Map '/course/' urls to the course's root in the multicourse hierarchy

common/djangoapps/xmodule_modifiers.py

@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ def wrap_xmodule(get_html, module, template):
     return _get_html
 
 
+def replace_course_urls(get_html, course_id, module):
+    """
+    Updates the supplied module with a new get_html function that wraps
+    the old get_html function and substitutes urls of the form /course/...
+    with urls that are /courses/<course_id>/...
+    """
+    @wraps(get_html)
+    def _get_html():
+        return replace_urls(get_html(), staticfiles_prefix='/courses/'+course_id, replace_prefix='/course/')
+    return _get_html
+
 def replace_static_urls(get_html, prefix, module):
     """
     Updates the supplied module with a new get_html function that wraps

lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from xmodule.exceptions import NotFoundError
 from xmodule.modulestore import Location
 from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
 from xmodule.x_module import ModuleSystem
-from xmodule_modifiers import replace_static_urls, add_histogram, wrap_xmodule
+from xmodule_modifiers import replace_course_urls, replace_static_urls, add_histogram, wrap_xmodule
 
 log = logging.getLogger("mitx.courseware")
 
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ def get_module(user, request, location, student_module_cache, position=None, cou
         module.metadata['data_dir'], module
     )
 
+    # Allow URLs of the form '/course/' refer to the root of multicourse directory
+    #   hierarchy of this course
+    module.get_html = replace_course_urls(module.get_html, course_id, module)
+
     if settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('DISPLAY_HISTOGRAMS_TO_STAFF'):
         if has_access(user, module, 'staff'):
             module.get_html = add_histogram(module.get_html, module, user)