How would this affect course import and export? I believe unrecognized blocks are ignored on import, but that may be harder to do with tabs, since they are specified in policy.json.
I'd also want to make sure that there is some meaningful logging and error messaging to the user when a course is imported and the proper XBlockTab hasn't been installed. > On Jun 28, 2016, at 9:06 AM, eug...@opencraft.com wrote: > > Hello world! > > Background: OEP is a new (suggested) format for proposing changes to Open edX > platform. More details: > https://github.com/edx/open-edx-proposals/blob/master/oeps/oep-0001.rst > > Idea: Allow XBlocks to be displayed in a course tab (like Progress, > Discussion, etc.) > > Motivation: > In order to completely pull out discussions from edx-platform. discussion > XModule is (almost) converted to an XBlock > <https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/pull/12582>. The next step would be to > replace course discussion tab with discussion XBlock-based solution. > This might be useful for building instructor tools (example of a tool that > could benefit from this > <https://github.com/open-craft/problem-builder/blob/master/problem_builder/instructor_tool.py>). > This is related to other thread on mailing list > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/edx-code/Zd2sKQaMhHI> - kind of > alternative implementation. > Tentative implementation details: > > tl;dr: XBlockTab (working name) will be similar to existing StaticTab (powers > "Custom Page" feature) and use nested XBlocks concept to allow using any > XBlock (component?) in a Tab. > > Overall, it would work like that: > "Pages" page in Studio will have "Add XBlock Page" button added; this button > will cause XBlockTab to be added to a course > In studio XBlockTab will expose UI for adding XBlocks and (most likely) other > components (problems, video, etc.), similar to one found in course Outline > editor (Unit page). At a glance it looks like it could be exact same UI, but > it is not 100% clear yet. > Components added to an XBlockTab will be persisted to the modulestore using > the same mechanism to allow nested XBlocks. > In LMS, XBlockTab will render its children (nested) components sequentially - > much like "Unit" (aka vertical module). > > I'm about writing an OEP this week, so feedback and ideas are very welcome. > > Regards, > Eugeny > @Opencraft <http://opencraft.com/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "General Open edX discussion" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/edx-code/ad852782-b1e2-46ba-85bc-8d93db72048a%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/edx-code/ad852782-b1e2-46ba-85bc-8d93db72048a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "General Open edX discussion" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/edx-code/CFAAC85C-CE8E-4A56-819C-F1610A0C730A%40gmail.com.
