn more about Vaast, and how Lectora Online and Vaast work together, visit https://knowledgebase.elblearning.com/.

The following media types are supported:

Media Type	.ext	Downloaded as	Link
image/gif	.gif	Image	Link image resource
image/jpeg	.jpg	Image	Link image resource
image/png	.png	Image	Link Image resource
video/avi	.avi	Video	Link not supported
video/mp4	.mp4	Video	Streaming video
application/mp4	.mp4	Video	Streaming video
audio/mp3	.mp3	Audio	Link not supported
audio/wav	.wav	Audio	Link not supported
audio/mpeg	.mpg	Audio	Link not supported
application/x-font-ttf	.ttf	Attachment	Link not supported
application/octet-stream	.ase	Attachment	Link not supported
application/postscript	.eps	Attachment	Link not supported
application/pdf	.pdf, .ai	Attachment	Link not supported
application/msword	.doc	Attachment	Link not supported
image/vng.adobe.photoshop	.psd	Attachment	Link not supported
image/x-icon	.ico	Attachment	Link not supported

To enter Vaast, launch the Publisher and either click the Tools side-tab and click Vaast or click the Tools ribbon and click Vaast.

Use the fields on the Login window to log in with your ELB Learning Vaast account. Click Login to log in and get started. Use the drop-down lists in the banner to access the appropriate library.

Select Download to add a copy of the asset to project. Changes made to the asset in Vaast will not be updated in Lectora Online. Alternatively, select Link, when available, to add a linked asset in project that will always refer to the latest version of the asset in Vaast. Updating the asset in Vaast will then update all the instances where the asset is used in your Lectora Online projects.

For additional information, such as Getting Started, visit Helpdesk.