Any place that says "YEAR_SEMESTER" needs to be replaced with something in the form "2013_Spring". Take note of this name exactly, you'll need to use it everywhere, precisely - capitalization is very important. See https://github.com/MITx/mitx/blob/master/doc/xml-format.md for more on all this. ----------------------- about/: Files that live here will be visible OUTSIDE OF COURSEWARE. YEAR_SEMESTER/ end_date.html: Specifies in plain-text the end date of the course overview.html: Text of the overview of the course short_description.html: 10-15 words about the course prerequisites.html: Any prerequisites for the course, or None if there are none. course/ YEAR_SEMESTER.xml: This is your top-level xml page that points at chapters. Can just be <course/> for now. course.xml: This top level file points at a file in roots/. See creating_course.xml. creating_course.xml: Explains how to create course.xml info/: Files that live here will be visible on the COURSE LANDING PAGE (Course Info) WITHIN THE COURSEWARE. YEAR_SEMESTER/ handouts.html: A list of handouts, or an empty file if there are none (if this file doesn't exist, it displays an error) updates.html: Course updates. policies/ YEAR_SEMESTER/ policy.json: See https://github.com/MITx/mitx/blob/master/doc/xml-format.md for more on the fields specified by this file. grading_policy.json: Optional -- you don't need it to get a course off the ground but will eventually. For more info see https://github.com/MITx/mitx/blob/master/doc/course_grading.md roots/ YEAR_SEMESTER.xml: Looks something like <course url_name="YEAR_SEMESTER" org="ORG" course="COURSENUM"/> where ORG in {"MITx", "HarvardX", "BerkeleyX"} static/ See README. images/ course_image.jpg: You MUST have an image named this to be the background banner image on edx.org -----------------------