Create the Course Asset Policy in OLX

Tags: educator how-to

You create an asset policy file to provide details of the assets used in your course. Assets can include image files, textbooks, handouts, and supporting JavaScript files.

You must enter policy details for each asset you add to the static directory. For more information, see Create Course Assets in OLX.

Create the Asset Policy File

You define policies for your assets in the assets.json file.

Save the assets.json file in the policy directory. You use one assets.json file for all of the courses you might have in your directory structure.

Asset Policy JSON Objects

contentType	The MIME type of the file.
displayname	The file name.
locked	true if users can only access the file from within your course. false if users can access the file from outside of your course.
content_son	A collection that contains: * category: Equal to asset. * name: The file name. * course: The course number. * tag: * org: The organization that created the course. * revision
filename	The full path and name of the file in the Open edX Platform.
import_path	TBD
thumbnail_location	An array containing: * c4x * The organization. * The course number. * thumbnail * The filename for the thumbnail.

Example Asset Policy File

The following example shows the JSON policy for one image file.

{
    "dashboard.png":
        {
            "contentType": "image/png",
            "displayname": "dashboard.png",
            "locked": false,
            "content_son":
                {
                    "category": "asset",
                    "name": "dashboard.png",
                    "course": "Course number",
                    "tag": "c4x",
                    "org": "Organization",
                    "revision": null
                },
                "filename": "/c4x/Organization/Course-number/asset/dashboard.png",
                "import_path": null,
                "thumbnail_location":
                    [
                        "c4x",
                        "Organization",
                        "Course number",
                        "thumbnail",
                        "dashboard.jpg",
                        null
                    ]
        }
}

See also

Add Course Assets (reference)

Course Assets in OLX (how-to)

What is Open Learning XML? (concept)

Example of an OLX Course (reference)

Getting Started with OLX (quickstart)

What is the OLX Course Structure? (reference)

Example of OLX for a Studio Course (reference)

Maintenance chart

Review Date	Working Group Reviewer	Release	Test situation

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