Repository navigation
[DEPR]: Deprecation of Instructor Dashboard and Instructor Tools in Favor of MFE Implementations #37214
Description
RFC Start Date
TBD
Target Plan Accepted Date
TBD
Target Transition Unblocked Date
TBD
Earliest Breaking Changes Unblocked Date
TBD
Earliest Open edX Named Release with Breaking Changes
Verawood - 2026-04
Rationale
Instructor Dashboard currently is rendered using Django templates. These views delivered pre-rendered HTML and a full template context, limiting frontend modularity and making reuse of individual data components difficult. This has relegated instructor tools to a secondary role, making them hard to find and difficult to use.
We are moving to a modern frontend architecture using Micro-Frontends (MFEs) with new frontend-base foundations, React, TypeScript, React Query, and Paragon to improve scalability, maintainability, responsiveness, and developer experience. This new implementation decouples rendering from data delivery via dedicated APIs.
Community Forum Announcement: PENDING
Removal
The following server-rendered Django templates and backend logic are scheduled for deprecation and eventual removal:
lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/course_info.htmllms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/membership.htmllms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/cohort_management.htmllms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/extensions.htmllms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/student_admin.htmllms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/data_download.htmllms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/data_download_2.htmllms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/special_exams.htmllms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/certificates.htmllms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/open_response_assessment.html
Target Date: TBD
Replacement
The deprecated pages are being replaced with MFEs hosted under the frontend-app-instruct project, providing:
TBD
Deprecation
TBD
Additional Info
No response
Task List
No response
Task List
No response
Activity
sarina commentedon Aug 18, 2025
Roadmap issue: openedx/platform-roadmap#459
dianakhuang commentedon Jul 23, 2026
This was in progress, but work was paused for a bit. Work is probably going to resume sometime soon.
There may be concerns with getting proctoring working with this new MFE that will need to be resolved at some point.