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Matthew A. Gilbert
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edX E-Learning Course Development
Table of Contents
edX E-Learning Course Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the color images of this book
Errata
Piracy
eBooks, discount offers, and more
Questions
1. Getting Started
edX's potential and purpose
Growth of the MOOC market
The emergence of Open edX
Emerging educational opportunities
The impact of edX
The foundation and future of edX
Your role and responsibilities
Creating your edX account
Exploring edX courses
Finding courses by navigating
Finding courses by searching
Finding courses by viewing all courses
Finding courses by home page
Finding courses by refining your search
Signing up for Studio
edX
edX Edge
Open edX
Creating your course
Characteristics of your course
Public Studio Sandbox
Summary
2. Planning the Curriculum
edX Course Matrix
edX Course Matrix data
edX Course Matrix details
The About page
About pages across edX versions
Long course descriptions
Short course descriptions
Staff biographies
Prerequisites
Frequently Asked Questions
Course image
About videos
Other course information
Preliminary documents
Learning sequences
Exercises and assessments
Textbooks and course materials
Discussion forums
The course Wiki
The course certificate
Summary
3. Producing Videos
Instructional videos
Video production pointers
Seven video production strategies
Video post-production processes
Reducing the video file size
edX video specifications
Transcripts for your videos
YouTube best practices
Summary
4. Designing Exercises
The student view of problem components
The Studio view of problem components
Editing problem components
Creating problems with edX's editors
Exercises and tools
General exercises and tools
Image-based exercises and tools
Multiple-choice exercises and tools
STEM exercises and tools
Content experiments
Summary
5. Integrating the Curriculum
Your course outline
Course sections
Course subsections
Course Units
Course components
Advanced components
Discussion components
HTML components
Problem components
Video components
Advanced video options
Moving a video component
Deleting a video component
Course pages
Course files
Updates and Handouts
Course Updates
Course Handouts
PDF textbooks
Accessibility issues
Summary
6. Administering Your Course
Grading policy
Content visibility
Student cohorts
Assigning cohorts automatically
Assigning cohorts manually
Assigning cohorts with a CSV file
Disabling cohorts
Beta testing
More about Beta Testers
Adding an individual Beta Tester
Adding multiple Beta Testers
Removing Beta Testers
Exporting and importing a course
Exporting a course
Importing a course
edX resources
Building and running an edX course
Google groups
GitHub
Launching your course
Summary
7. Facilitating Your Course
Staff roles
Course staff
Instructor
Student enrolment
Auto Enroll
Notify students by e-mail
Course discussions
Course Wiki
Messages to students
Course data
Student data
Answer data
Gradebook management
Completion certificates
Summary
8. Promoting Your Course
Traditional marketing tools
Marketing resources
edX's marketing options
Social media marketing
Social media marketing resources
Personal branding basics
Personal branding resources
Marketing metrics
Student feedback
Summary
Index
edX E-Learning Course Development
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