Set default advanced modules list for courses

[Retr0 (Giannis Kepas)]

Hello everyone,

I am trying to setup a default list of advanced modules in order to save course creators the hustle of setting the list themselves manually every time they create a course.

I have taken a look to the following relevant topics:

Set default advanced modules list in Open edX tutor Palm

Hello everyone, I’m using Open edX tutor Palm under Ubuntu. I recently installed some xblocks and I would like to enable them by default for all courses. I have read this article: Set Advanced Module List by Default in Open edX Which is exactly what I need but I don’t know how to do it in Open edX tutor. Can anybody help me? Thank you.

Setting default advanced_modules (xblocks)

Hello everyone, I want to set the default value for advanced_modules without changing the source code. I need to add a couple of xblocks there so that I don’t have to enter them when creating each course. Maybe there is some kind of configuration or some kind of workaround?

Yet none of them have posted anything about the plugin that will achieve this or at least how it should be structured.
I have managed to create the following plugin:

from tutor import hooks

# --- 1. Set default ADVANCED_PROBLEM_TYPES ---
ADVANCED_MODULES = [
    "edx_sga",
    "lti",
    "scorm",
    "library_content",
    "annotatable",
    "poll",
    "survey",
    "h5pxblock",
    "pdf"
]

advanced_problem_types = "\n".join(
    f"    {{'component': '{component}', 'boilerplate_name': None}}," for component in ADVANCED_MODULES
)

hooks.Filters.ENV_PATCHES.add_item(
    (
        "openedx-cms-common-settings",
        f"""
ADVANCED_PROBLEM_TYPES = [
{advanced_problem_types}
]
"""
    )
)

# --- 2. Add extra pip requirements ---
EXTRA_PIP_REQUIREMENTS = [
    "h5p-xblock",
    "git+https://github.com/blazejwiecha/xblock-pdf.git"
]

pip_lines = "\n".join(f"RUN pip install {req}" for req in EXTRA_PIP_REQUIREMENTS)

hooks.Filters.ENV_PATCHES.add_item(
    (
        "openedx-dockerfile-post-python-requirements",
        pip_lines
    )
)

Upon rebuilding the openedx image, I can verify the insertion of the patched setting in the relevant files (assuming common.py should not include the patched setting):

app@43dfbb27f64c:~/edx-platform/cms/envs$ grep -rnw './' -e 'ADVANCED_PROBLEM_TYPES' -A 10
./common.py:2050:ADVANCED_PROBLEM_TYPES = [
./common.py-2051-    {
./common.py-2052-        'component': 'drag-and-drop-v2',
./common.py-2053-        'boilerplate_name': None
./common.py-2054-    },
./common.py-2055-    {
./common.py-2056-        'component': 'staffgradedxblock',
./common.py-2057-        'boilerplate_name': None
./common.py-2058-    }
./common.py-2059-]
./common.py-2060-
grep: ./__pycache__/common.cpython-311.pyc: binary file matches
--
./tutor/production.py:285:ADVANCED_PROBLEM_TYPES = [
./tutor/production.py-286-    {'component': 'edx_sga', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/production.py-287-    {'component': 'lti', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/production.py-288-    {'component': 'scorm', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/production.py-289-    {'component': 'library_content', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/production.py-290-    {'component': 'annotatable', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/production.py-291-    {'component': 'poll', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/production.py-292-    {'component': 'survey', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/production.py-293-    {'component': 'h5pxblock', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/production.py-294-    {'component': 'pdf', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/production.py-295-]
--
./tutor/development.py:285:ADVANCED_PROBLEM_TYPES = [
./tutor/development.py-286-    {'component': 'edx_sga', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/development.py-287-    {'component': 'lti', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/development.py-288-    {'component': 'scorm', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/development.py-289-    {'component': 'library_content', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/development.py-290-    {'component': 'annotatable', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/development.py-291-    {'component': 'poll', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/development.py-292-    {'component': 'survey', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/development.py-293-    {'component': 'h5pxblock', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/development.py-294-    {'component': 'pdf', 'boilerplate_name': None},
./tutor/development.py-295-]

Yet whenever I create a new course the "Advanced’ option in the insert component area does not show up and the advanced module list in the advanced settings is empty.

Any help on achieving this would be greatly appreciated.

tutor, version 19.0.2

[sarina (Sarina Canelake)]

@Maksim_Sokolskiy would someone on your team who worked on the visual configuration for xblocks in Teak maybe have an idea of how to do this on Sumac?

[Abdul_Muqadim]

Hi @Retr0 @sarina ,
It’s not currently possible in Open edX/Tutor to automatically have XBlocks appear in the Advanced section of the unit right when a new course is created.
The ADVANCED_PROBLEM_TYPES.append(…) setting you’ve patched doesn’t control that list in Studio’s “Advanced” component — it only affects the internal Advanced section inside the problem component of unit.It adds the xblock into that list of all courses
Up until the most recent releases (including Sumac), there’s no config, hook, or plugin in Tutor that will auto-populate the Advanced component list for new courses.

[wowothk]

did you find this solution?

[Retr0 (Giannis Kepas)]

Hello, if you read the reply right above yours you will see that it is not possible as specified by Abdul.