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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.

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  • Works inside Open edX courses
  • No extra passwords for students
  • Scores in the Open edX gradebook
Edform's activity picker inside Open edX, listing the teacher's quizzes, worksheets, lessons and video lessons

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.

How to use Edform in Open edX

  1. 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. 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. 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.

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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
Edform's activity picker inside Open edX with the teacher's activities and Add buttons

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
A student's homework in Edform, opened from Open edX

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
Edform homework report with every student's score

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.

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Step-by-step guides

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.

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