Building and Running an Open edX Course: Ficus Release
  • 1. General Information
    • 1.1. Read Me
    • 1.2. Other edX Resources
    • 1.3. edX Browser Support
  • 2. Getting Started
    • 2.1. Exploring Your Dashboard, Settings, and Profile
    • 2.2. Getting Started with Studio
  • 3. Reaching As Many Learners As Possible
    • 3.1. Designing Your Course For a Mobile Experience
  • 4. Accessibility Best Practices Guidance for Content Providers
    • 4.1. What Is The EdX Accessibility Best Practices Guidance Based On?
    • 4.2. Supporting Learners with Diverse Needs
    • 4.3. Accessibility Best Practices for Developing Course Content
  • 5. Setting Up Your Course
    • 5.1. Creating a Course
    • 5.2. Licensing a Course
    • 5.3. Setting Start and End Dates
    • 5.4. Setting Course Pacing
    • 5.5. Set Course Prerequisites
    • 5.6. Course Search
    • 5.7. Setting Details About Your Course
    • 5.8. Staffing
    • 5.9. Setting Up Course Certificates
    • 5.10. Creating a Custom Course
  • 6. Developing Your Course
    • 6.1. Getting Started with Course Content Development
    • 6.2. Developing Your Course Outline
    • 6.3. Developing Course Sections
    • 6.4. Developing Course Subsections
    • 6.5. Developing Course Units
    • 6.6. Developing Course Components
    • 6.7. Controlling Content Visibility
    • 6.8. Testing Your Course Content
  • 7. Adding Course Components
    • 7.1. Working with HTML Components
    • 7.2. Working with Video Components
    • 7.3. Working with Discussion Components
    • 7.4. Working with Problem Components
    • 7.5. Working with Content Libraries
  • 8. Adding Exercises and Tools
    • 8.1. Problems, Exercises, and Tools
    • 8.2. Enabling Additional Exercises and Tools
    • 8.3. Annotation Problem
    • 8.4. Calculator Tool
    • 8.5. Checkbox Problem
    • 8.6. Chemical Equation Problem
    • 8.7. Circuit Schematic Builder Problem
    • 8.8. Completion Tool
    • 8.9. Conditional Module
    • 8.10. Custom JavaScript Display and Grading Problem
    • 8.11. Drag and Drop Problem
    • 8.12. Drag and Drop Problem (Deprecated)
    • 8.13. Dropdown Problem
    • 8.14. External Grader
    • 8.15. Full Screen Image Tool
    • 8.16. Gene Explorer Tool
    • 8.17. Google Calendar Tool
    • 8.18. Google Drive Files Tool
    • 8.19. Iframe Tool
    • 8.20. Image Mapped Input Problem
    • 8.21. LTI Component
    • 8.22. Math Expression Input Problems
    • 8.23. Molecule Editor Tool
    • 8.24. Molecule Viewer Tool
    • 8.25. Multiple Choice Problem
    • 8.26. Multiple Choice and Numerical Input Problem
    • 8.27. Notes Tool
    • 8.28. Numerical Input Problem
    • 8.29. Office Mix Tool
    • 8.30. Open Response Assessments
    • 8.31. Oppia Exploration Tool
    • 8.32. Peer Instruction Tool
    • 8.33. Periodic Table Tool
    • 8.34. Poll Tool
    • 8.35. Poll Tool for OLX
    • 8.36. Problem with Adaptive Hint
    • 8.37. Problem Written in LaTeX
    • 8.38. Protex Protein Builder Tool
    • 8.39. Qualtrics Survey Tool
    • 8.40. Randomized Content Blocks
    • 8.41. Recommender Tool
    • 8.42. Survey Tool
    • 8.43. Text Input Problem
    • 8.44. Word Cloud Tool
    • 8.45. Write-Your-Own-Grader Problem
    • 8.46. Zooming Image Tool
    • 8.47. Using MathJax for Mathematics
  • 9. Adding Course Assets
    • 9.1. Adding Files to a Course
    • 9.2. Adding Course Updates and Handouts
    • 9.3. Managing the Pages in Your Course
    • 9.4. Textbooks
    • 9.5. Using the Course Wiki
  • 10. Choosing Enhanced Capabilities For Your Course
    • 10.1. Including Learner Cohorts
    • 10.2. Including Teams
    • 10.3. Creating Content Experiments
    • 10.4. Timed Exams
    • 10.5. Using Open edX as an LTI Tool Provider
  • 11. Establishing a Grading Policy For Your Course
    • 11.1. Set the Grade Range
    • 11.2. Set the Grace Period
    • 11.3. Configure the Assignment Types
    • 11.4. Graded Subsections
    • 11.5. The Learner View of Grades
  • 12. Releasing Your Course
    • 12.1. Beta Testing a Course
    • 12.2. Course Launching Activities
    • 12.3. Exporting and Importing a Course
  • 13. Managing a Running Course
    • 13.1. Course Data
    • 13.2. Bulk Email
    • 13.3. Enrollment
    • 13.4. Manage Course Fees
    • 13.5. Managing Course Discussions
    • 13.6. Guidance for Discussion Moderators
    • 13.7. Staff Debug Info
  • 14. Managing Learner Progress and Grades
    • 14.1. Learner Data
    • 14.2. Answer Data
    • 14.3. Learner Grades and Grading
    • 14.4. Obtaining Certificate Data
    • 14.5. Ending a Course
  • 15. Re-running Your Course
    • 15.1. Re-running a Course
  • 16. Glossary
    • 16.1. A
    • 16.2. C
    • 16.3. D
    • 16.4. E
    • 16.5. F
    • 16.6. G
    • 16.7. H
    • 16.8. I
    • 16.9. K
    • 16.10. L
    • 16.11. M
    • 16.12. N
    • 16.13. O
    • 16.14. P
    • 16.15. Q
    • 16.16. R
    • 16.17. S
    • 16.18. T
    • 16.19. U
    • 16.20. V
    • 16.21. W
    • 16.22. XYZ
 
