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Content Authoring (or Authoring for short) | - Course teams
- Instructional designers
| - "Educator.1 Easy Authoring"
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| core | Content Authoring (core) allows educators to create, modify, discover, package, annotate (tag), and share learning content. Learning content may be packaged from multiple content sources. |
Catalog Content Authoring
| generic | - Catalog Content Authoring (generic) allows educators to create higher-level learning contexts, such as Courses and Programs, which includes metadata related to those contexts.
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Course Run Authoring
| supporting | - Course Run Authoring (supporting) allows educators to launch a Course Run. This includes the ability to override configuration settings and fields, including dates and grading policy.
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Learning Content Authoring | core | - Learning Content Authoring (core) allows educators to create and publish learning content and pathways, which can be utilized to create course runs.
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Learning Content Repository
| supporting | - Learning Content Repository (supporting) provides a shared service for storing, versioning, sharing, and discovering published learning content. The learning content is available at varying degrees of granularity - including Pathways, Blocks and Units.
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Video Processing | generic | - Video Processing generic) is a service for processing, encoding, and translating authored videos for consumption by learners.
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Learning
| | - "Learner.2 Achieve Learning Outcomes"
- "Learner.3 Support through their learning pathway – progress, messaging, social"
- "Educator.5 Supporting Learners (Community and Mentorship)"
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| core | Learning (core) allows learners to consume content and perform actions in a learning activity (participating on forums, etc) on the platform. It also allows educators to support learners via interactions with learners and other support tools. |
Consuming Learning Content
| core | - Consuming Learning Content (core) is the primary context where learners engage with content in personalized learning pathways. This includes functionality such as:
- Completion / Progress
- Digital Journal
- Grades
- xBlocks (each as its own separate micro-context): Video, CAPA, ORA, etc.
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Social Learning | generic | - Social Learning (generic) provides a service for collaboration and interactivity between learners and educators.
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Support Learning | supporting | - Support Learning (supporting) allows educators to administer and manage learners and learning contexts (courses, programs, etc).
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Learning Credentials | supporting | - Learning Credentials (supporting) allows learners and educators to access and manage credentials/certifications achieved from learning.
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Catalog Discovery
| | - "Learner.1 Discovery: Find the right course/program to help them achieve their goals"
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| supporting | Catalog Discovery (supporting) allows learners to find the right content at the right time to help achieve their learning goals. |
Marketing | generic | - Marketing (generic) provides a portal for learners to discover higher-level learning contexts, such as Courses and Programs.
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Catalog Content | supporting | - Catalog Content (supporting) is a service for storing catalog data with interfaces for searching and discovery.
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Catalog Content Authoring | generic | - Catalog Content Authoring (generic) allows educators to author and manage their catalog content.
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Purchasing (ecommerce) | generic | - Purchasing (ecommerce) (generic) allows learners to pay for edX content and features.
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Content Access / Enrollments | supporting | - Content Access / Enrollments (supporting) is a service for managing access and enrollment information to catalog content.
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Enterprise
| - Enterprise Learners
- Enterprise Admins
| - "Admin.1 Actionable Data and Feedback"
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Enterprise Admin | supporting | TBD |
Enterprise Catalog | supporting | TBD |
Enterprise Enrollments | supporting | TBD |
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Programs | - Program Learners
- Program Admins
- Credit Organizations
| - "Learner.4 Proof of Learning, credentials/certifications"
- "Educator.2 Administration of Courses"
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| supporting | - Programs(supporting) allows educators and learners to manage and engage in bundled packages (programs) of learning.
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Program Enrollments | core | - Program Enrollments (core) enable educators to handle grading, completion, and other for learner-facing features within the context of a program.
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Registrar | supporting | - Registrar (supporting) allows educators to administer programs, using identifiers from external systems, through the Program Manager interface.
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Program Credentials | generic | - Program Credentials (supporting) allows learners and educators to access and manage credentials and certifications achieved from engaging in Programs.
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Analytics
| - Course Teams
- Course Admins
| - "Educator.3 Actionable Data and Feedback"
- "Admin.1 Actionable Data and Feedback"
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| supporting | Analytics (supporting) allows both educators and admins to access data about learner behavior and proficiencies and content usage in order to assess learners and the pedagogical impact of the content. |