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What are Checklists?
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What are checklists?
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+ Running a course on edX is a complex undertaking. Course checklists are designed to help you understand and keep track of all the steps necessary to get your course ready for students.
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+ These checklists are shared among your course team, and any changes you make are immediately visible to other members of the team and saved automatically.
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Studio Checklists
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Studio checklists
% for checklist in checklists:
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/templates/course/empty.yaml b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/templates/course/empty.yaml
index 357457bf34..bf4b0b4d56 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/templates/course/empty.yaml
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/templates/course/empty.yaml
@@ -10,57 +10,57 @@ metadata:
"action_url": "/manage_users/",
"action_text": "Edit Course Team"},
{"short_description": "Set Important Dates for Your Course",
- "long_description": "Establish your course's student enrollment and launch dates on the Schedule and Details Settings page.",
+ "long_description": "Establish your course's student enrollment and launch dates on the Schedule and Details page.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/settings-details/",
"action_text": "Edit Course Details & Schedule"},
{"short_description": "Draft Your Course's Grading Policy",
- "long_description": "Regardless of whether you have all your course assignments written, you can immediately get started setting up assignment types and a grade computation scheme.",
+ "long_description": "Set up your assignment types and grading policy even if you haven't created all your assignments.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/settings-grading/",
"action_text": "Edit Grading Settings"},
- {"short_description": "Explore the other Studio Checklists",
- "long_description": "They'll help you learn the other course authoring tools available to you, and will also help you find help when you need it.",
+ {"short_description": "Explore the Other Studio Checklists",
+ "long_description": "Discover other available course authoring tools, and find help when you need it.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "",
"action_text": ""}]
},
{"short_description" : "Draft a Rough Course Outline",
- "items" : [{"short_description": "Create your first Section and Subsection",
- "long_description": "Walk through the mechanics of building your course's first section and subsection through your course outline to start.",
+ "items" : [{"short_description": "Create Your First Section and Subsection",
+ "long_description": "Use your course outline to build your first Section and Subsection.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/course/",
- "action_text": "Edit in Course Outline"},
- {"short_description": "Set your first Section's Release Date",
- "long_description": "Sections are released sequentially to students, and you have complete control over they are released to students.",
+ "action_text": "Edit Course Outline"},
+ {"short_description": "Set Section Release Dates",
+ "long_description": "Specify the release dates for each Section in your course. Sections become visible to students on their release dates.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/course/",
- "action_text": "Edit in Course Outline"},
+ "action_text": "Edit Course Outline"},
{"short_description": "Designate a Subsection as Graded",
- "long_description": "Assignment types are defined in your grading settings but can be quickly associated with sections using your course outline.",
+ "long_description": "Set a Subsection to be graded as a specific assignment type. Assignments within graded Subsections count toward a student's final grade.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/course/",
- "action_text": "Edit in Course Outline"},
+ "action_text": "Edit Course Outline"},
{"short_description": "Reordering Course Content",
- "long_description": "From the Course Outline, you can easily reorder your course content based on the progression you'd like students to walk through.",
+ "long_description": "Use drag and drop to reorder the content in your course.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/course/",
- "action_text": "Edit in Course Outline"},
- {"short_description": "Renaming Course Sections",
- "long_description": "Learn how to rename Sections by clicking on its name from the Course Outline; this should open the editing mode.",
+ "action_text": "Edit Course Outline"},
+ {"short_description": "Renaming Sections",
+ "long_description": "Rename Sections by clicking the Section name from the Course Outline.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/course/",
- "action_text": "Edit in Course Outline"},
+ "action_text": "Edit Course Outline"},
{"short_description": "Deleting Course Content",
- "long_description": "Try out deleting on a section, subsection, or unit you don't need anymore. Be careful though, anything inside the course content you delete is also removed.",
+ "long_description": "Delete Sections, Subsections, or Units you don't need anymore. Be careful, as there is no Undo function.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/course/",
- "action_text": "Edit in Course Outline"},
+ "action_text": "Edit Course Outline"},
{"short_description": "Add an Instructor-Only Section to Your Outline",
- "long_description": "Some course authors find creating a section for unsorted, in-progress work useful. To do this, create a section and set the release date to the distant future.",
+ "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.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/course/",
- "action_text": "Edit in Course Outline"}]
+ "action_text": "Edit Course Outline"}]
},
{"short_description" : "Explore edX's Support Tools",
"items" : [{"short_description": "Explore the Studio Help Forum",
@@ -68,35 +68,35 @@ metadata:
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "http://help.edge.edx.org/",
"action_text": "Visit Studio Help"},
- {"short_description": "Enroll in edX101",
- "long_description": "Register for edX101, edX's primer for course creation.",
+ {"short_description": "Enroll in edX 101",
+ "long_description": "Register for edX 101, edX's primer for course creation.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/",
"action_text": "Register for edX 101"},
{"short_description": "Download the Studio Documentation",
- "long_description": "View the searchable Studio documentation to find answers to your questions or information about how to do specific tasks. Once you download the PDF, you can view it offline.",
+ "long_description": "Download the searchable Studio reference documentation in PDF form.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/",
"action_text": "Download Documentation"}]
},
- {"short_description" : "Draft your Course Introduction",
- "items" : [{"short_description": "Drafting a Course Description",
- "long_description": "Courses on edX each have their own introduction page, including a course video, description, and more. Draft the introduction students will read before deciding to enroll in your course.",
+ {"short_description" : "Draft Your Course About Page",
+ "items" : [{"short_description": "Draft a Course Description",
+ "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.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/settings-details/",
"action_text": "Edit Course Details & Schedule"},
- {"short_description": "Adding Staff Bios",
- "long_description": "Showing prospective students who will be their instructor is helpful, so we recommend including staff bios in the Course introduction page.",
+ {"short_description": "Add Staff Bios",
+ "long_description": "Showing prospective students who their instructor will be is helpful. Include staff bios on the course About page.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/settings-details/",
"action_text": "Edit Course Details & Schedule"},
{"short_description": "Add Course FAQs",
- "long_description": "Students often have questions about courses, and including a short list of frequently asked questions up front often reduces the number of students who are confused.",
+ "long_description": "Include a short list of frequently asked questions about your course.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/settings-details/",
"action_text": "Edit Course Details & Schedule"},
{"short_description": "Add Course Prerequisites",
- "long_description": "Before a student jumps into a course without the necessary preparation, we'd like them to understand the prerequisites that will make them more likely to succeed.",
+ "long_description": "Let students know what knowledge and/or skills they should have before they enroll in your course.",
"is_checked": false,
"action_url": "/settings-details/",
"action_text": "Edit Course Details & Schedule"}]