About three months before course start
- Prepare the About Page
- Course editors are responsible for the About Page of each course run. Register on the Publisher site and try to log in once.
- After that, you can be added as a course editor and work on the About Page (click on the upper Plus to see the form). Here, a course description as well as photos of the course team as well as their biographies should be uploaded.
- Please take into account that edX will review the About Page, which takes up to three days. You can submit for review and later change as many things as you need and submit for review again, even if the about page has already been published.
You also can get the About Page published, if the “About Video” isn’t ready yet. The trailer can be added after the About Page is online.
- Grading policy and certificates
As soon as the course has been submitted for review in Publisher and has been published by edX, you will be able to set up a certificate. The certificate will be available for learners, who choose the verified track and is based on the grading policy for the course: see “Establishing a Grading Policy for your course“. - Marketing
In principle, one has to take care of the marketing oneself. If you have a MOOC on edX.org, edX also does a lot, of course, just to get as many participants as possible. Therefore, it is important to publish the about page early. What else you can do? Announce the course:- on the department’s website
- in Intern aktuell
- in ETH News
- on LET-Blog
About three weeks before course start
- Check Course Launch Checklist
Please check the edX course launch checklist for your schedule of activities. As the start date for your course approaches, the checklist or time line of activities can help you make sure that your course, and your learners, are ready to begin. Check course for correctness and clarity and tell your contact person at LET, as soon as the course is ready to be published on edx.org. Please make sure that the course start and end date are filled out (under course settings).Do not forget to set the course run schedule and pacing for your course. - Submit the MOOC Development Checklist (MDC)
The MOOC Development Checklist (MDC) should be submitted via the Google Form 10 days prior to course start. Please find additional instructions for completing the MDC on the Partner Portal (requires login) here. - Activate the videos and transcription in your edX course
Read all about creating and adding video content - Submit the MOOC Development Checklist (MDC)
The MOOC Development Checklist (MDC) should be submitted via the Google Form 10 days prior to course start. Please find additional instructions for completing the MDC on the Partner Portal (requires login) here. - Check and publish course
Check course for correctness and clarity and tell your contact person at LET, as soon as the course is ready to be published on edx.org. Please make sure that the course start and end date are filled out (under course settings). Do not forget to set the course run schedule and pacing for your course.