"short_description":"Getting Started With Studio",
"items":[
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Add Course Team Members",
"action_url":"ManageUsers",
"action_text":"Edit Course Team",
"is_checked":true,
"long_description":"Grant your collaborators permission to edit your course so you can work together."
},
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Set Important Dates for Your Course",
"action_url":"SettingsDetails",
"action_text":"Edit Course Details & Schedule",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Establish your course's student enrollment and launch dates on the Schedule and Details page."
},
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Draft Your Course's Grading Policy",
"action_url":"SettingsGrading",
"action_text":"Edit Grading Settings",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Set up your assignment types and grading policy even if you haven't created all your assignments."
},
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Explore the Other Studio Checklists",
"action_url":"",
"action_text":"",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Discover other available course authoring tools, and find help when you need it."
}
]
},
{
"short_description":"Draft a Rough Course Outline",
"items":[
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Create Your First Section and Subsection",
"action_url":"CourseOutline",
"action_text":"Edit Course Outline",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Use your course outline to build your first Section and Subsection."
},
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Set Section Release Dates",
"action_url":"CourseOutline",
"action_text":"Edit Course Outline",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Specify the release dates for each Section in your course. Sections become visible to students on their release dates."
},
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Designate a Subsection as Graded",
"action_url":"CourseOutline",
"action_text":"Edit Course Outline",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Set a Subsection to be graded as a specific assignment type. Assignments within graded Subsections count toward a student's final grade."
},
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Reordering Course Content",
"action_url":"CourseOutline",
"action_text":"Edit Course Outline",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Use drag and drop to reorder the content in your course."
},
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Renaming Sections",
"action_url":"CourseOutline",
"action_text":"Edit Course Outline",
"is_checked":true,
"long_description":"Rename Sections by clicking the Section name from the Course Outline."
},
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Deleting Course Content",
"action_url":"CourseOutline",
"action_text":"Edit Course Outline",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Delete Sections, Subsections, or Units you don't need anymore. Be careful, as there is no Undo function."
},
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Add an Instructor-Only Section to Your Outline",
"action_url":"CourseOutline",
"action_text":"Edit Course Outline",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Some course authors find using a section for unsorted, in-progress work useful. To do this, create a section and set the release date to the distant future."
}
]
},
{
"short_description":"Explore edX's Support Tools",
"items":[
{
"action_external":true,
"short_description":"Explore the Studio Help Forum",
"action_url":"http://help.edge.edx.org/",
"action_text":"Visit Studio Help",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Access the Studio Help forum from the menu that appears when you click your user name in the top right corner of Studio."
"long_description":"Download the searchable Studio reference documentation in PDF form."
}
]
},
{
"short_description":"Draft Your Course About Page",
"items":[
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Draft a Course Description",
"action_url":"SettingsDetails",
"action_text":"Edit Course Schedule & Details",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Courses on edX have an About page that includes a course video, description, and more. Draft the text students will read before deciding to enroll in your course."
},
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Add Staff Bios",
"action_url":"SettingsDetails",
"action_text":"Edit Course Schedule & Details",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Showing prospective students who their instructor will be is helpful. Include staff bios on the course About page."
},
{
"action_external":false,
"short_description":"Add Course FAQs",
"action_url":"SettingsDetails",
"action_text":"Edit Course Schedule & Details",
"is_checked":false,
"long_description":"Include a short list of frequently asked questions about your course."
},
{
"action_external":false,"short_description":"Add Course Prerequisites","action_url":"SettingsDetails","action_text":"Edit Course Schedule & Details","is_checked":false,"long_description":"Let students know what knowledge and/or skills they should have before they enroll in your course."}]
