About Course Units

About Course Units#

One or more units make up a course subsection. Units are comprised of course components.

What is a Unit?#

A unit is a part of a subsection that learners view as a single page.

A unit contains one or more components, such as text with HTML markup, problems, or a video.

Viewing the Unit Page #

In Studio, when a unit name is selected in the outline, the Unit page opens.

The following example shows a unit page in Studio with one component, with boxes and text to show different areas and controls in the page.

The Studio unit page with numbered indicators.

A unit navigation bar that shows where in the subsection this unit is located, and provides easy navigation options to nearby unit pages.
Options for testing the unit (View Live and Preview), and button to view in-context analytics (if Aspects: Learner analytics for the Open edX Platform is enabled).
Navigation tools to quickly get to other units in the subsection.
The + New unit button is a way to add new units to a subsection through the unit navigation bar.
Status panel for the unit.
A component in the unit.
The “New Component” section at the bottom of the page, allowing authors to add additional components to the unit.

To a learner using the learning management system (LMS), each unit in the subsection is listed in the collapsable navigation bar on the left side of the Course page. The current unit is indicated with slight highlighting in the sidebar. The components in the current unit appear to the right of the sidebar navigation.

The following image shows a subsection in the LMS that contains several units.

A unit in the LMS, with all of the unit icons in the unit navigation sidebar indicated. Green check marks are visible for some units.

A green check mark next to a unit icon indicates that a learner has completed the unit. A learner has completed the unit if the learner has completed all the following actions.