From 4fba01a515091b385fecc6b36d92f21965440bde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Hoeber Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:54:40 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Remove old setting up student view files --- .../setting_up_student_view.rst | 1 - .../setting_up_student_view.rst | 406 ------------------ 2 files changed, 407 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 en_us/course_authors/source/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst delete mode 100644 en_us/shared/building_and_running_chapters/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst diff --git a/en_us/course_authors/source/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst b/en_us/course_authors/source/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst deleted file mode 100644 index fdddf33cfe..0000000000 --- a/en_us/course_authors/source/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1 +0,0 @@ -.. include:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/en_us/shared/building_and_running_chapters/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst b/en_us/shared/building_and_running_chapters/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 990b538de0..0000000000 --- a/en_us/shared/building_and_running_chapters/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,406 +0,0 @@ -.. _Setting up the Student View: - -###################################################### -Setting up the Student View -###################################################### - - -******************* -Overview -******************* - -This chapter describes how you set up your course to be displayed in the course -summary page and in a student's **Current Courses** dashboard. The information -you configure for your course is important for prospective and current students -to understand. - -See: - -* :ref:`The Course Summary Page` -* :ref:`The Student Dashboard` -* :ref:`Set Important Dates for Your Course` -* :ref:`The Course Start Date` -* :ref:`Set the Advertised Start Date` -* :ref:`The Course End Date` -* :ref:`Describe Your Course` -* :ref:`Add a Course Image` -* :ref:`Add a Course Video` -* :ref:`Set Course Requirements` -* :ref:`A Template For Course Overview` - - -.. _Edge: http://edge.edx.org -.. _edX.org: http://edx.org - -.. _The Course Summary Page: - -*********************************** -The Course Summary Page -*********************************** - -The following image shows an example course summary page. Students can see the -course summary page before they enroll in the course, and may decide to enroll -based on the content of the page. You configure the contents of this page in -Studio, as described in this chapter: - -.. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/about_page.png - :alt: An image of the course summary page. - - - - -.. _The Student Dashboard: - -*********************************** -The Student Dashboard -*********************************** - - -If a student enrolls in your course, the course is then listed on the **Current -Courses** dashboard, with the course image. From the dashboard, a student can -open a course that has started. If the course has not started, the student can -see the start date, as explained in this chapter. - -.. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/dashboard.png - :alt: An image of the dashboard - - - -.. _Set Important Dates for Your Course: - -*********************************** -Set Important Dates for Your Course -*********************************** - -You must set dates and times for enrollment and for the course. - -In Studio, from the **Settings** menu, select **Schedule and Details**. - -.. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/schedule.png - :alt: An image of the course schedule page. - -Follow the on-screen text to enter the course and enrollment schedule. - -.. note:: - The Time fields on this page, and the times that students see, use UTC - (Universal Coordinated Time) - - -.. _The Course Start Date: - -*********************************** -The Course Start Date -*********************************** - -.. note:: The default course start date is set far into the future, to - **01/01/2030**. This is to ensure that your course does not start before - you intend it to. You must change the course start date to the date you want - students to begin using the course. - -Students see the course start date and time on their **Current Courses** -dashboards and on the course About page (sometimes also called the course -summary page). Students can see some parts of the course before the course start -date. For example, students can see your **Course Info** page and course-wide -discussion topics as soon as they enroll in your course. For more information -about course-wide discussion topics, see :ref:`Create CourseWide Discussion -Topics`. - -The following example shows the course start date and time on the course summary page: - -.. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/about-page-course-start.png - :alt: An image of the course About page, with the start date circled. - -.. note:: - For courses on edX.org_, you must communicate the course start date and time - to your edX program manager to ensure the date is accurate on the course - About page. - -In the dashboard, students see the start dates and times for each of their -courses, as in the following examples. - -.. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/dashboard-course-to-start.png - :width: 600 - :alt: An image of two courses in the student dashboard, with the start dates and times circled. - -.. note:: If you do not specify a start time for your course, students see - the default start time, 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). - - - - -.. _Set the Advertised Start Date: - -*********************************** -Set the Advertised Start Date -*********************************** - -You can set an advertised start date for your course that is different than the -course start date you set in the **Schedule and Details** page. You may want to -do this if there is uncertainty about the exact start date. For example, you -could advertise the start date as **Spring, 2014**. - -To set an advertised start date: - -#. From the **Settings** menu, select **Advanced Settings**. -#. Find the **Course Advertised Start Date** policy key. The default value is - **null**. -#. Enter the value you want to display as the advertised start date. You can - use any string, enclosed in double quotation marks. If you format the string - as a date (for example, as 02/01/2014), the value is parsed and presented to - students as a date. - - .. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/advertised_start.png - :alt: Image of the advertised start date policy key with a value of "anytime, self-paced" - -4. Click **Save Changes** at the bottom of the page. - -The start date shown on the dashboard is now the value of the **Course -Advertised Start Date** policy key: - -.. