diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/plugin.xml b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/plugin.xml
index 5e4aaeb1791a37058f52e0747ddbc3a7c6a474d0..d461fe82fe7b37ace215e1e3ce65f31b2e8750dd 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/plugin.xml
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/plugin.xml
@@ -150,5 +150,14 @@
             provider="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.internal.ConstraintVerificationUIService">
       </storagePostLoadProvider>
    </extension>
+   <extension
+         point="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.modelElementHandler">
+      <modelElementHandler
+            handler="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.internal.handler.TutorialDefinitionHandler">
+         <modelElementClass
+               modelElementClass="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.model.tutorial.TutorialDefinition">
+         </modelElementClass>
+      </modelElementHandler>
+   </extension>
 
 </plugin>
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/handler/TutorialDefinitionHandler.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/handler/TutorialDefinitionHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5933408aebb69fb008f000258b4e48c897ef1d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/handler/TutorialDefinitionHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+$Id: DataDictionaryHandler.java 11307 2014-08-04 13:32:46Z teufl $
+|                                                                          |
+| Copyright 2011 ForTISS GmbH                     |
+|                                                                          |
+| Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          |
+| you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         |
+| You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  |
+|                                                                          |
+|    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                            |
+|                                                                          |
+| Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      |
+| distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        |
+| WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
+| See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
+| limitations under the License.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.internal.handler;
+
+import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.ToolingKernelUIActivator.getImageDescriptor;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.model.tutorial.TutorialDefinition;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.IModelElementHandler;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.base.ModelElementHandlerBase;
+
+/**
+ * {@link IModelElementHandler} for {@link TutorialDefinition}.
+ * 
+ * @author eder
+ * @author $Author: teufl $
+ * @version $Rev: 11307 $
+ * @ConQAT.Rating GREEN Hash: FCF4A8026124D391128E28129C698161
+ */
+public final class TutorialDefinitionHandler extends ModelElementHandlerBase<TutorialDefinition> {
+
+	/** Navigator view height. */
+	private static final int NAVIGATOR_VIEW_HEIGHT = 0;
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public String getName(TutorialDefinition element) {
+		return element.getName();
+	}
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public String getDescription(TutorialDefinition element) {
+		return element.getComment();
+	}
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public ImageDescriptor getIconImageDescriptor() {
+		return getImageDescriptor("icons/tutorial.gif");
+	}
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public int getNavigatorViewWeight(TutorialDefinition element) {
+		return NAVIGATOR_VIEW_HEIGHT;
+	}
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public List<EObject> getSubnodes(TutorialDefinition element) {
+		return Collections.emptyList();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/extension/ITutorialProvider.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/extension/ITutorialProvider.java
index a42a761ef6e8facaeb2940f3b7bd0300d4765684..f04beac90eb7f68989e9d82347b477d9a167f38d 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/extension/ITutorialProvider.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/extension/ITutorialProvider.java
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ $Id: codetemplates.xml 1 2011-01-01 00:00:01Z hoelzl $
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.extension;
 
-import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.extension.data.ITopLevelElement;
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.extension.data.TutorialStep;
-import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.model.tutorial.TutorialDefinition;
 
 /**
  * A tutorial provider provides all data about a single tutorial to the kernel infrastructure.
@@ -30,11 +29,11 @@ import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.model.tutorial.TutorialDefinition;
  * @ConQAT.Rating RED Hash:
  */
 public interface ITutorialProvider {
-	/** Returns the top-level element of this tutorial. */
-	public ITopLevelElement getTopLevelElement();
+	/** Returns the description of the tutorial. */
+	public String getDescription();
 
-	/** Returns the tutorial definition element. */
-	public TutorialDefinition getTutorialDefinition();
+	/** Returns the root element of this tutorial. */
+	public EObject getRootElement();
 
 	/** Returns the initial step of this tutorial. */
 	public TutorialStep getInitialStep();
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/DummyTopLevelElement.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/DummyTopLevelElement.java
index 5d345d24d34985db30ce30bbf2f9f907371d9515..d142bcc9f5c9514f9a7904fd6b8656e542a38d01 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/DummyTopLevelElement.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/DummyTopLevelElement.java
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ final class DummyTopLevelElement implements ITopLevelElement {
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
 	public String getId(EObject modelElement) {
+		if(modelElement instanceof IIdLabeled) {
+			return String.valueOf(((IIdLabeled)modelElement).getId());
+		}
 		return null;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/PersistencyService.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/PersistencyService.java
index 8d30706a2c46b9b9215263912ed69abd9475cc54..212f776b0dfbc2ed5b8add92594af6ea758b9b31 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/PersistencyService.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/PersistencyService.java
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ public class PersistencyService implements IPersistencyService, IIntrospectiveKe
 		DummyTopLevelElement dummy = new DummyTopLevelElement(dummyRoot);
 		dummyCache.put(dummyRoot, dummy);
 		elementCache.add(dummy);
+		notifyListenersAboutAdd(dummy);
 		return dummy;
 	}
 
@@ -288,8 +289,10 @@ public class PersistencyService implements IPersistencyService, IIntrospectiveKe
 		if(dummyCache == null || !dummyCache.containsKey(dummy)) {
 			return;
 		}
-		elementCache.remove(dummyCache.get(dummy));
+		ITopLevelElement top = dummyCache.get(dummy);
+		elementCache.remove(top);
 		dummyCache.remove(dummy);
+		notifyListenersAboutRemove(top);
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/TutorialService.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/TutorialService.java
index 8bf675b250ad6f3fa8ede7b248948a50adfa7a51..65f6b599f1fb0327bb84f193c619ecdc4bd857d0 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/TutorialService.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/TutorialService.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.extension.ITutorialProvider;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.extension.ITutorialWhitelistProvider;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.extension.data.TutorialStep;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.service.IPersistencyService;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.service.ITutorialService;
 
 /**
@@ -83,6 +84,10 @@ public final class TutorialService implements ITutorialService, ITutorialWhiteli
 	public void startTutorial(ITutorialProvider provider) {
 		activeTutorial = provider;
 		activeStep = activeTutorial.getInitialStep();
+
+		IPersistencyService.INSTANCE.addDummyEObjectAsTopLevelElement(activeTutorial
+				.getRootElement());
+		System.out.println("start tutorial for provider: " + activeTutorial.getClass().getName());
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */