Building and Running an edX Course
1. Read Me
2. Preface
2.1. System Status
2.2. Resources for Course Teams
2.3. Resources for Researchers
2.4. Resources for Developers
2.5. Resources for Students
3. Change Log
3.1. February 2015
3.2. January 2015
3.3. December 2014
3.4. November 2014
3.5. October 2014
3.6. September 2014
3.7. August 2014
3.8. July 2014
3.9. June 2014
3.10. May 2014
3.11. April 2014
3.12. March 2014
3.13. February 2014
3.14. January 2014
3.15. December 2013
4. Getting Started
4.1. edX Browser Support
4.2. Getting Started with edX
4.3. Getting Started with Studio
4.4. Guidelines for Creating Accessible Content
4.5. Glossary
5. Setting up Your Course
5.1. Creating a New Course
5.2. Providing a Course Overview
5.3. Adding Files to a Course
5.4. Adding Course Updates and Handouts
5.5. Adding Pages to a Course
5.6. Adding Textbooks
5.7. Establishing a Grading Policy
5.8. Re-running a Course
5.9. Exporting and Importing a 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. Creating Course Content
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. Creating Exercises and Tools
8.1. Creating Exercises and Tools
8.2. Annotation Problem
8.3. Checkbox Problem
8.4. Chemical Equation Problem
8.5. Circuit Schematic Builder Problem
8.6. Conditional Module
8.7. Custom JavaScript Problem
8.8. Drag and Drop Problem
8.9. Dropdown Problem
8.10. External Grader
8.11. Full Screen Image Tool
8.12. Gene Explorer Tool
8.13. Google Calendar Tool
8.14. Google Drive Files Tool
8.15. Google Instant Hangout Tool
8.16. IFrame Tool
8.17. Image Mapped Input Problem
8.18. LTI Component
8.19. Math Expression Input Problems
8.20. Molecule Editor Tool
8.21. Molecule Viewer Tool
8.22. Multiple Choice Problem
8.23. Multiple Choice and Numerical Input Problem
8.24. Numerical Input
8.25. Open Response Assessments
8.26. Periodic Table Tool
8.27. Poll Tool
8.28. Problem with Adaptive Hint
8.29. Problem Written in LaTeX
8.30. Protex Protein Builder Tool
8.31. Randomized Content Blocks
8.32. Student Notes Tool
8.33. Text Input Problem
8.34. Word Cloud Tool
8.35. Write-Your-Own-Grader Problem
8.36. Zooming Image Tool
8.37. A Brief Introduction to MathJax in Studio
9. Creating Content Experiments
9.1. Overview of Content Experiments
9.2. Configure Your Course for Content Experiments
9.3. Add Content Experiments to Your Course
9.4. Test Content Experiments
10. Including Student Cohorts
10.1. Using Cohorts in your Courses
10.2. Enabling and Configuring the Cohorts Feature
10.3. Creating Cohort-Specific Courseware
10.4. Setting up Discussions in Courses with Cohorts
10.5. Managing Discussions in Courses with Student Cohorts
11. Releasing Your Course
11.1. Beta Testing a Course
11.2. Course Launching Activities
11.3. Staff Debug Info
12. Running Your Course
12.1. Staffing
12.2. Enrollment
12.3. Managing Course Discussions
12.4. Participating in Course Discussions
12.5. Guidance for Discussion Moderators
12.6. Bulk Email
12.7. Using the Course Wiki
12.8. Course Data
12.9. Student Data
12.10. Answer Data
12.11. Student Grades and Grading
12.12. Assign Final Grades and Issue Certificates
13. Information for Your Students
13.1. Sample Student Login Guide
13.2. Math Response Formatting for Students
13.3. Open Response Assessments for Students
Building and Running an edX Course
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12.1. Staffing
12.1.1. Administrative Team Roles
12.1.2. Assign Staff Roles
12.2. Enrollment
12.2.1. Registration and Enrollment
12.2.2. Enroll Students in a Course
12.2.3. View an Enrollment Count
12.2.4. Unenroll Students from a Course
12.3. Managing Course Discussions
12.3.1. Overview
12.3.2. Creating Discussion Topics for Your Course
12.3.3. Assign Discussion Administration Roles
12.3.4. Run a Discussion
12.3.5. Moderate Discussions
12.3.6. Close Discussions
12.4. Participating in Course Discussions
12.4.1. Anatomy of edX Course Discussions
12.4.2. Find Posts
12.4.3. Add a Post, Response, or Comment
12.4.4. Keep Up with New Activity
12.4.5. Provide Feedback on Contributions
12.5. Guidance for Discussion Moderators
12.5.1. Responsibilities
12.5.2. Qualities of good discussion moderators
12.5.3. Best practices for discussion moderation
12.5.4. Guidelines for specific types of posts
12.6. Bulk Email
12.6.1. Message Addressing
12.6.2. Send Email Messages to Course Participants
12.6.3. Message Workflow States
12.6.4. Review Sent Messages
12.6.5. Email Task History Report
12.6.6. Review Email Task History
12.6.7. Example Messages to Students
12.6.8. Pre-launch Reminder
12.6.9. Launch Day Welcome
12.6.10. Reminder to Register for Verified Certificate
12.6.11. Weekly Highlights
12.6.12. Mid-Course Encouragement
12.6.13. Mid-Course Event
12.6.14. Technical Issue
12.6.15. Course Farewell and Certificates
12.6.16. New Course Run Announcement
12.7. Using the Course Wiki
12.7.1. Managing the Course Wiki
12.7.2. Showing or Hiding the Wiki
12.7.3. Controlling Access to the Wiki
12.7.4. Setting Permissions for Wiki Articles
12.7.5. Seeding the Wiki
12.7.6. Adding a Wiki Article
12.7.7. Editing a Wiki Article
12.7.8. Searching for Wiki Articles
12.7.9. Managing Versions of Wiki Articles
12.7.10. Locking a Wiki Article
12.7.11. Deleting a Wiki Article
12.8. Course Data
12.8.1. Review Course Data
12.8.2. Sources in Studio of the Basic Course Information
12.9. Student Data
12.9.1. Guidance for Working with Personal Information
12.9.2. Access Student Data
12.9.3. Access Anonymized Student IDs
12.9.4. Track Student Activity
12.10. Answer Data
12.10.1. Check a Student’s Answer Submission and Submission History
12.10.2. Student Answer Distribution
12.10.3. View a Histogram of Scores for a Single Problem
12.11. Student Grades and Grading
12.11.1. Review How Grading Is Configured for Your Course
12.11.2. Generate Grades for Enrolled Students (All Courses)
12.11.3. Review Grades for Enrolled Students (Small Courses)
12.11.4. Check the Progress of a Single Student
12.11.5. Adjust Grades
12.12. Assign Final Grades and Issue Certificates