What are variables?

Variables expose information about your school in a dynamic way. You can access the data about your courses, the current learner, and much more. Thanks to variables you can deliver dynamic content to your learners.

Types of variables

There are two types of variables - global and template-specific.

Global variables

Global variables are the ones that are exposed globally and can be used in all the templates.
Here's a table that shows the variables along with their types:

name	type
catalog	Catalog
categories	Categories
color_palette	ColorPalette
courses	Courses
current_person	Person
current_school	School
features	Features
homepage	Homepage
learning_paths	LearningPaths
messages
navigations	Navigations
params
training_events	TrainingEvents
website_footer	WebsiteFooter

Template-specific variables

These variables are visible only in specific templates. To learn more about the local variables available for each template, check out the list of available templates under Customizing Pages.