List of Open edX extensions

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As part of the work being done in the Open edX marketing group we want to contribute with creating and maintaining a list of useful additional tools that can be integrated or used in combination with the open edX platform.
The goal is to have this list published in the https://open.edx.org/ website as a tool that potential and current Open edX users can use to discover the possibilities available to extend and enrich their initiatives.

One important bit in which this tool differs from the more organically built recollections we have done so far is that to the extent that it has mainly a marketing purpose, it will be curated to include only include components that meet certain criteria, so that a potential newcomer organization into the space doesn’t get frustrated amidst with poor or not very relevant information.
Another difference is that this list will aggregate different type of resources, such as:

  • third party tools that play nicely with open edX
  • xblocks
  • Pluggins
  • IDAs that work in combination with Open edX
  • Themes for the Open edX platform

The vision for this initiative would be to become an active marketplace of 3rd party tools and options with community driven submissions, rattings, comments and more.

The first 2 tasks at hand are:

  1. to build a first version of the list, which we already started in a shared document at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zGyQH95lyItLvVFUTNXtWDvihQ4-WdfY1stSB7Lkqe4/
  2. to agree on the criteria that items in the list must meet in order to be included. The first draft of the criteria was done by @juancamilom and is an open discussion, welcoming your contributions. The specifics are included here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gdJOFi4ET3iTrj770jYNPM2gSbtiSUfpuQRHeUS0bM0/

We look forward to your ideas and contributions.

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@juancamilom The Legal Department of edX gave feedback that no company logos may be shown in the list. So, in order to be able to publish the prototype on the Open edX website, we discussed the development of icons to visually spice up the individual cards of the extensions.

I created a first version of icons for each category (for example Code Grader, Discussion Tool, LMS Theme, etc.). The image files, as well as a first draft, how the icons can be integrated, can be found here: Icons - Google Drive

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Hey everybody,
@Eden_Huthmacher shared the improved icons for the extensions list. You can review them under the following link: Review the icons

We are looking forward to receiving your feedback.

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Hello Everyone
Quick update.
The extensions list is basically ready in its first version, and will be uploaded to the Open edX website in the next few days.
In case you haven’t submitted your entry or want to update the information of a particular extension or tool, this is a good chance to do it before it gets published. visit List of Extensions for the Open edX platform | eduNEXT | Open edX experts by your side to see the list and Extensions / List of Extensions: Submit a new entry | eduNEXT | Open edX experts by your side to submit a new entry or request an update.

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