# Beta/invited users - your feedback is needed

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40>\
**Category:** Discourse\
**Created:** [July 18, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40 "2019-07-18T19:59:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/1 "2019-07-18T19:59:13Z")

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Hi beta users / invitees:

Thank you for responding to your invite to participate in this closed beta (for now). Here’s what we’d like to do until we officially launch in August:

- make sure that the categories we have are sufficient as far as topics go. Feel free to suggest others in your replies below
- want to be a moderator? Feel free to ask. For now, we’ll evaluate based on your history of Open edX communication and collaboration.
- test out the process for creating new topics, replying to topics, “liking” posts and replies, and such.

Please use the “Site Feedback” category to add your comments about the site.

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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/2 "2019-07-18T20:10:09Z")

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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/3 "2019-07-18T20:11:25Z")

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**Author:** ![vincent.laberge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/vincent.laberge/32/47_2.png) [@vincent.laberge](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/vincent.laberge)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/4 "2019-07-18T20:15:52Z")

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Wow the user tutorial is nice! Try it yourself, it’s your only new message if you just joined this discuss.

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**Author:** ![jill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/jill/32/3188_2.png) [@jill](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/jill)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/5 "2019-07-19T02:36:52Z")

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Glad to see this discussion forum created!

Will it replace [edxchange.opencraft.com](http://edxchange.opencraft.com) once it’s opened up?

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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/6 "2019-07-19T12:44:22Z")

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Hi Jill! Great to see you here.

That depends on what you guys would like to do with it. I would welcome the content and can help you migrate, but it depends on what y’all want to do.

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**Author:** ![ariestiyansyah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/ariestiyansyah/32/34_2.png) [@ariestiyansyah](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/ariestiyansyah)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/7 "2019-07-19T14:58:13Z")

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I think we need this categories:

- Theming
- Mobile

Both are most active channel in slack

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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/8 "2019-07-19T15:56:35Z")

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great point. We’ll have to think about an umbrella category - frontend?

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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/9 "2019-07-22T20:37:32Z")

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I just turned on mailing list mode - now somebody post a topic so I can make sure it works 🙂

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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/10 "2019-07-22T20:48:21Z")

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This is me testing the reply

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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/11 "2019-07-22T20:52:48Z")

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Happy to report that mailing list mode works.

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**Author:** ![chintan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/chintan/32/52_2.png) [@chintan](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/chintan)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/12 "2019-07-23T05:52:26Z")

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Hi John, I am interested in being a moderator.

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**Author:** ![MHaton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/mhaton/32/221_2.png) [@MHaton](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/MHaton)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/13 "2019-07-23T16:20:12Z")

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I think @ariestiyansyah had a good point in that looking at the most active channels/topics in Slack is a great way to identify what needs a topic on Discourse

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**Author:** ![ariestiyansyah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/ariestiyansyah/32/34_2.png) [@ariestiyansyah](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/ariestiyansyah)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/14 "2019-07-23T16:21:22Z")

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Nice one, frontend should be a good main category

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**Author:** ![bhagvanarch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/bhagvanarch/32/57_2.png) [@bhagvanarch](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/bhagvanarch)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/15 "2019-07-24T13:03:18Z")

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is there a mobile app or mobile web version… for beta testing ??

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**Author:** ![ariestiyansyah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/ariestiyansyah/32/34_2.png) [@ariestiyansyah](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/ariestiyansyah)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/16 "2019-07-24T13:16:36Z")

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You can download DiscourseHub in App store or Play store to access it from mobile and enter the website url, you can also access this site using mobile browser.

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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/17 "2019-07-24T13:54:31Z")

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Yes - the mobile web UX is actually pretty good, I’ve found.

I don’t know if there’s an actual app… would be interesting to try it out.

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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/18 "2019-07-25T18:53:04Z")

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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/19 "2019-07-25T18:55:45Z")

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**Author:** ![johnmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/johnmark/32/33_2.png) [@johnmark](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/johnmark)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/beta-invited-users-your-feedback-is-needed/40/20 "2019-07-26T17:50:00Z")

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