Open edX Learner's Guide
1. Welcome!
1.1. Learning in a MOOC
1.2. A Note about Time Zones
2. Enrolling in a Course
2.1. Enroll in a Course
2.2. Start a Course
3. Working with Your Dashboard, Settings, and Profile
3.1. Exploring Your Dashboard, Settings, and Profile
4. If You Use the edX Mobile App
4.1. Overview of the edX Mobile App
4.4. Course Questions
4.5. Video Questions
4.6. Notification Questions
4.7. Troubleshooting
5. Checking Your Progress in a Course
5.1. The Progress Page
6. Getting a Course Certificate or Badge
6.1. Accessing a Certificate
6.2. Viewing Earned Badges in Your Profile
6.3. Sharing Badges on Mozilla Backpack
7. Taking a Self-Paced Course
7.1. Differences between Instructor- and Self-Paced Courses
8. Searching the Course
8.1. Overview of Search
8.2. Search a Single Course
8.3. Search All Your Courses
9. Completing Course Prerequisites
9.1. Overview of Prerequisites
9.2. Prerequisite edX Course
9.3. Entrance Exam
10. Understanding Course Content Availability and Scheduling
11. Watching Videos on the edX Video Player
12. Participating in Course Discussions
12.1. Anatomy of Course Discussions
12.2. Exploring Discussion Posts
12.3. Taking Part in Course Discussions
12.4. Keeping Up with New Activity
12.5. Providing Feedback on Contributions
13. Completing Different Types of Assignments
13.1. Entering Mathematical and Scientific Expressions
13.2. Taking a Timed Exam
13.3. Explaining Multiple Choice Answers
14. Writing Essays
14.1. Overview of Open Response Assessments
14.2. Completing an Open Response Assessment
14.3. Peer Assessment Scoring
14.4. Canceled Responses
14.5. Try an Example Open Response Assessment Problem
15. Using Google Files and Calendars in an edX Course
15.1. Overview of Embedded Files and Calendars
15.2. Google Drive Files
15.3. Google Calendars
16. Working on Team Projects and Activities
16.1. About Teams and Topics
16.2. Search for a Team
16.3. Join a Team
16.4. Leave a Team
16.5. Create a Team
16.6. Participating in Team Discussions
17. Bookmarking Course Content
17.1. Add or Remove a Bookmark
17.2. View Your Bookmarks
18. Taking Notes in an edX Course
18.1. Overview of Notes
18.2. Highlight a Passage or Add a Note
18.3. View Notes
18.4. Edit or Delete a Note or Highlight
18.5. Show or Hide Notes
18.6. Search Notes
18.7. Keyboard Shortcuts for Notes
19. Using the Course Wiki
19.1. Adding a Wiki Article
19.2. Editing a Wiki Article
19.3. Searching for Wiki Articles
19.4. Managing Versions of Wiki Articles
20. Understanding How Courses and Videos Are Licensed
20.1. Overview of Licenses
20.2. All Rights Reserved
20.3. Creative Commons License
20.4. Viewing Licenses
21. General Information
21.1. Read Me
21.2. Other edX Resources
21.3. edX Browser Support
21.4. Change Log
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13. Completing Different Types of Assignments
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13. Completing Different Types of Assignments
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13.1. Entering Mathematical and Scientific Expressions
13.1.1. Overview of Mathematical and Scientific Expressions
13.1.2. Entering Math Expressions in Assignments or the Calculator
13.1.2.1. Numbers
13.1.2.2. Scientific Notation and Metric Affixes
13.1.2.3. Constants
13.1.2.4. Greek Letters
13.1.2.5. Functions
13.1.3. Entering Math Expressions in Course Discussions
13.2. Taking a Timed Exam
13.2.1. Timed Exam Overview
13.2.2. Taking a Timed Exam
13.2.3. Requesting Additional Time
13.3. Explaining Multiple Choice Answers
13.3.1. Assignment Overview
13.3.2. Completing the Assignment
13.3.2.1. Step 1. Explain Your Choice
13.3.2.2. Step 2. Review Other Initial Responses
13.3.2.3. Step 3. Revise Your Response
13.3.2.4. Step 4. Review the Correct Answer
13.3.2.5. Step 5. Compare Answers