DCAS Open EdX Documentation

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Creating a Course

  • Create a New Online Course
  • Set Course Schedule & Details
  • Add Sections, Subsections & Units
  • Managing Unit and Component
  • Adding Videos
  • Adding HTML
  • Adding Discussions
  • Adding Problems

    • Adding Problems
    • Problem Types
    • Drag and Drop
    • Pointing on a picture
  • Adding Images and Figures
  • Uploading Static Content
  • Course Visibility
  • Creating pages
  • Grading
  • Commonly Used Advanced Settings

Running a Course

  • Managing Certificates
  • Common Instructor Dashboard Tasks
  • Managing Course Discussions

Advanced Management

  • Importing / Exporting Courses
  • Change a user’s password
  • Inactivate / Activate a User
  • Understanding User Roles
  • Set a user to staff or superuser
  • Server Tasks

    • SSH into Server
    • Set or Change a Password

Migration

  • Migrate EdX (Single-Server)
  • Migrate the Theme

Migrate MySQL

  • Migrating MySQL Database off of Single-Server

Migrate Mongo

  • Migrating Mongo Database off of Single-Server

Configuration

  • Enable and Update Additional Languages
  • Enable Downloads from Instructor tab in LMS
  • Configure and Enable Certificate
  • Configure Open Response Assessment

Configure Ecommerce

  • Basic Ecommerce Setup
  • Setup JWT Keys
  • Getting Course Details on Checkout Page
  • Troubleshoot Ecommerce

Discovery Setup

  • Configure Discovery

Comprehensive theming

  • Setup Comprehensive Theming

Microsites

  • Setup Microsites
  • Common Microsite Configurations

API

  • Setup API
  • Common APIs Demonstration
  • Customizing an API
  • DCAS API Handoff for LMS

Xblock

  • Xblock introduction
  • Xblock installation and uninstallation
  • Xblock Development

Scaling the architecture

  • Scaling Mongo
  • Scaling MySQL
  • Dedicated Storage Configuration Outline
  • Azure Storage Configuration

    • Azure Storage Configuration
    • Basic Configuration
    • Private Blob Configuration

SCORM

  • SCORM Azure Storage

Trouble-Shooting

  • Forgot admin username or password
  • Server error
  • Can't reach your site
  • Problems with RabbitMQ
  • Can't login to LMS or CMS
  • Locate the error
  • Jobs are stucking
  • Mongodb not working
  • Forums Breaking Issue
  • Check open edx services status
  • Problem with mysql
  • Can't receive email
  • CSRF token error

Add Sections, Subsections & Units

  1. Log into Studio. Depending on your configuration, you may access the studio by appending :18010 to the end of your LMS url. So edx.curricu.me becomes edx.curricu.me:18010. Or you may have a custom studio url (e.g. studio.curricu.me).

  2. Select the course you would like to edit. Select Course

  3. You should be directed to course outline. Course Online

  4. If you don’t have a section you’d like to edit, click ‘+New Section’ in the top right New Section

  5. Give your section a name and press Enter. Section Name

  6. If you don’t have a sub-section you’d like to edit, click ‘+New Subsection’ within your selected section. New Subsection

  7. Enter your subsection a name and press Enter. Subsection Name

  8. Click on the subsection Settings icon and a dialog box will be opened. Subsection Settings

  9. Click on ‘+ New Unit’ to add a new unit. New Unit

  10. Name your Unit. The name is automatically saved when you exit the input box.

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