Open edX Learner's Guide: Juniper Release
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
11.2.2. View Discussions about a Specific Topic
11.2.3. View Only Unread or Unanswered Posts
11.2.4. View Pinned Posts
11.2.5. View Followed Posts
11.2.6. View Contributions from a Specific Participant
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. Add a Response or Comment on the Discussion Page
11.3.7. Add a Response or Comment in a Course Unit
11.3.8. 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. Vote for 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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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. Using the Course Wiki
19.1. Adding a Wiki Article
19.2. Editing a Wiki Article
19.3. Searching for Wiki Articles
19.4. Managing Versions of Wiki Articles
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
21.3. edX Browser Support