Educators, if you could add any feature to Open edX, what would it be? :sparkles: We’re collecting ideas for new features—and we want your input! If there’s something that slows you down, creates friction for your team, or makes learning more difficult for your students, we want to hear about it. W…

@danbrac @abylaikhan.suev.02 @rploggen @Anh_Vu_Nguy_n @colin.fredericks @egordon @dggordon @MITxOnlineInstructor @misilot Thanks so much for all the great ideas you’ve shared in this thread! I know it’s a bit of a hassle, but it would be really helpful if you could repost your ideas following the …

[image] danbrac: I love the idea of mini-deadlines. Being able to apply deadlines within an overall longer-term deadline would be very helpful for some of my courses. Good to know - thank you! [image] danbrac: In regards to the “datetime” type implementation, I was more thinking about ho…

@rploggen Thanks for sharing your idea about exporting content in an open format. It sounds like it would be useful functionality. I’ve added it to the ideas list!

We are working on Common Cartridge import currently, it should debut in Teak. We have a bit of a constraint that the Open edX format doesn’t 100% map to Common Cartridge so import/export to other formats may not ever be as complete as we want it to be. This is the repo where the code is being devel…

That’s great. I am specifically looking at exporting, not importing. Can you do a reverse version as well? :slight_smile:

Here is a post about the timed exam feature I posted some time ago [image] Openedx timed exam need a rework Design Openedx timed exam need a rework Out of all the features of Openedx, the one that I got complained about the most is the timed exam. Here are the most compl…

Hi @Anh_Vu_Nguy_n Thank you for bringing my attention to the limitations of timed exams. I’ll take a closer look through your original post to better understand how the feature could be improved. Appreciate the feedback! :bouquet:

Ooh, ooh, call on me! (Pulls out 3-ring binder, blows the dust off it) Grading I’d love to see a more flexible grading system in edX. Everyone eventually gets used to the current one, but it was designed for the first course ever run on the platform and everything else kind of gets wedged into it. …

Forgot to add: Editing Speed in Studio The MFE approach has been very successful in a lot of ways. I am a fan of the project. However, it’s very slow to use on the authoring side, partly because it involves two page loads every time you edit a component. I’d love to see it sped up.

[image] rploggen: That’s great. I am specifically looking at exporting, not importing. Can you do a reverse version as well? :slight_smile: @sarina Am I right in assuming that importing and exporting would be separate efforts, and that the current Common Cartridge Import work doesn’t include …

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Here is a post about the timed exam feature I posted some time ago

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