Open edX is a massive open online course platform, created by the MIT and Harvard University to offer online university-level courses, and released under the AGPL license.
Questions tagged [edx]
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unable to connect to mysql while install edx configuration with ansible
I already want to install edx-configuarion platform in my ubuntu server.I read this wiki on github but when I run this command :
$ sudo ansible-playbook -c local ./edx_sandbox.yml -i "localhost,"
I get this error:
TASK: [edxlocal | create a…

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How to obtain conditioned results from an R dataframe
This is my first message here. I'm trying to solve an R exercise from an edX R course, and I'm stuck in it. It would be great if somebody could help me solve it. Here are the dataframe and question given:
> students
height shoesize gender…

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Why does my python code produce an infinite loop if the number is larger than or equal to 772000000000000?
I have a code that is supposed to produce the lowest monthly payment you need to make to payoff a balance within a year. It works perfectly for all numbers until (so far as I've tested) 772000000000000.
Here is the code (numbers I've tested are…

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OpenEdx - can't get author_view to be used in xblock
I can't seem to get the author_view to ever be executed in the Xblock I've created.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what the intent of the author_view is, or what I'm expecting it to do. From what I understand it is the view that is displayed in the…

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How to modify activation email content in Open edX Platform?
Someone has previously asked a question regarding the location of the activation email .txt file for the profile activation email that is sent out when a user registers on an Open edX platform.
I have located these files and made changes. Further, I…

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Why does my IF Statement not execute
The point of the excerise I am doing is to write a program that prints the longest substring of s in which the letters occur in alphabetical order.
For example, if s = 'azcbobobegghakl', then your program should print:
Longest substring in…

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Adding external api to EdX
I am currently creating a custom javascript problem which will sit in the Edx platform
http://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/custom_javascript.html
I have created my Javascript in react.js and…

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How to test 'studio_view' in xblock-sdk?
I'm developing a custom-xblock, where course-creator can add some html in predefined and pre-designed block.
I have installed xblock-sdk and using the same for xblock development.
I can test student_view in xblock-sdk but I want to test studio_view…

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How to modify activation email content in edX platform?
I have installed edX platform on Azure and would like to customize the activation email. Would you mind tell me how to modify the activation email content?
I have found several potential files, e.g.…

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Retrieving data from edX API
I am trying to access edx course information into my iOS app. Preferably, I'd like to a user to access the list of courses they are taking.
When I make the GET request, my data reads:
{
detail = "Authentication credentials were not provided.";…

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EdX course with multiple languages
we are developping a course with EdX. This course will be in french, canadian french and swiss french. How does EdX manage multiple languages for a course ?
So far, we thought we would manage this by creating three courses (french version, canadian…

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edx "Live Preview" and "View Live Version" button doesn't redirect to required page
After making changes in a course on the Teacher side, there are options to preview changes and view live version but currently both options are not working properly and we have to append base url (www.abc.com/) in URL every time to preview changes…

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edX LMS port 8000 already in use (even after killing processes)
I got the following issue when I try to run my edX LMS (port 8000):
Error: That port is already in use
So in my vagrant account I found and did kill -9 on process which was using 8000. But as soon as I killed them, the process was automatically…

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While installing openedx i am getting this error
TASK: [edxapp | code sandbox | (bootstrap) load code sandbox profile] *********
failed: [localhost] => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["apparmor_parser", "-r", "/etc/apparmor.d/code.sandbox"], "delta": "0:00:00.003679", "end": "2014-07-06…

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Retrieve data from mongodb in edX
I have created a fake course in django-cms Studio to test my app and now I need to retrieve some data from Mongodb. Here is my code:
models.py:
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
class…

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