You can easily deploy the IBM Lotus Learning Widget to groups of users by using a widget catalog and policy settings documents.

Here is a high-level overview of the process.
1. Create a server-based Widgets Catalog, and include the widget for the Learning Plug-In for IBM Lotus Notes in the catalog in an appropriate category (for example, "Learning"). Refer to the Creating the widget catalog topic in the IBM Lotus Domino and Notes information center for detailed steps.
2. Create or modify a Desktop Policy Settings document indicating the Widgets Catalog server name, file name, and categories to push to users' desktops (for example, the "Learning" category specified for the Learning Plug-In in the Widgets Catalog). Refer to the Controlling Widgets and Live Text access using Domino policy topic in the IBM Lotus Domino and Notes information center for detailed steps.

Additional resources:

• For best practices, see the Widgets: Policies and roll-out best practices wiki article.
• For general information about Policy Settings documents, see the Creating a desktop policy settings document topic.

Using Policy Settings documents, the user's Preferences to include the catalog and category from which to get plug-ins as shown in the following figure:

You may also watch the webcast on Deploying Plug-ins and Widgets for Lotus Notes and Sametime

 

 

Slides download for the webcast from Chris Miller (IdoNotes)