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/dashboard-course_adver_start.png - :alt: An image of a course listing in the student dashboard, with the - advertised start date circled. - -If you do not change the default course start date (01/01/2030), and the -**Course Advertised Start Date** policy value is ``null``, then the student -dashboard does not list a start date for the course. Students just see that -the course has not yet started. - -.. _The Course End Date: - -*********************************** -The Course End Date -*********************************** - -The course end date is the date after which students can no longer earn credit -toward certificates. Students who have earned certificates can view them after -the course end date. - -.. important:: - If you do not set a course end date, students will not be able to access - earned certificates. - -.. note:: - For courses on edX.org_, you must communicate the course end date to - your edX Program Manager, to ensure the date is accurate on the course - summary page. - -After grades and certificates are finalized, students see the course end date -on their personal **Current Courses** dashboards, as shown in the following -examples. - -* If grades and certificates are not yet finalized, students can see the course - end date and a message: - - .. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/dashboard-wrapping-course.png - :alt: Image of a course on the student dashboard that has ended, but not - been graded - -* When grades and certificates are finalized, students who have not earned a - certificate see their score and the score required to earn a certificate: - - .. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/dashboard-no-cert-course.png - :alt: Image of a course on the student dashboard that has ended, but not - been graded - -* Students whose final score is equal to or higher than the required score can - click **Download Certificate** to get their certificates as PDFs: - - .. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/dashboard-completed-course.png - :alt: Image of a course on the student dashboard that has ended, but not - been graded - - -.. _Describe Your Course: - -************************ -Describe Your Course -************************ - -On Edge_, students that you explicitly invite see the description of your course -on the course summary page. - -For example, the course description is circled in the following course summary -page: - -.. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/about-page-course-description.png - :alt: Image of a course summary with the description circled - -.. note:: For courses on edX.org_, you must communicate the course description - to your edX Program Manager, to ensure the content is accurate on the course - summary page. - -#. From the **Settings** menu, select **Schedule & Details**. -#. Scroll down to the **Introducing Your Course** section, then locate the - **Course Overview** field. - -.. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/course_overview.png - :alt: Image of the HTML course description. - -3. Overwrite the content as needed for your course, following the directions in - the boilerplate text. Do not edit HTML tags. For a template that includes - placeholders, see :ref:`A Template For Course Overview`. - - .. note:: There is no save button. Studio automatically saves your changes. - -4. Click **your course summary page** in the text beneath the field to test how - the description will appear to students. - -.. _Add a Course Image: - -************************ -Add a Course Image -************************ - -The course image that you add in Studio appears on the student dashboard. It -should be a minimum of 378 pixels in width by 225 pixels in height, and in .jpg -or .png format. Make sure the image that you upload maintains the aspect ratio -of those dimensions so that the image appears correctly on the student -dashboard. - -In the following example, the course image that was added in Studio is circled -in the student dashboard. - -.. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/dashboard-course-image.png - :alt: Image of the course image in the student dashboard - - -#. From the **Settings** menu, select **Schedule & Details**. -#. Scroll down to the **Course Image** section. -#. To select an image from your computer, click **Upload Course Image**, then - follow the prompts to find and upload your image. -#. View your dashboard to test how the image will appear to students. - -.. note:: On edX.org_, the course image you add in Studio is used on the student - dashboard, but does not automatically appear on the course About page. Work - directly with your edX program manager to set up the About page assets and - course image for the course summary page. - -.. _Add a Course Video: - -********************************* -Add a Course Introduction Video -********************************* - -On Edge_, the course introduction video appears on the course summary page that -students see. - -.. note:: On edX.org_, you work directly with your Program Manager to set up the - course video in the summary page. - -In the following example, the course video is circled in the course summary -page: - -.. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/about-page-course-video.png - :alt: Image of the course video in the course summary page. - -The course video should excite and entice potential students to enroll, and -reveal some of the personality the instructors bring to the course. - -The video should answer these key questions: - -* Who is teaching the course? -* What university or college is the course affiliated with? -* What topics and concepts are covered in your course? -* Why should a learner enroll in your course? - -The video should deliver your message as concisely as possible and have a run -time of less than 2 minutes. - -Ensure your course introduction video follows the same :ref:`Compression -Specifications` and :ref:`Video Formats` guidelines as course content videos. - -To add a course introduction video: - - -#. Upload the course video to YouTube. Make note of the code that appears - between **watch?v =** and **&feature** in the URL. This code appears in the - green box below. - - .. image:: ../../../shared/building_and_running_chapters/Images/image127.png - :alt: Image of a sample course video - -2. From the **Settings** menu, select **Schedule & Details**. -#. Scroll down to the **Course Introduction Video** section. -#. In the field below the video box, enter the YouTube video ID (the code you - copied in step 1). When you add the code, the video automatically loads in - the video box. Studio automatically saves your changes. -#. View your course summary page to test how the video will appear to students. - -.. _Set Course Requirements: - -************************ -Set Course Requirements -************************ -The estimated Effort per Week appears at the bottom of the course summary page. - -#. From the **Settings** menu, select **Schedule & Details**. -#. 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