Open edX Learner's Guide
  • 1. Welcome!
    • 1.1. Learning in a MOOC
    • 1.2. If You Have Questions As You Take a Course
  • 2. Exploring Your Dashboard and Profile
    • 2.1. Accessing Your Courses from the Dashboard
      • 2.1.1. Sharing Your Courses on Social Media
    • 2.2. Adding Profile Information
      • 2.2.1. Add or Update a Limited Profile
      • 2.2.2. Add or Update a Full Profile
      • 2.2.3. Add Links to Your Personal Social Media Accounts
      • 2.2.4. View Another Learner’s Profile
    • 2.3. Updating Course-Specific Settings
      • 2.3.1. Change a Course Email Preference
  • 3. Enrolling in a Course
    • 3.1. Enroll in a Course
    • 3.2. Open and Start a Course
  • 4. Completing Course Prerequisites
    • 4.1. Overview of Prerequisites
    • 4.2. Prerequisite Course
    • 4.3. Entrance Exam
  • 5. Accessing Course Content and Information
    • 5.1. Troubleshoot Accessing Course Content
      • 5.1.1. Course Content with Release Dates
      • 5.1.2. Course Content with Prerequisites
    • 5.2. Access an Archived Course
    • 5.3. View a Final Course Grade
    • 5.4. View Certificate Status
  • 6. Starting a Course
    • 6.1. Find a Course Start Date
    • 6.2. Start or Resume a Course
      • 6.2.1. Start a Course
      • 6.2.2. Resume a Course
  • 7. Checking Your Progress in a Course
    • 7.1. Progress Indicators
    • 7.2. The Progress Page
      • 7.2.1. Grading Chart
      • 7.2.2. Grading Details
  • 8. Getting a Course Certificate or Badge
    • 8.1. Accessing a Certificate
      • 8.1.1. Share a Web Certificate
      • 8.1.2. Print a Web Certificate
    • 8.2. Viewing Earned Badges in Your Profile
    • 8.3. Sharing Badges on Mozilla Backpack
      • 8.3.1. Share Badges From Your Profile
      • 8.3.2. Share Certificate Badges
  • 9. If You Use the edX Mobile App
    • 9.1. Overview of the edX Mobile App
    • 9.4. Course Questions
      • 9.4.1. How do I take a course using the edX app?
      • 9.4.2. Can I take a course entirely on my mobile device?
      • 9.4.3. What types of problems can I complete in the edX app?
      • 9.4.4. How do I post questions on the discussion board?
      • 9.4.5. How do I share a link to a course I am taking?
    • 9.5. Video Questions
      • 9.5.1. How much data do the videos in this app use?
      • 9.5.2. How do I download videos?
      • 9.5.3. How do I change my download settings?
      • 9.5.4. How can I make the video full screen?
      • 9.5.5. Can I speed up the videos?
      • 9.5.6. How do I delete downloaded videos?
    • 9.6. Troubleshooting
      • 9.6.1. I see “This video is not available” when I try to watch a video. What can I do?
  • 10. Watching Videos on the edX Video Player
  • 11. Participating in Course Discussions
    • 11.1. Anatomy of Course Discussions
      • 11.1.1. Basic Elements: Topics, Posts, Responses, and Comments
      • 11.1.2. The Discussion page
    • 11.2. Exploring Discussion Posts
      • 11.2.1. Search Posts or Topics
      • 11.2.2. View Discussions about a Specific Topic
      • 11.2.3. Filter or Sort Posts
      • 11.2.4. View Pinned Posts
      • 11.2.5. View Followed Posts
    • 11.3. Taking Part in Course Discussions
      • 11.3.1. Adding a Post
      • 11.3.2. Determining the Post Type: Discussion or Question
      • 11.3.3. Determining the Post Topic
      • 11.3.4. Add a Post on the Discussion Page
      • 11.3.5. Add a Post in a Course Unit
      • 11.3.6. Posting Anonymously
      • 11.3.7. Add a Response or Comment on the Discussion Page
      • 11.3.8. Add a Response or Comment in a Course Unit
      • 11.3.9. Edit or Delete a Post, Response, or Comment
    • 11.4. Keeping Up with New Activity
      • 11.4.1. Reading New or Updated Posts
      • 11.4.2. Receiving Notifications
    • 11.5. Providing Feedback on Contributions
      • 11.5.1. Feedback Options
      • 11.5.2. Like Posts or Responses
      • 11.5.3. Follow Posts
      • 11.5.4. Answer Questions and Mark Questions as Answered
      • 11.5.5. Report Discussion Misuse
  • 12. Completing Different Types of Assignments
    • 12.1. Completing Mathematical and Scientific Assignments
      • 12.1.1. Overview of Mathematical and Scientific Expressions
      • 12.1.2. Completing Mathematical Problems with Screen Readers
