16.1. Course Information

After you create a course in Studio, you can access information about it on the instructor dashboard. The instructor dashboard is part of the LMS.

16.1.1. View Basic Course Information

On the Course Info page, you can find the following information.

  • Identifying information about the course.
  • Whether the course has started or ended.
  • The number of sections in the course.
  • The defined grade cutoff for passing or failing.

To view this course data, follow these steps.

  1. View the live version of your course.

  2. Select Instructor to open the instructor dashboard.

  3. On the instructor dashboard, select Course Info.

    The Basic Course Information section of the page that opens lists the following information about the course.

    • Course Name: Specified when you create the course. Becomes part of the course URL. For more information, see Course Title Guidelines.
    • Course Run: Specified when you create the course. Becomes part of the course URL, and cannot be changed.
    • Course Number: Specified when you create the course. Becomes part of the course URL. For more information, see Course Number Guidelines.
    • Organization: Specified when you create the course. Becomes part of the course URL, and cannot be changed.
    • Course Start Date: The date and time that the course is scheduled to start. For more information, see Guidelines for Start and End Dates.
    • Course End Date: The date and time that the course is scheduled to end. For more information, see Guidelines for Start and End Dates.
    • Has the course started?: Derived from the Course Start Date value and the current date.
    • Has the course ended?: Derived from the Course End Date value and the current date.
    • Number of sections: The total number of sections created for the course. Includes all course sections, regardless of publication status, release date, or other settings that affect whether learners have access to the sections.
    • Grade Cutoffs: Specified when you define the cutoff for a failing grade. Learners who earn exactly the cutoff value pass the course. For more information, see Set the Grade Range.

Additional data about the course and its learners is available from other pages in the instructor dashboard, and from Insights.

To access the data visualizations, metrics, and reports that are available in Insights from the instructor dashboard, select the link in the banner at the top of each page. For more information, see Using edX Insights.