How to Use the Mechanical MOOC (to make big courses that don't feel big)

Thanks Dirk! After much work I’ve decided to go with simply using Mailchimp with a combination of Course in a Box and Discourse. I’ve posed some thoughts and questions about it on this th...

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Seems like the console commands included the leading bigger than: > from sequence import models > from datetime import datetime > start_date = datetime(2015, 1, 24) > signup_close...

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Hi @dirk I’m receiving the following error when I try to set up the sequence http://pastebin.com/1dEARvTm Thank you! Read full topic

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I moved 15 posts to a new topic: How do I get my MOOC as my own repository so that I can edit the pages? Read full topic

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It worked! I’m running Yosemite…so maybe that was the problem? Thank you! Matt Read full topic

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Hey @matt5834 , it seems like two things are going wrong here. The first thing is that md5pass seems to be missing on your system. What OS are you using? You can get past this problem by replacin...

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Hi- I’m on the quick start guide for Mechanical MOOC and when I enter this step: heroku config:set SECRET_KEY="`uuidgen | md5pass`" I get an error: -bash: md5pass: command not found !...

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@jaumebarcelo great!! Let me know if you run into any other problems or need something explained. Also, we know courses are more than just the tech, so don’t hesitate to ask anything learning ...

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It works!!! http://thawing-hamlet-2571.herokuapp.com/ Thanks @dirk 8-D Read full topic

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Hey @jaumebarcelo I located the issue and fixed it. The original instructions should work now. To update your setup, run: git pull origin master git push heroku master heroku open An...

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I tried to follow the intructions here: http://mechanical-mooc.readthedocs.org/en/latest/quickstart.html and got a 400 Bad Request in my browser at the end of the process. I am running ubunt...

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Mmm. O, ok. The problem is that creating a new sequence creates a mailgun campaign for you. Iow, you will need to sign up for mailgun and add the API key to your settings. The step is detaile...

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Hi @dirk , I’m also working with jaumebarcelo and @L_SR By adding --migrate in this line, the error changes in the same step. Now we receive the following message: http://pastebin.com/KK2L...

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Hey @L_SR Try running heroku run python manage.py syncdb --migrate and then create the sequence. The --migrate was missing. Thanks for the catch, I’ll update the documentation. R...

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Hi @dirk , I’ve tried to create a sequence for a try-out we are attempting in Heroku, but I get the following error: http://pastebin.com/NqExkhF0 I followed your documentation step by step...

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Hey! If you found this thread it is likely because you’ve been pointed here by https://github.com/p2pu/mechanical-mooc/ . If not, no problem, you can find the code for the mechanical MOOC on Gi...

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