From 7630cf7a78b6bcc386447219f8100de0cc99937d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Hoeber Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:30:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Release Notes - Sept 25, 2014 --- .../en_us/release_notes/source/09-25-2014.rst | 93 +++++++++++++++++++ docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 94 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/en_us/release_notes/source/09-25-2014.rst diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/09-25-2014.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/09-25-2014.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dfe053b926 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/09-25-2014.rst @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +################################### +September 25, 2014 +################################### + +The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of +September 25, 2014. See previous pages in this document for a history of changes. + +**************************************** +edX Release Announcements Mailing List +**************************************** + +These edX Course Staff Release Notes are always available and are updated with +each release of the edX Platform on `edx.org`_ and `edX Edge`_. + +You can also sign up for the `edX Release Announcements mailing list`_ to get +an email message when we update the edX Course Staff Release Notes. + + +******************************* +edX Learning Management System +******************************* + +* An issue in which the `char` function caused some MATLAB problems to become + unresponsive has been fixed. (TNL-388) + +* Answers to a text input problem with a long input string did not render + properly. This issue is fixed. (TNL-441) + +* Python-evaluated input problems can now give partial, or decimal, grades for + submissions. (TNL-198) + +* Full screen image components did not render correctly in Chrome. This issue + is fixed. (TNL-265) + + + +************************** +Coming Soon +************************** + +We're pleased to announce the following upcoming changes: + +* Course teams will soon be able to access data about their courses on a + dedicated dashboard for course-specific data. By providing insights into who + your students are, and what they do while interacting with your course, the + data available on this dashboard can validate choices you’ve made, reveal + unexpected patterns, and inform plans for changes to the course. + +* EdX will soon release a fully supported cohorts feature that allows course + teams and TAs to assign students to different cohorts in class discussions. + Students in different cohorts will be able to see the discussions for their + individual cohorts, but cannot see discussions for other cohorts. Course + teams can also open some course discussions to all students. + + +************************** +edX Documentation +************************** + +All guides now include a section that lists browsers supported for use with the +edX platform. + +The following documentation is available: + +* `Building and Running an edX Course`_ + + Click **Help** in the upper-right corner of any page in the edX Studio + user interface to access relevant sections in this guide. You can also + download the entire guide as a PDF. + + +* `Creating Peer Assessments`_ + +* `edX Research Guide`_ + +* `edX Developer's Guide`_ + +* `edX XBlock Documentation`_ + +* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_ + +************************** +Other edX Resources +************************** + +You can access the `edX Status`_ page to get an up-to-date status for all +services on edx.org and edX Edge. The page also includes the Twitter feed for +@edXstatus, which the edX Operations team uses to post updates. + +You can access the public `edX roadmap`_ for details about the currently +planned product direction. + +.. include:: links.rst \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst index afe17c640b..fc1ff472df 100755 --- a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ email message when we have updated the edX Course Staff Release Notes. read_me preface browsers + 09-25-2014 09-18-2014 09-09-2014 09-04-2014