Download - What's new: Open edX Dogwood release
Agenda
● Who is Appsembler?
● What is Open edX?
● What are Open edX releases?
● What’s new in Dogwood?
● Questions from you!
Appsembler
● leading Open edX solutions provider
● provide customization, implementation, hosting and support
● headquartered in Cambridge, MA● Friends of edX Inc. (conf. sponsorship, hack days, referrals)
● Microsoft, MIT Sloan, Penn State University, Financial Times, Intersystems, Cloudera, Metalogix
What is Open edX?
Open edX platform is a free and open source course management system that is used to author and deliver online courses.
The Open edX platform is used all over the world to host MOOCs and SPOCs.
What are Open edX releases?
Stable, tested releases including upgrade instructions. New releases every 4-6 mos.
Aspen Birch Cypress Dogwood Eucalyptus2014-10-28 2015-02-24 2015-08-13 2016-02-11 mid-July
What’s new in Dogwood
Partial credit
Preview course as a specific learner
New LTI XBlock
HTML certificates
E-commerce service
iOS Mobile App
edX Insights (Analytics Devstack)
Search feature
Student notes
Comprehensive theming
Timed exams
Partial credit
New LTI behavior
New LTI XBlock
Viewing a course as a specific student
Creating a web certificate
HTML Certificates
Create a certificateAdd signatories
Buy verified certificate
Verifying student identity
E-commerce for instructors
Bulk enrollment codes
Setting up the paid course
Create new paid courses in the e-commerce service
Paid course settings
● Course type: Audit, Verified, Professional Education, Credit
● Price for course seat● Upgrade deadline● Certificate deadline
Reporting on paid courses
New mobile app features
edX Insights (analytics)
Search feature
Student notes
More info
Official announcement from edXhttps://open.edx.org/blog/newest-open-edx-release-dogwood-now-available
Release noteshttps://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/open-edx-release-notes/en/latest/dogwood.html
Join us for the next webinar on May 3TOPIC: Open edX and Interoperability
Questions?