Jupyter Google Colab XBlock

Overview

Provides a convenient way to launch Google Colab notebooks with within Open edX.

Demo available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddZDNW_g-v4

Installation

XBlock

• login as the root user: sudo -i
• cd /edx/app/edxapp
• Activate the EdX virtualenv: source venvs/edxapp/bin/activate
• New Installation:
  • sudo -u edxapp /edx/bin/pip.edxapp install git+https://github.com/ibleducation/jupyter-edx-colab-cloud-xblock.git
• Upgrading:
  • sudo -u edxapp /edx/bin/pip.edxapp install --upgrade --no-deps --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/ibleducation/jupyter-edx-colab-cloud-xblock.git

Edx Server Setup

In the following files:

• /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/lms/envs/common.py

Add the following at the bottom of the INSTALLED_APPS section:

    # Colab XBlock
    'colab_xblock',

Restart edxapp via /edx/bin/supervisorctl restart edxapp:

• In the studio, go to the course you would like to implement this XBlock in
• Under Settings at the top, select Advanced Settings
• in the Advanced Module List, add: "colab_xblock"
  • ensure there is a comma after the second to last entry, and no comma exists after the last entry
• Select Save

The Google Colab Link can now be added to a unit by selecting Colab XBlock from the Advanced component menu

How it works

Provides a button that will open a new tab/window to the provided google colab notebook.

If the link is a github link, we reformat it to a google colab link, otherwise we leave it as is.

The user can enter optional instructions or a summary that will be displayed above the link.