edX.org 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
  • 2.2. Adding Profile Information
  • 2.3. Updating Course-Specific Settings
• 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
  • 5.2. 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
• 7. Checking Your Progress in a Course
  • 7.1. Progress Indicators
  • 7.2. The Progress Page
• 8. Getting a Course Certificate or Badge
  • 8.1. Accessing a Certificate
  • 8.2. Viewing Earned Badges in Your Profile
  • 8.3. Sharing Badges on Mozilla Backpack
• 9. If You Use the edX Mobile App
  • 9.1. Overview of the edX Mobile App
  • 9.4. Course Questions
  • 9.5. Video Questions
  • 9.6. Troubleshooting
• 10. Watching Videos on the edX Video Player
• 11. Participating in Course Discussions
  • 11.1. Anatomy of Course Discussions
  • 11.2. Exploring Discussion Posts
  • 11.3. Taking Part in Course Discussions
  • 11.4. Keeping Up with New Activity
  • 11.5. Providing Feedback on Contributions
• 12. Completing Different Types of Assignments
  • 12.1. Completing Mathematical and Scientific Assignments
  • 12.2. Taking a Timed Exam
  • 12.3. Proctored Exams
  • 12.4. Explaining Multiple Choice Answers
• 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
  • 13.4. Receive Your Score and Provide Feedback
  • 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
• 15. Working on Team Projects and Activities
  • 15.1. About Teams and Topics
  • 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
  • 18.4. Edit or Delete a Note or Highlight
  • 18.5. Show or Hide Notes
  • 18.6. Search Notes
  • 18.7. Keyboard Shortcuts for Notes
• 19. Notifications & Preferences
  • 19.1. Notification Tray
  • 19.2. Email Summaries
  • 19.3. Customizing Notification Preferences
  • 19.4. Notification Types
  • 19.5. Default Preferences
• 20. Using the Course Wiki
  • 20.1. Adding a Wiki Article
  • 20.2. Editing a Wiki Article
  • 20.3. Searching for Wiki Articles
  • 20.4. Managing Versions of Wiki Articles
• 21. Understanding How Courses and Videos Are Licensed
  • 21.1. Overview of Licenses
  • 21.2. All Rights Reserved
  • 21.3. Creative Commons License
  • 21.4. Viewing Licenses
• 22. General Information
  • 22.1. Read Me
  • 22.2. Other edX Resources
  • 22.3. Open edX Browser Support