      • 12.1.3. Entering Math Expressions in Assignments or the Calculator
      • 12.1.4. Entering Math Expressions in Course Discussions
    • 12.2. Taking a Timed Exam
      • 12.2.1. Timed Exam Overview
      • 12.2.2. Taking a Timed Exam
      • 12.2.3. Hiding the Exam Timer
      • 12.2.4. Requesting Additional Time
    • 12.3. Proctored Exams
      • 12.3.1. Proctored Exam Technical Requirements
      • 12.3.2. Practice Proctored Exams
      • 12.3.3. Proctored Exam Rules for Learners
      • 12.3.4. Learner Rules for Online Proctored Exams
    • 12.4. Explaining Multiple Choice Answers
      • 12.4.1. Assignment Overview
      • 12.4.2. Completing the Assignment
  • 13. Completing Essay Assignments
    • 13.1. The Steps in an Open Response Assessment
    • 13.2. How Grading Is Done In Open Response Assessments
    • 13.3. Completing an Open Response Assessment
      • 13.3.1. Submit Your Response
      • 13.3.2. Learn to Assess Responses
      • 13.3.3. Assess Peer Responses
      • 13.3.4. Assess Additional Peer Responses (optional)
      • 13.3.5. Assess Your Response
      • 13.3.6. Staff Grade
    • 13.4. Receive Your Score and Provide Feedback
      • 13.4.1. View Your Score
      • 13.4.2. Provide Feedback on Peer Assessments Received
      • 13.4.3. View Top Responses (optional)
    • 13.5. How Peer Assessment Scores Are Calculated
    • 13.6. Canceled Responses
  • 14. Using Google Files and Calendars in an edX Course
    • 14.1. Overview of Embedded Files and Calendars
    • 14.2. Google Drive Files
    • 14.3. Google Calendars
      • 14.3.1. Add the Course Calendar to Your Own Calendar
  • 15. Working on Team Projects and Activities
    • 15.1. About Teams and Topics
      • 15.1.1. Browse Topics and Find a Team to Join
    • 15.2. Search for a Team
    • 15.3. Join a Team
    • 15.4. Leave a Team
    • 15.5. Create a Team
    • 15.6. Participating in Team Discussions
  • 16. Searching the Course
    • 16.1. Overview of Search
    • 16.2. Search a Single Course
    • 16.3. Search All Your Courses
  • 17. Bookmarking Course Content
    • 17.1. Add or Remove a Bookmark
    • 17.2. View Your Bookmarks
  • 18. Taking Notes in an edX Course
    • 18.1. Overview of Notes
    • 18.2. Highlight a Passage or Add a Note
    • 18.3. View Notes
      • 18.3.1. The Notes Page
    • 18.4. Edit or Delete a Note or Highlight
    • 18.5. Show or Hide Notes
    • 18.6. Search Notes
    • 18.7. Keyboard Shortcuts for Notes
      • 18.7.1. Create a Note Using the Keyboard
      • 18.7.2. Edit or Delete a Note Using the Keyboard
  • 19. Using the Course Wiki
    • 19.1. Adding a Wiki Article
      • 19.1.1. Add Articles at the Same Level
      • 19.1.2. Add Articles Below the Current Level
    • 19.2. Editing a Wiki Article
    • 19.3. Searching for Wiki Articles
    • 19.4. Managing Versions of Wiki Articles
      • 19.4.1. View a List of Previous Versions of a Wiki Article
      • 19.4.2. View a Previous Version of a Wiki Article
      • 19.4.3. See Line by Line Changes in a Previous Version
      • 19.4.4. Replace a Current Version with a Previous Version
      • 19.4.5. Combine a Current Version with a Previous Version
  • 20. Understanding How Courses and Videos Are Licensed
    • 20.1. Overview of Licenses
    • 20.2. All Rights Reserved
    • 20.3. Creative Commons License
    • 20.4. Viewing Licenses
  • 21. General Information
    • 21.1. Read Me
    • 21.2. Other edX Resources
      • 21.2.1. Resources for edx.org Learners
      • 21.2.2. The edX Partner Portal
      • 21.2.3. The Open edX Portal
      • 21.2.4. System Status
      • 21.2.5. Resources for edx.org Course Teams
      • 21.2.6. Resources for Researchers
      • 21.2.7. Resources for Developers
      • 21.2.8. Resources for Open edX
    • 21.3. edX Browser Support
 
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21. General Information¶

  • 21.1. Read Me
  • 21.2. Other edX Resources
    • 21.2.1. Resources for edx.org Learners
    • 21.2.2. The edX Partner Portal
    • 21.2.3. The Open edX Portal
    • 21.2.4. System Status
    • 21.2.5. Resources for edx.org Course Teams
    • 21.2.6. Resources for Researchers
    • 21.2.7. Resources for Developers
    • 21.2.8. Resources for Open edX
  • 21.3. edX Browser Support
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