Ok I found a good middleground. I'll use an automatically assigned cohort to handle most of the sign ups and then use a manual assignment after for anyone that doesn't fit in the default bucket.
Thanks! On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 9:50:57 AM UTC-4, Erik Van de Water wrote: > > Hi Andy, > > Thank you for the quick response :) > > To implement your solution, I need one more question answered if you don't > mind: Since automatic assignment is random, I can't use that, but I could > do manual assignment. Using manual assignment, would there be a way using > edX to ask the learner which kind of user they are (account manager or > accountant or sales person), or would that have to be done outside the > platform, and then after they signed up and were assigned by me, they would > be able to start learning? > > On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 9:43:34 AM UTC-4, Andy Armstrong wrote: >> >> Hi Erik, >> >> Have you looked at using content groups to create cohort-specific content? >> >> >> http://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/open-edx-building-and-running-a-course/en/open-release-eucalyptus.master//course_features/cohorts/cohorted_courseware.html >> >> This allows you to tag different content in Studio as to be shown to >> different groups. The challenge with this approach is that the schemes >> currently available for cohorting mean that you will have to manually >> segment your users. >> >> I hope this helps. Let me know if you'd like more details. >> >> - Andy >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Erik Van de Water <erik...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Eucalyptus 2 release if that is relevant. >>> >>> On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 9:33:42 AM UTC-4, Erik Van de Water >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I am trying to make multiple courses with highly similar but not quite >>>> the same content in each of them - each course is specialized to a >>>> specific >>>> audience. I have 3 audiences: account managers, accountants, and sales >>>> people, and each needs to share about 80% of core content, with about 20% >>>> being specific to the audience. >>>> >>>> However, I don't want to do a bunch of rework to create these slightly >>>> different courses (i.e. have to create each course manually as if it is >>>> completely new as opposed to sharing the core content with the other >>>> courses). >>>> >>>> What I have looked into: >>>> >>>> >>>> - Libraries - Seems to be only for randomized content/questions >>>> - Cohorts - Does not seem to provide distinction between different >>>> groups other than in discussions, automatic assignment seems arbitrary >>>> - Putting all content in one course and having students skip >>>> sections unrelated to their specific track - Not sure how grading works >>>> with this (can someone take the final without having gone through all >>>> course content, can there be different final exams for each kind of >>>> student?). Also just a little less professional than I'd like (but >>>> this >>>> isn't a deal breaker, getting grading right would make this a good >>>> solution. >>>> >>>> Thank you for any help! :) >>>> >>> -- >>> 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/2d6b2648-d2da-4dce-9b2b-5e8474f92d6c%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/edx-code/2d6b2648-d2da-4dce-9b2b-5e8474f92d6c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Andy Armstrong* >> >> edX | UI Architect | an...@edx.org >> >> 141 Portland Street, 9th floor >> >> Cambridge, MA 02139 >> http://www.edx.org <http://www.edxonline.org/> >> >> [image: >> http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/edX_Logo_Col_RGB_FINAL.jpg?mtime=1336074566] >> > -- 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/dd32115d-cc85-4555-80d1-b336c6d3f5e4%40googlegroups.com.
