The following sections provide an introduction to edX and instructions for getting started on edX websites:
* :ref:`edX.org and edX Edge`
* :ref:`Register Your Account`
* :ref:`edX101_section`
* :ref:`Reset Your Password`
This information is intended for course staff. You may want to include the details about the registration process and password policies in your communications with your prospective students.
Also see :ref:`enroll_student` for information about enrolling students in a course, and for an example of the email students receive.
.. _edX.org and edX Edge:
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edX.org and edX Edge
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When you want to explore edX courses, you can register on edX.org_, edX Edge_, or both. These sites are visually and functionally the same, but the content and purpose are different.
* edX.org_ hosts massive open online courses (MOOCs) from edX institutional partners. To publish courses on edX.org, you must have an agreement with edX and specific approval from your university. Courses on edX.org are publicly listed in the edX course catalog and are open to students from around the world.
* EdX Edge_ is edX's more private site. Courses on Edge are not published on edX.org. Any member of a partner course team can create and publish courses, including test courses, on Edge without receiving approval from edX or an affiliated university. However, Edge does not have a course catalog, and courses cannot be found through search engines such as Google. Only students whom you explicitly invite or who have the URL for your course can participate in your course on Edge.
* EdX Edge_ also hosts small private online courses (SPOCs).
.. note:: All course data and accounts on Edge_ and edX.org_ are separate. If you want to use both edX.org and Edge, you must go through the registration process on both sites.
.. _Edge: http://edge.edx.org
.. _edX.org: http://edx.org
.. _Courses: https://www.edx.org/course-lis
.. _Register Your Account:
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Register Your Account
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To get started, you register your account on edX.org_ and Edge_.
#. On the registration page, enter your account information.
* For edX.org, go to the `registration page <https://courses.edx.org/register>`_:
.. image:: Images/edx_registration.png
:alt: Image of the edX.org registration page
* For Edge, go to https://edge.edx.org and click **Register**:
.. image:: Images/edge_register.png
:alt: Image of the Edge registration page
Make sure to check both **I agree to the Terms of Service** and **I agree to the Honor Code**.
.. note:: Students will see your **Public Username**, not your **Full Name**.
If you are at an edX consortium university, you should use your institutional e-mail address.
Your password can be any string.
2. When you complete the form, click **Create my edX Account**.
After you submit the registration, you receive an activation email message. The email content is::
Thank you for signing up for edX!
To activate your account, please copy and paste this address into your web
If you didn't request this, you don't need to do anything;
you won't receive any more email from us.
Please do not reply to this e-mail; if you require assistance,
check the help section of the edX web site.
3. Click the link in the e-mail to complete the activation. When you see the following page, your account has been activated:
.. image:: Images/activation_screen.png
:alt: Image of the Activation page
.. _edX101_section:
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edX101 and the edX Demo Course
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EdX has provided edX101_ and the `edX Demo course <https://www.edx.org/course/edx/edx-edxdemo101-edx-demo-1038>`_ to help familiarize you with taking and creating edX courses.
* edX101_, available on Edge_, is both an example of a course you can build with Studio, and a self-paced walk through of planning, building, and running your own online course.
* The `edX Demo course <https://www.edx.org/course/edx/edx-edxdemo101-edx-demo-1038>`_, available on edX.org_, allows new students to explore and learn how to take an edX course. We recommend that you become familiar with the student’s experience of an edX course before you begin building your first course.
.. note:: You may want to include information about the edX Demo Course in your course materials, and recommend that new students take the edX Demo Course before proceeding with your course.
You can use Studio_ on Edge to build your own courses.
You can use Studio_ on Edge_ to build your own courses.
Go to: https://studio.edge.edx.org. Sign in with the account you created on Edge.
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.. _What is edX.org?:
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What is edX.org?
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edX.org_ is the site where edX hosts MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, that are created with our institutional partners. These courses are open to students from around the world.
Courses on edX.org_ are listed publicly.
To publish courses on edX.org, you must have an agreement with edX and specific approval from your university.
.. _Register Your Course on edx.org:
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Your course registration page opens in a new tab on the LMS.
#. Click the blue **Register** button to register for your course. After you register for your course, it opens in the LMS.
#. To continue working on your course, in your browser, switch back to the tab that shows Studio. You will still be on the **Course Outline** page.
