Course feedback instructor view no longer visible with new instructor-dashboard

mboisson · August 11, 2026, 9:47pm

Hi,

This is following up on Aspects: no report tab in the instructor dashboard - #7 by mboisson which was actually caused by following the instructions here xblocks-extra/src/feedback/README.rst at main · openedx/xblocks-extra · GitHub which pointed to overwrite OPEN_EDX_FILTERS_CONFIG, which in turn prevented the Reports tab from Aspects from appearing.

Now I have fixed this, but I see that the “Course Feedback” is no longer added. I believe this is something that broke between Ulmo and Verawood, or when the FeedbackXBlock was migrated to xblocks-extra, or when the instructor dashboard became a frontend-base app rather than an MFE.

I do have xblocks-extra==1.7.0installed as part of my extra pip requirements.

Does anything need to be adjusted in the documentation, or the way to hook this into the instructor dashboard tabs ?

mboisson · August 11, 2026, 9:52pm

Based on this:

github.com/openedx/xblocks-extra

src/feedback/extensions/filters.py

main

"""
Open edX Filters needed for instructor dashboard integration.
"""

import importlib.resources

from crum import get_current_request
from django.conf import settings
from django.template import Context, Template
from openedx_filters import PipelineStep
from web_fragments.fragment import Fragment

try:
    from lms.djangoapps.courseware.block_render import get_block_by_usage_id, load_single_xblock
    from openedx.core.djangoapps.enrollments.data import get_user_enrollments
    from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore

    from feedback.utils import get_lms_link_for_item
except ImportError:
    load_single_xblock = None

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I would say the xblock does not support the new frontend-base implementation of instructor-dashboard. Am I correct ?

arbrandes · August 12, 2026, 12:35pm

A minor correction: instructor dashboard was never an MFE: it went straight from legacy Django page to frontend-base app. You’d have to disable it in edx-platform, instead. It seems you do the latter via the LEGACY_INSTRUCTOR_DASHBOARD toggle.

github.com/openedx/openedx-platform

lms/djangoapps/instructor/toggles.py

master


      
          OPTIMISED_IS_SMALL_COURSE = WaffleFlag(f'{WAFFLE_FLAG_NAMESPACE}.optimised_is_small_course', __name__)
          
          # .. toggle_name: instructor.legacy_instructor_dashboard
          # .. toggle_implementation: WaffleFlag
          # .. toggle_default: False
          # .. toggle_description: Waffle flag to enable the legacy instructor experience
          # .. toggle_use_cases: opt_out, temporary
          # .. toggle_creation_date: 2026-04-20
          # .. toggle_target_removal_date: 2026-11-01
          # .. toggle_tickets: https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/issues/38432
          LEGACY_INSTRUCTOR_DASHBOARD = WaffleFlag(
              f'{WAFFLE_FLAG_NAMESPACE}.legacy_instructor_dashboard', __name__
          )
          
          
          def data_download_v2_is_enabled():
              """
              check if data download v2 is enabled.
              """
              return DATA_DOWNLOAD_V2.is_enabled()

mboisson · August 12, 2026, 1:00pm

Ah. Thanks for the correction.

Nevertheless, I am more interested in getting the feedback xblock working with the instructor dashboard in `frontend-base` rather than using the legacy instructor dashboard. Does that need a fix in the feedback xblock itself ?

sarina · August 25, 2026, 8:12pm

@mboisson apologies for the late reply here. I don’t think this block is well maintained, but I’m hoping @feanil can give some advice, possibly getting the Aximprovements team to take a look?

Salman_Nawaz · August 28, 2026, 3:34pm

@mboisson We’re looking into why course feedback is not showing in the instructor dashboard in frontend-base and determining where this needs to be fixed.

Farhan_Khan · August 31, 2026, 3:34pm

Based on our study, this is an unimplemented feature and the Aximprovements team will move on this at the earliest availability.

Tracking ticket: Instructor-dashboard tab of FeedbackXBlock no longer works with Verawood · Issue #62 · openedx/xblocks-extra · GitHub

Draft PR: feat: add Course Feedback tab to new instructor dashboard by farhan · Pull Request #75 · openedx/xblocks-extra · GitHub

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