diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
index 3a6fcbfb45..f3e0fd342c 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
@@ -247,10 +247,24 @@ def render_x_module(user, request, module_xml, student_module_cache, position=No
         render_histogram = len(histogram) > 0
         staff_context = {'xml': etree.tostring(module_xml), 
                          'module_id': module_id,
+                         'edit_link': False,
                          'histogram': json.dumps(histogram),
                          'render_histogram': render_histogram}
         content += render_to_string("staff_problem_info.html", staff_context)
 
+    # the following if block is for summer 2012 edX course development; it will change when the CMS comes online
+    if settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('DISPLAY_EDIT_LINK') and settings.DEBUG and module_xml.get('filename') is not None:
+        coursename = multicourse_settings.get_coursename_from_request(request)
+        github_url = multicourse_settings.get_course_github_url(coursename)
+        fn = module_xml.get('filename')
+        if module_xml.tag=='problem': fn = 'problems/' + fn	# grrr
+        edit_link = (github_url + '/tree/master/' + fn) if github_url is not None else None
+        if module_xml.tag=='problem': edit_link += '.xml'	# grrr
+        staff_context = {'edit_link': edit_link,
+                         'xml': '', # etree.tostring(module_xml), 
+                         'render_histogram': False}
+        content += render_to_string("staff_problem_info.html", staff_context)
+        
     context = {'content': content, 'type': module_type}
     return context
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/multicourse/multicourse_settings.py b/lms/djangoapps/multicourse/multicourse_settings.py
index 05b05c8ec9..924d8448e6 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/multicourse/multicourse_settings.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/multicourse/multicourse_settings.py
@@ -77,5 +77,8 @@ def get_course_title(coursename):
 
 def get_course_number(coursename):
     return get_course_property(coursename,'number')
+
+def get_course_github_url(coursename):
+    return get_course_property(coursename,'github_url')
     
 
diff --git a/lms/envs/dev_ike.py b/lms/envs/dev_ike.py
index e9f4b82860..675ca8366a 100644
--- a/lms/envs/dev_ike.py
+++ b/lms/envs/dev_ike.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ QUICKEDIT = True
 
 #MITX_FEATURES['USE_DJANGO_PIPELINE'] = False
 MITX_FEATURES['DISPLAY_HISTOGRAMS_TO_STAFF'] = False
+MITX_FEATURES['DISPLAY_EDIT_LINK'] = True
 
 COURSE_SETTINGS =  {'6.002_Spring_2012': {'number' : '6.002x',
                                           'title'  :  'Circuits and Electronics',
@@ -38,31 +39,37 @@ COURSE_SETTINGS =  {'6.002_Spring_2012': {'number' : '6.002x',
                     '8.02_Spring_2013': {'number' : '8.02x',
                                          'title'  : 'Electricity & Magnetism',
                                          'xmlpath': '/802x/',
-                                          'active' : True,
+                                         'github_url': 'https://github.com/MITx/8.02x',
+                                         'active' : True,
                                          },
                     '6.189_Spring_2013': {'number' : '6.189x',
                                          'title'  : 'IAP Python Programming',
                                          'xmlpath': '/6.189x/',
-                                          'active' : True,
+                                         'github_url': 'https://github.com/MITx/6.189x',
+                                         'active' : True,
                                          },
                     '8.01_Fall_2012': {'number' : '8.01x',
                                          'title'  : 'Mechanics',
                                          'xmlpath': '/8.01x/',
+                                         'github_url': 'https://github.com/MITx/8.01x',
                                          'active': True,
                                          },
                     'edx4edx': {'number' : 'edX.01',
                                     'title'  : 'edx4edx: edX Author Course',
                                     'xmlpath': '/edx4edx/',
+                                    'github_url': 'https://github.com/MITx/edx4edx',
                                     'active' : True,
                                     },
                     '7.03x_Fall_2012': {'number' : '7.03x',
                                     'title'  : 'Genetics',
                                     'xmlpath': '/7.03x/',
+                                    'github_url': 'https://github.com/MITx/7.03x',
                                     'active' : True,
                                     },
                     '18.06x_Linear_Algebra': {'number' : '18.06x',
                                     'title'  : 'Linear Algebra',
                                     'xmlpath': '/18.06x/',
+                                    'github_url': 'https://github.com/MITx/18.06x',
                                     'active' : True,
                                     },
                     }
diff --git a/lms/templates/staff_problem_info.html b/lms/templates/staff_problem_info.html
index 24450c797a..54c7e45e2a 100644
--- a/lms/templates/staff_problem_info.html
+++ b/lms/templates/staff_problem_info.html
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <div class="staff_info">
 ${xml | h}
 </div>
+%if edit_link:
+<div><a href="${edit_link}">Edit</a></div>
+% endif
 %if render_histogram:
 <div id="histogram_${module_id}" class="histogram" data-histogram="${histogram}"></div>
 %endif