Open edX customization

Your Open edX platform, built around your requirements.

We customize Open edX to fit how your organization works, from modern interfaces and mobile apps to AI tools, integrations and custom workflows. We build on top of Open edX without changing its core code, making future upgrades easier.

What we’ve built on Open edX.

Here are some of the features and customizations we’ve built for organizations using Open edX.

Hybrid session series

Live and hybrid training

We’ve added live session scheduling, enrollment and attendance tracking to Open edX, with mobile access for learners joining classes.

AI course generation prompt settings

Custom AI prompts and interactive content generation

We’ve built tools that let course teams customize the prompts AI uses to generate courses, including how lesson components are planned. Authors can also create interactive activities from a text description, refine them through chat and preview the results before exporting them to Open edX.

The app for young learners on an iPhone: Hi John, a daily streak of 3 days, and recent activity with Grade 5, Unit 7 at 60% progress.

App for young learners

Mobile learning with streaks and learning journeys

We built a mobile app for young learners, with daily learning streaks, recent activities and a visual learning journey that shows their progress through each course.

The skill passport on an iPhone: competencies on a radar chart, with progress bars for each competency.

Skill passport

Skill passport and competency tracking

We built a skill passport that shows each learner’s competencies and progress through visual charts, helping them see their strengths and areas that need improvement.

Course discussions on an iPhone: questions and discussion posts from learners.AI flashcards on an iPhone: a question card with answer choices.

Course discussions · AI flashcards

Course discussions and AI flashcards on mobile

We’ve added course discussions and AI flashcards to Open edX mobile learning, so learners can ask questions, share ideas and review what they’ve learned between classes.

Course announcements across WhatsApp, email and the app

We’ve added multi-channel announcements to Open edX, allowing training teams to send course updates to learners through WhatsApp, email and in-app notifications, with approved WhatsApp message templates.

Upload once · Quality levels created · Smooth on any network

Adaptive video streaming for Open edX

We’ve added adaptive video streaming to Open edX. Upload a video once, and the system creates multiple quality versions, adjusting playback to each learner’s internet connection.

Batch results by learner · Grading a submission

Assessment tracking and rubric-based grading for Open edX

We’ve added batch-level assessment tracking to Open edX, allowing training teams to review each learner’s results, grade submissions against rubrics and track assessment progress in one place.

Courses and programs · Learner overview

Course and learner analytics for Open edX

We’ve added analytics dashboards to Open edX, allowing training teams to track course completion, compare learner activity, identify where learners drop off and see which courses need attention.

Tenants, seats and contracts

Corporate client management for Open edX

We’ve added corporate client management to Open edX, allowing training providers to manage each client’s learner seats, contracts, account status and training access from one place.

Learning with the AI Tutor

Modern learner experience for Open edX

We’ve redesigned the Open edX learner dashboard to bring courses, upcoming sessions and learning progress into one place, with an AI tutor alongside lesson content to answer questions while learners study.

Want something like this on your platform?

Tell us what you need. We’ll tell you how we would build it.

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“Our move to Blend‑ed’s SaaS Open edX was smooth. Their deep expertise made communication easy, handled our customizations without issues, and delivered a far more stable platform that’s ready for future upgrades.”
Dr. Michel H., CEO, Risknowlogy

How we build on Open edX.

Extend Open edX without changing its core

We build custom features and interfaces on top of Open edX without modifying its core code. This reduces upgrade conflicts and makes it easier to move to newer Open edX releases.

One team, from development to upgrades

We build and customize Open edX platforms, and provide hosting, maintenance and upgrades after launch.

Open edX installation and hosting →

Open-source tools for the community

We share tools we’ve developed for Open edX, including our MCP server and Interactive Content XBlock, so other teams can use and build on them.

Explore our Open edX tools →

How we deliver your Open edX project

1

Understand your requirements

We discuss your learning goals, existing Open edX setup, required features and integrations to understand what needs to be built.

2

Agree on the project scope

We define the features, deliverables and timeline with your team before development begins.

3

Design, build and test

Our team develops the custom features and integrations, tests them and reviews the results with you before launch.

4

Launch and ongoing support

We help deploy your Open edX platform and hand it over to your team. We can also provide hosting, maintenance and upgrades after launch.

Questions about Open edX customization

Yes. We build custom features and interfaces on top of Open edX without modifying its core code. This reduces upgrade conflicts and makes it easier to keep your platform on newer Open edX releases.

Yes. We’ve built mobile apps for iOS and Android, along with AI tools for course creation, learner tutoring and administration. We can also customize the learner and administrator interfaces.

Yes. We provide Open edX hosting, maintenance, technical support and version upgrades. We can continue supporting your platform after development or work with your existing hosting setup.

Yes. You don’t need to build a new platform. We can review your current Open edX installation and develop new features, improve the user interface or connect it with other systems.

Tell us what you want to build.

Describe your platform or the feature you need. Our Open edX team will reply with what is possible.