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: [image] Set default advanced mo…

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 — i…

@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?

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

hello @Abdul_Muqadim this is my patch. But in the advanced problem it is not appear. Whats wrong? [image] ``` hooks.Filters.ENV_PATCHES.add_item(( "openedx-cms-common-settings", “”" ADVANCED_PROBLEM_TYPES.append({ 'component': 'negativemarkingxblock', 'boilerplate_name': None }) “”" )) …

Anyway.. for set advanced modules list, I can suggest to doing this. The goal is ensure our expected xblock will be listed in advanced module. # signals.py from django.db.models.signals import post_save from django.dispatch import receiver from openedx.core.djangoapps.content.course_overviews.model…

Hi, Regarding adding your XBlock to the advanced problem types, you can do it with the following patch: from tutor import hooks hooks.Filters.ENV_PATCHES.add_item( ( "openedx-cms-common-settings", """ # Append additional advanced problem types ADVANCED_PROBLEM_TYPES.append( …

Hi @mboisson , I’ve just opened a PR for this, it would be great if you could help test it and share your thoughts so we can move it forward and get it merged. feat: let operators enable xblocks in every course's advanced list (#38965) …

Hi @Abdul_Muqadim Unfortunately, I don’t have a platform setup to run a dev/fork of the whole OpenEdX. Our “development” platform is for developing our themes and configuration on a release version of OpenEdX/tutor. Therefore, I do not know how I can test this. Perhaps if you have a way to add thi…

Set default advanced modules list for courses

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mboisson (Maxime Boissonneault) July 28, 2026, 2:04pm 9

Has there been any update on defining default Advanced module list since the newer versions of OpenEdX ? In particular, is this possible through a tutor configuration in Ulmo or Verawood ?

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