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10. Choosing Enhanced Capabilities For Your CourseΒΆ

Use the topics in this section to learn about options for enhancing your course experience for learners.

For information on how to develop your course content in the Studio Outline, see Developing Your Course.

  • 10.1. Including Learner Cohorts
    • 10.1.1. Using Cohorts in Your Courses
    • 10.1.2. Enabling and Configuring the Cohorts Feature
    • 10.1.3. Creating Cohort-Specific Course Content
    • 10.1.4. Setting up Discussions in Courses with Cohorts
    • 10.1.5. Managing Discussions in Courses with Learner Cohorts
  • 10.2. Including Teams
    • 10.2.1. Using Teams in Your Courses
    • 10.2.2. The Learner’s Experience of Teams
    • 10.2.3. Managing Team Discussions
  • 10.3. Creating Content Experiments
    • 10.3.1. Overview of Content Experiments
    • 10.3.2. Configure Your Course for Content Experiments
    • 10.3.3. Add Content Experiments to Your Course
    • 10.3.4. Test Content Experiments
  • 10.4. Timed Exams
    • 10.4.1. Overview
    • 10.4.2. Enable Timed Exams
    • 10.4.3. Set a Subsection to be Timed
    • 10.4.4. Grant Learners More Time for a Timed Exam
    • 10.4.5. Hide a Timed Exam After Its Due Date
  • 10.5. Using Open edX as an LTI Tool Provider
    • 10.5.1. Reusing Course Content with LTI
    • 10.5.2. Preparing to Reuse Course Content
    • 10.5.3. Determining Content Addresses
    • 10.5.4. Grading Remote Content
    • 10.5.5. Example: edX as an LTI Provider to Canvas
    • 10.5.6. Example: edX as an LTI Provider to Blackboard
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