##### 3.3.1.1 learningOverview

A Learning Overview topic identifies the learning objectives, includes other information helpful to the learner, such as prerequisites, duration, intended audience, and can include information and strategies that seeks to gain attention and stimulate recall of prior learning.

###### Contains

Doctype | Content model
learningOverview | ( (title) then (titlealts) (optional) then (shortdesc or abstract) (optional) then (prolog) (optional) then (learningOverviewbody) then (related-links) (optional) then (no-topic-nesting) (any number) )

###### Contained by

This element is not contained by any other elements.

###### Inheritance

- topic/topic learningBase/learningBase learningOverview/learningOverview

###### Example

    <learningOverview id="understanding_the_basics" xml:lang="en-us">
      <title>Overview: Understanding the basics</title>
      <shortdesc>Mail basics start from the inbox, viewing and opening messages
        you receive, and moving them to appropriate mail folders for easy access and
        retrieval.</shortdesc>
      <learningOverviewbody>
        <lcAudience>The intended audience includes new users of the company email
          system and anyone wanting a refresher on the basic features.</lcAudience>
        <lcDuration>
          <title>Expected duration</title>
          <lcTime value="00:30">It should take you no more than 30 minutes to complete
            this module.</lcTime>
        </lcDuration>
        <lcObjectives>
          <lcObjectivesStem>When you complete this lesson, you'll know how to perform
            the following mail basics:</lcObjectivesStem>
          <lcObjectivesGroup>
            <lcObjective>Viewing the inbox</lcObjective>
            <lcObjective>Opening a message</lcObjective>
            <lcObjective>Moving messages to a folder</lcObjective>
          </lcObjectivesGroup><
        </lcObjectives>
      </learningOverviewbody>
    </learningOverview>

###### Attributes

Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required?
id | This ID enables topics to be referenced uniquely by topicrefs in DITA maps. | ID |  | Yes
conref-atts attribute group (conref, conrefend, conaction, conkeyref) | A set of related attributes; includes all of the attributes described in 3.4.1.4 id-atts attribute group except for the id attribute. |  |  |
xmlns:ditaarch | Declares the default DITA namespace. |  | "http://dita.​oasis-open.​org/​architecture/​2005/" |
DITAArchVersion | Designates the version of the architecture that is in use. The default value will increase with each release of DITA. | CDATA | "1.2" | No
domains | Indicates the specialized domains that are included in the DTD or Schema. This value will differ depending on what domains are included in the current DTD or Schema. | CDATA | Varies based on the DTD or Schema; a sample value is "(topic ui-d) (topic hi-d) (topic pr-d) (topic sw-d) (topic ut-d) (topic indexing-d)" | No
select-atts attribute group (props, base, platform, product, audience, otherprops, importance, rev, status) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.5 select-atts attribute group |  |  |
localization-atts attribute group (translate, xml:lang, dir) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.6 localization-atts attribute group. |  |  |
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |  |  |
class, outputclass | Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes |  |  |
domains | Indicates the specialized domains that are included in the DTD or Schema. This value will differ depending on what domains are included in the current DTD or Schema. | CDATA | Varies based on the DTD or Schema; a sample value is "(topic ui-d) (topic hi-d) (topic pr-d) (topic sw-d) (topic ut-d) (topic indexing-d)" | No

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Parent Topic: 3.3.1 Learning and training topic elements

Sibling Topics:

3.3.1.2 learningOverviewbody

3.3.1.3 learningContent

3.3.1.4 learningContentbody

3.3.1.5 learningSummary

3.3.1.6 learningSummarybody

3.3.1.7 learningAssessment

3.3.1.8 learningAssessmentbody

3.3.1.9 learningPlan

3.3.1.10 learningPlanbody

3.3.1.11 learningBase

3.3.1.12 learningBasebody