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Studio Advanced: Expanded Course Creation Techniques (edX)

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Studio Advanced: Expanded Course Creation Techniques (edX)

Learn to build better courses in edX Studio. Studio Advanced is a course for experienced course designers in edX Studio - people who have already built at least one online class on the edX platform. If you're more of an edX beginner, you might want to take StudioX first.

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This course has been designed to enable you to dip in and out of learning as you require it, as well as support linear learning pathways.

The course is organized into four main sections: advanced planning, improved procedures, short projects and long projects.
This course is part of the Course Creator Plus Professional Certificate.
What you'll learn

  • Create a style sheet for a course
  • Write better basic problems
  • Build advanced problem types
  • Use grading libraries
  • Design alternative navigation
  • Use anti-cheating measures
  • Create interactive walkthroughs
  • Beautify your landing pages
  • Leverage edX advanced settings
  • Enable a resource sharing form
  • Write new problem types with JSInput
  • Build a content library
  • Consider different approaches to adaptive learning
  • Track data in realtime

Syllabus

While this course is primarily a guide to hone your course authoring skills, there are various assessments to complete along the way.

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