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To make informed decisions and continually improve the platform, it is essential to collect data but in discussions it has been made clear that we should not collect it automatically, it must be voluntarily sent by initiatives managers in all cases.

Key Use Cases

• As an administrator I want to send the information of my initiative that uses open edx anonymously

• As an administrator I do not want to send the information of my initiative that uses open edx anonymously

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Solution

We propose the implementation of an announcements functionality in the Open edX Django administration panel. This feature will periodically display an informational message to administrators when they log in to the administration panel. The message will invite administrators to contribute anonymized information to help the community understand how to improve the platform.

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• A customizable message describing the importance of data sharing and how it will benefit the user community and that the information collected will be treated confidentially and appropriately anonymized before analysis.

• A button to send your informationthe information

• A button to dismiss the message

Access to this functionality by roles in Studio

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