Tools for Instructor to Manage a Running Course#

To successfully running the courses is the ultimate purpose of the Platform and all its applications. During the operation of the course, various tools will be available to adjust the configurations as well as to access and process the information that is generated.

Studio#

Studio platform will be always the place where you create, modify and publish your course content; it’s the main tool in the course-creation process.

See also

You can find highly detailed documentation about using this platform in the chapter titled “Author courses with Open edX STUDIO”

Staff view of course content and discussions#

Course team members also know as course staff will have additional options to view, manage, and monitor learners on the LMS site.

Staff debug info option#

Instructors will see under each component a Staff debug info button that displays important information about the problem component.

See also

You can find highly detailed documentation about using this option in the following section of the open edX documentation.

Staff-only content#

Authors can configure content in Studio platform to be only seen by course team members; this is useful when a section, subsection, or unit is still in the creation process and should not be visible for learners yet.

See also

You can find highly detailed documentation about using this functionality in the following article.

Custom pages can also be configured to be accessible only by course staff users.

Manage discussions#

Instructors will see discussions in the same way as learners do. If they are additionally granted the roles for discussion moderation or administration, they will have additional options to manage the discussions.

See also

You can find highly detailed documentation about using this functionality in the following article.

View the course as a specific learner#

Instructors can see the course as if they were learners; this function provides instructors with a student view that can help identify errors, improvements, and any other details to change in the course content.

See also

You can find highly detailed documentation about using this functionality in the following article.

The LMS instructor dashboard#

One of the differences course team members can see when visiting the LMS site, it’s an instructor panel that offers a set of key possibilities to monitor and manage the operation of a running course.

The following sections of this chapter will cover many of the functionalities available in the LMS Instructor dashboard

See also

You can find highly detailed documentation about using this option in the following article.