diff --git a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/Images/dashboard-course-to-start.png b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/Images/dashboard-course-to-start.png index 676389a1d5..e73b4d0f91 100644 Binary files a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/Images/dashboard-course-to-start.png and b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/Images/dashboard-course-to-start.png differ diff --git a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst index 95ce5d3cb2..735adae166 100644 --- a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst @@ -92,36 +92,31 @@ Follow the on-screen text to enter the course and enrollment schedule. The Course Start Date *********************************** -.. note:: The default **Course Start Date** is set far into the future, to +.. note:: The default course start date is set far into the future, to **01/01/2030**. This is to ensure that your course does not start before - you intend it to. You must change the course start date to the date you want + you intend it to. You must change the course start date to the date you want students to begin using the course. -Students see the course start date on their **Current Courses** dashboards and -on the course summary page. +Students see the course start date and time on their **Current Courses** dashboards and +on the course summary page. -The following example shows the course start date on the course summary page: +The following example shows the course start date and time on the course summary page: .. image:: ../Images/about-page-course-start.png :alt: An image of the course summary page, with the start date circled. -.. note:: For courses on edX.org_, you must communicate the course start date to - your edX Program Manager, to ensure the date is accurate on the course +.. note:: For courses on edX.org_, you must communicate the course start date and time to + your edX Program Manager to ensure the date is accurate on the course summary page. -In the dashboard, if the course has not yet started, students see the start -date as in the following example: +In the dashboard, students see the start dates and times for each of their +courses, as in the following examples. .. image:: ../Images/dashboard-course-to-start.png - :alt: An image of a course that has not started in the student dashboard, with - the start date circled. + :width: 600 + :alt: An image of two courses in the student dashboard, with the start dates and times circled. -If the course has started, students see the start date as in the following -example: - -.. image:: ../Images/dashboard-course.png - :alt: An image of a course listing in the student dashboard, with the start - date circled +.. note:: If you do not specify a start time for your course, students see the default start time, 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). diff --git a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/change_log.rst b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/change_log.rst index 48f588fe1f..d469e2d8d6 100644 --- a/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/change_log.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/course_authors/source/change_log.rst @@ -13,16 +13,18 @@ October, 2014 * - Date - Change + * - 10/29/2014 + - Added information about course start time visibility to :ref:`The Course Start Date`. * - 10/28/14 - Added section for :ref:`Show Reset Button` in :ref:`Problem Settings` - and clarified Reset button behavior in :ref:`Problem Student View`. + and clarified **Reset** button behavior in :ref:`Problem Student View`. * - 10/27/14 - Fixed the code sample in :ref:`Script Tag Format` in the :ref:`Write Your Own Grader` chapter. * - - Fixed a bug in :ref:`Text Input Problem XML`. * - - - Added :ref:`Create a Randomized Custom Python-Evaluated Input Problem` + - Added :ref:`Create a Randomized Custom Python-Evaluated Input Problem`. * - 10/23/14 - Added note about limited support of annotation problem type to :ref:`Annotation`.