The following topics provide an introduction to edX and instructions for getting started on edX websites.
This information is intended for course teams. The EdX Learner’s Guide also includes information about creating an account and the edX Demo course. You might want to share course- or institution-specific details about the registration process, such as password policies or the use of campus credentials, in your communications with prospective students.
For information about enrolling students in a course, see Options for Enrolling Learners in a Course.
To explore edX courses or create edX course content, you can register an account on the edx.org website, the edX Edge website, or both. These sites are visually and functionally similar, but their content and purposes are different.
edx.org hosts massive open online courses (MOOCs) from edX institutional partners. To publish a course on edx.org, you must have an agreement with edX and specific approval from your organization. Courses on edx.org are publicly listed in the edX course catalog and are open to learners from around the world.
Edge, at edge.edx.org, is a more private site. Courses on Edge are not published on edx.org. Any member of a partner course team can create and publish courses, including test courses, on Edge without receiving approval from edX or a partner institution.
However, Edge does not have a course catalog, and courses cannot be found through search engines such as Google. Only learners whom you explicitly invite or who have the URL for your course can participate in your course on Edge. Note that you can invite an unlimited number of learners to participate in an Edge course.
EdX Edge also hosts small private online courses (SPOCs).
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All user accounts on Edge and edx.org are separate. If you want to use both edx.org and Edge, you must complete the account registration process on both sites.
When you create an edx.org or edX Edge account, you associate an email address with your edX account. EdX strongly recommends that you use your organizational email address or select an existing account (such as a campus account) that is set up to use your organizational email address.
You create, or register, an edx.org or edX Edge account on the registration page for edx.org or edX Edge. You can create an account in different ways.
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If you do not use an existing social media or linked organization account to create an edX account, you can still link these external accounts to your edX account later. For more information, see Link or Unlink a Social Media Account. If you link your accounts, you sign in to your edX.org or edX Edge account automatically whenever you sign in to the external account.
Creating an edX.org or edX Edge account has two steps.
You create, or register, an edx.org or Edge account on the account registration page.
To register an account on edx.org or edX Edge, follow these steps.
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When you register an account, you specify a username that will represent you throughout the edx.org or edX Edge site. Course team members and other learners only see your username. You cannot change your username after you create your account. EdX recommends that you select your username carefully.
Go to the edx.org or edX Edge registration page.
(Optional) To link your external social media or organization account to the edX account that you are about to create, select the external account that you want, and follow the steps on the page that opens. After you follow the steps on that page, you return to the edx.org or edX Edge registration page.
On the registration page, enter the required information for your new account. Fields that are marked with an asterisk (*) are required.
On Edge, if you linked your account to an organization account, some of this information might be provided for you.
(Optional) Enter additional information, such as your date of birth. This information can help course teams better understand their learners and improve their courses.
Select the check box to accept the edX terms of service and honor code.
Select Create your account.
When you create your account, edX sends an account activation email message to the email address that you provided. This message contains instructions for activating your account. You must use this email message to activate your account before you enroll in any courses.
If you linked your edX Edge account to an organization account, your account might be activated and you might be enrolled in your course automatically. If that is true, you will go directly to your dashboard, where your course will be visible.
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If you sign out of your edx.org or edX Edge account, you cannot sign in again until you activate your account. You also cannot enroll in any courses until you activate your account.
To activate your account, you use the email message that you receive from edX when you create your account.
After you activate your account, your browser automatically opens to an “Activation Complete” page that contains a link to your dashboard.
After you create and activate your account, if you want to modify your account information, reset your password, or link or unlink accounts, go to the Account Settings page.
You can only access the Account Settings page from the LMS. You cannot access this page from Studio.
EdX provides the edX Demo course and Overview of Creating an edX Course to help familiarize you with taking and creating edX courses.
The edX Demo course allows new students to explore and learn how to take an edX course. We recommend that you become familiar with the way students experience an edX course before you begin building your first course.
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You can include information about the edX Demo course in your course materials, and recommend that new learners take the edX Demo course before proceeding with your course.
Overview of Creating an edX Course is an example of a course built with Studio. It is a self-paced walk-through of planning, building, and running your own online course.