Open edX integration
Edform in Open edX
Add Edform quizzes, interactive worksheets, lessons and video lessons to your Open edX courses. Students open them from the course without another password, Edform grades them and the scores land in the Open edX gradebook.
- Works inside Open edX courses
- No extra passwords for students
- Scores in the Open edX gradebook
How does Edform work with Open edX?
Edform connects to Open edX with LTI 1.3, the 1EdTech standard Open edX uses for external tools. Open edX doesn't support Dynamic Registration, so the course team enters Edform's URLs once and saves Open edX's values on Edform's setup page. After that, you add Edform activities to your courses with an LTI 1.3 component in the unit (Advanced → LTI Consumer): a picker with your Edform library opens inside Open edX, you pick an activity, and Open edX places it in the course. Students click it and land in Edform, signed in. Edform grades their answers and sends each student's best score back to Open edX. Learners keep working inside the course; the full report stays in Edform.
Edform at a glance
- Price
- Free for teachers: Basic is free forever, with no credit card, and includes every feature.
- AI tools
- AI teacher tools with 5 AI points a month on Basic and 300 a month on Pro.
- Students
- Students join with a code. They need no email address and no account.
- Grading
- Quizzes and worksheets are graded automatically, with results per student and per question.
- Devices
- Runs in the browser on laptops, tablets, phones and interactive boards. Nothing to install.
- Languages
- Available in 32 languages.
- Works with
- Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, ClassLink and learning platforms that support LTI 1.3.
- Library
- A free library of ready-made quizzes, worksheets and lessons that teachers can copy and edit.
How to use Edform in Open edX
- 1
Your Open edX admin adds Edform
In Studio, the course team turns on the LTI component (Advanced Settings → "lti_consumer"), adds it to a unit, sets LTI 1.3 with Edform's login, launch and keyset URLs from https://edform.com/lti/setup, then saves the Client ID, Deployment ID and keyset URL that Studio shows on the same Edform page.
- 2
Add an Edform activity to your course
With an LTI 1.3 component in the unit (Advanced → LTI Consumer), choose Edform and pick one of your quizzes, worksheets, lessons or video lessons.
- 3
Students open it from the course
Students click the activity, work in Edform and hand in. Their score goes to the Open edX gradebook.
Try it yourself
No sign-up needed — try it as a student
This is the real Edform player. Answer the questions and see how they're checked.
Your Edform library inside Open edX
When you add Edform to a course, your Edform activities open right inside Open edX. Search, pick one and press Add: Edform creates homework for this course and Open edX adds the link with a gradebook column out of 100.
- Quizzes, worksheets, lessons, video lessons
- Homework only for this course
- Gradebook column out of 100
One click for students
Open edX signs students in to Edform: no codes, no new passwords. The first time, Edform creates their account and puts them in the course's class. Edform also reads the course's student list, so the class is complete before anyone opens a link.
- Single sign-on from Open edX
- Class matches the course
- No join codes
Grades go to Open edX by themselves
Each student's best score goes to the Open edX gradebook as soon as they hand in, and again after you grade open answers. The full report with every answer stays in Edform.
- Sent after each hand-in
- Updated after your grading
- Full answer report in Edform
What you get in Open edX
Single sign-on
Students and teachers open Edform from Open edX without another password.
Activity picker
Add Edform activities from inside Open edX with Deep Linking.
Gradebook sync
Best scores go to the Open edX gradebook, retried until Open edX accepts them.
Course roster
Edform reads the course's students, so its class matches the course.
One-time setup
Open edX doesn't support Dynamic Registration, so the course team enters Edform's URLs once and saves Open edX's values on Edform's setup page.
Your existing account
Already use Edform? Connect it the first time and keep all your activities.
Teachers use it to
- 01
Assign auto-graded homework
Quizzes and worksheets graded by Edform, scores in Open edX.
- 02
Add interactive lessons and video
Lessons with questions and videos that stop for questions, all inside the course.
- 03
Stop copying marks
No exporting and importing grades: Edform sends them to Open edX.
- 04
Keep students in one place
Students find Edform work next to the rest of the Open edX course.
Explore more
- MoodleEdform quizzes and worksheets in your Moodle courses, grades in the Moodle gradebook
- CanvasEdform quizzes and worksheets in your Canvas courses, grades in the Canvas gradebook
- Other LMSs (LTI 1.3)Canvas, Moodle, Brightspace and more: activities in your course, scores in the gradebook
- IntegrationsGoogle Classroom, Microsoft Teams, LMS (LTI)
- Auto-gradingClosed answers checked the moment students hand in
- Online homeworkGive homework with a code and a deadline
Step-by-step guides
- LMS (LTI 1.3)Add Edform to Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Brightspace, Sakai, Open edX, itslearning or Blackbaud, add activities to a course and get scores in the gradebook.
- Assign homeworkGive a test as homework with a code, link or QR code and set the deadline.
- Homework reportsSee every student's score, each answer and how the class did on each question.
Frequently asked questions
Is Edform free in Open edX?
Yes. Adding Edform to Open edX, opening activities and sending grades are free for teachers and schools, like every Edform feature.
Which standard does Edform use?
LTI 1.3 with LTI Advantage, the 1EdTech standard Open edX uses for learning tools: single sign-on, Deep Linking to add activities, Names and Role Provisioning for the course roster, and Assignment and Grade Services for grades.
Where do I find Edform in Open edX?
In Studio, add the LTI Consumer component to a unit and set it up with Edform's values. Mark it as graded so scores count.
Does Open edX record the scores?
Yes, when the LTI component is graded: Edform sends each learner's best score and Open edX shows it on the progress page.
How does our Open edX admin add Edform?
In Studio, the course team turns on the LTI component (Advanced Settings → "lti_consumer"), adds it to a unit, sets LTI 1.3 with Edform's login, launch and keyset URLs from https://edform.com/lti/setup, then saves the Client ID, Deployment ID and keyset URL that Studio shows on the same Edform page. Our LMS guide has the details.
Do students need an Edform account?
No. Edform creates their account the first time they open an activity from Open edX and puts them in the course's class.
What data does Edform get?
The person's Open edX user id, name, role in the course and, if Open edX shares it, their email, plus the course name and its student list. Edform writes only scores back to Open edX.
Open edX is a trademark of the Axim Collaborative. Edform is not affiliated with the Axim Collaborative.
Bring Edform to your Open edX courses
Create your free teacher account, make an activity, then add it to your course. Free for teachers.
- Free for teachers
- No credit card
- Works on any device