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View Course Content
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When you create a course on Studio, you can control when students can see
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the content of your course. This means that you can continue building a
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course, but students won't be able to see the changes you make until you
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make those changes available. You can set release dates that control when
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content is released to the internet. You can also set the visibility of
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specific Units (a subdivision that helps you organize your course content)
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to Public or Private. By default, all content is set to Private.
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Your content is not visible to students on edX or Edge until three
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conditions are met:
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1. The course start date has passed.
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2. The release dates for the Section and Subsection that contain the
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content have passed.
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* Sections and Subsections are categories that you use to organize your
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course. For example, Sections may correspond to weeks in your course, while
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Subsections may correspond to the topics in your course.
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* Neither a Section nor its contents are visible until the release date
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passes. If the release date for the Section has passed, but the release date
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for the Subsection has not passed, the student can see the Section heading
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in the left pane. However, the student cannot see the Subsection heading or
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any of the Subsection's content.
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* Subsections inherit the release date of the Section they are in, but you
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can change this date so that individual Subsections are released at different
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times after the Section has been released.
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.. image:: images/image189.png
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.. image:: images/image191.png
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3. You set the Unit that contains the content to Public.** By default, all
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Units are set to Private.
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There are four ways of viewing your course on edX or Edge while you are
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still creating it:
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* In Studio
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Note that the way your course looks in Studio is
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not the way it looks to students on edX or Edge.
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* On edX or Edge in Preview mode
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Any content that is set to Private is only visible in Preview mode.
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* On edX or Edge as an Instructor
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When you view content as an instructor, you see the **Instructor** tab at the
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the top of the screen.
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* On edX or Edge as a Studeny
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Outline View
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When you want to see the overall organization of your course in Studio, you can
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go to the **Course Outline **page. On the**Course Outline **page, you can
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see the "macro" outline of your course, down to individual Units.
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.. image:: images/image193.png
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Subsection View
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===============
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You can also view content by Subsection. In this view, you can see the name
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of the Subsection and the Units that the Subsection contains. You can see if
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the Section is graded or not graded; if it is graded, you can see the
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assignment type of the Subsection. You can also see if the individual Units
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are set to Public or Private. Private Units appear in light gray text with
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"PRIVATE" next to the Unit name. All other Units are Public.
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.. image:: images/image195.png
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Unit View
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When you want to see the actual text, problems, and other content in your
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course, you can open an individual Unit. You then see the Components for
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that Unit. You can see this content whether it is set to Public or Private,
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and whether or not the release date has passed.
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The following example shows the Studio view of two Units in the "What Does
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an edX Course Look Like?" Subsection.
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The following Unit is set to Public. The release date for the Subsection has
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passed.
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.. image:: images/image197.png
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The following Unit is set to Private. The release date for the Subsection
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has passed.
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.. image:: images/image199.png
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If you change the release date for the "What Does an edX Course Look Like?"
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Subsection to a date in the future (in this example, January 1, 2099), you
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still see both Units in Studio.
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Public Unit
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^^^^^^^^^^^
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.. image:: images/image201.png
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Private Unit
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
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.. image:: images/image203.png
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Preview Mode
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============
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When you view your course on edX or Edge using Preview mode, you see all the
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Units of your course, regardless of whether they are set to Public or
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Private and regardless of whether the release dates have passed.
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**Using Preview mode is the only way to see content that is set to Private
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**as a student would see it.**
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You can enter Preview mode in two ways.
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1. On any Subsection page, click** Preview Drafts**.
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.. image:: images/image205.png
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2. On any Unit page, click **Preview**.
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The following example shows the **Preview** button on a page for a Unit that
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is set to Public.
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.. image:: images/image207.png
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The following example shows the **Preview** button on a page for a Unit that
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is set to Private.
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.. image:: images/image209.png
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Example
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The following example shows the first Unit of the "What Does an edX Course
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Look Like?" Subsection in Preview mode.
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.. image:: images/image211.png
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Remember that the release date for the Subsection is in the past. However,
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even if you change the release date for the "What Does an edX Course Look
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Like?" Subsection to a date in the future, you still see both Units in
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Preview.
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In the "What Does an edX Course Look Like?" Subsection, Unit 1 ("Welcome to
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edX 101") is set to Public, and Unit 2 ("New edX Information") is set to
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Private. Both Units appear in the course ribbon at the top of the screen.
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.. image:: images/image213.png
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When you click Unit 2 in the course ribbon, you see the content in Unit 2:
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.. image:: images/image215.png
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**On edX or Edge as an Instructor**
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When you view your course on edX or Edge as an instructor:
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<EFBFBD> You see all the Units of your course that you have set to Public.
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<EFBFBD> Release dates do not matter.
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You do not see Units that are set to Private.
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Additionally, at the top of the page on edX or Edge, you can see the
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**Instructor** tab.
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To view your course on edX or Edge as an instructor, click **View Live**. The
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**View Live **button is available in three places.** **
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The **Course Outline** page.
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.. image:: images/image217.png
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Any Subsection page.
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.. image:: images/image219.png
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The Unit page, if the Unit is Public.
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.. image:: images/image221.png
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Example
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The following example shows the first Unit of the "What Does an edX Course
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Look Like?" Subsection as if you were viewing it on edX or Edge as an
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instructor. Notice the **Instructor** tab at the top of the page.
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.. image:: images/image223.png
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The release date for the "What Does an edX Course Look Like?" Subsection is
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set to January 1, 2099. However, you still see this Unit on edX or Edge as
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an instructor.
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On the other hand, remember that Unit 1 is set to Public, and Unit 2 is set
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to Private. Unit 2 does not appear in the course ribbon at the top of the
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screen. Instead, the next public unit, **Tabs**, appears.
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.. image:: images/image225.png
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**On edX or Edge as a Current Student**
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When you view your course as a current student would see it, you can only
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see material that meets all three publishing conditions:
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The course start date has passed.
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<EFBFBD> The release dates for the Section and Subsection have passed.
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<EFBFBD> The Unit that contains the material is set to Public.
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You can use this view to make sure that material does not appear in your
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course prematurely.
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To view your course as a student, set up a test account on edX or Edge with
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an e-mail address that is not associated with your Course Team, and then go
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to your course URL and register for your course.
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Example
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The following example shows the first Unit of the "What Does an edX Course
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Look Like?" Subsection as if you were viewing it on edX or Edge as a
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student. Notice that the **Instructor** tab does not appear at the top of
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the page.
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.. image:: images/image227.png
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Remember that Unit 1 is set to Public, and Unit 2 is set to Private. Unit 2
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does not appear in the course ribbon at the top of the screen. Instead, the
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next public unit, **Tabs**, appears.
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.. image:: images/image229.png
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If you change the release date of the Subsection to a future date (such as
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January 1, 2099), the student cannot see it.
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If you set the Unit to Private, the student cannot see it.
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