diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-07-2014.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-07-2014.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d9ec5e331e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-07-2014.rst @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +################################### +October 7, 2014 +################################### + +The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of +October 7, 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 +******************************* + +* The private discussion cohorts feature has been released! When this optional feature is enabled for a course, the course team defines smaller communities of students within the larger, course-wide community. This feature allows course teams to divide students into cohort groups using either distinctive group characteristics or automated, random assignments. When the + cohorts feature is enabled for a course, most discussion topics are divided so + that students can only read and contribute to posts made by other members of + the same cohort. However, course teams can open some discussions so that all + students can read and contribute to the discussion. Additionally, if the + cohorts feature is enabled for the course, the CSV file that contains student + profile data now includes a **Cohort** column. + + We recommend that you implement cohorts in courses that are not yet released. + Issues may arise if you enable the cohorts feature in a running course. + + For more information, see `Cohorts`_. + +* In the Instructor Dashboard, downloading student profile data is now a + background task. You can leave the **Data Download** page after you + begin downloading students' profile information and return when the download + is complete. Additionally, the **Download profile information as a CSV** + button and the **List enrolled students' profile information** button have + been moved to the **Reports** section of the **Data Download** page. (TNL-453) + +* Course discussions have several new features: + + * Students can now change the topic of a post after they post it. Discussion administrators, moderators, and community TAs can edit the topic for any post. + + * Users no longer have the option to add comments to closed threads. (TNL-150) + + * When a user selects a topic or subtopic for a post, a link to the unit that contains + that discussion topic or subtopic in the body of the course now appears immediately when the + post is created. (TNL-404) + + * Users who have the discussion admin role can now remove their + own or other users' discussion admin status. (TNL-315) + + * For some users, a list of posts did not appear in the left sidebar when + the user clicked **Posts I'm Following**. This bug has been fixed. (TNL-469) + + * Pinned posts now always appear at the top of the list of posts, regardless + of the way that the posts are sorted. (TNL-90) + +* In some browsers, if a student clicked a word in a transcript to move to that + point in the video, the video began playing from the correct point, but the + transcript stopped following along with the video. This bug has been fixed. + (TNL-235) + +************* +edX Studio +************* + +* In HTML text components, the default font now appears as an option in the + **Font** menu. (TNL-147) + + .. image:: /images/HTMLDefaultFont.png + :width: 300 + :alt: HTML component editor with Font menu open to show Default option + +* When a Problem component contained a custom JavaScript display and grading (JS + Input) problem and at least one other problem, the JS Input problem was scored + incorrectly. The additional problem in the component could be any type of + problem. These problems are now scored correctly. (TNL-269) + +* When you exported a course, the setting for **Video Download Allowed** in a + Video component changed from **False** to **True** in the exported course. + This bug has been fixed. (TNL-324) + +************************** +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. + + Recent changes include: + + * Full documentation for the new cohorts feature is available in `Cohorts`_. + + * Documentation for a new `molecule viewer tool` has been added to `Creating + Exercises and Tools`_. + + .. image:: /images/MoleculeViewer.png + :width: 500 + :alt: Image of molecule viewer tool showing a ciprofloxacin molecule + +* `Using edX Insights`_ + +* `EdX Guide for Students`_ + + This new guide is written specifically to help students get started with edX. + This initial release of the guide includes information about certificates, + entering formulas into the response field for math and science problems, and + open response assessments. We encourage course teams to share this guide with + students and to let us know what else you'd like the guide to cover. + +* `Creating Peer Assessments`_ + +* `edX Research Guide`_ + +* `edX Developer's Guide`_ + +* `edX XBlock Documentation`_ + +* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_ + +* `edX Open Learning XML Guide`_ + + The edX Open Learning XML (OLX) Guide is a new manual for course teams who are working with XML courses. We'll release updates to this preliminary version of the guide over the next several months. For more information, see `Open Learning XML (OLX) Format`_. + +************************** +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/images/HTMLDefaultFont.png b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/HTMLDefaultFont.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..84cb1641cf Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/HTMLDefaultFont.png differ diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/MoleculeViewer.png b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/MoleculeViewer.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..438a7be033 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/MoleculeViewer.png differ diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst index 4c1fc93b45..bbe2f3eb7e 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 each time we update the edX Course Staff Release Notes. read_me preface browsers + 10-07-2014 09-30-2014 09-25-2014 09-18-2014 diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst index ed42524230..7c3bcb2116 100644 --- a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ .. Links +.. _Open Learning XML (OLX) Format: http://engineering.edx.org/2014/10/open-learning-xml-olx-format/ + +.. _edX Open Learning XML Guide: http://edx-open-learning-xml.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html + .. _edX Product and Engineering Newsletter: http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=1822a33c054dc20e223ca40e2&id=090cb3ea4c&e=4a41f5542a .. _End of August Product Announcement: http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1822a33c054dc20e223ca40e2&id=2f58184233 @@ -24,6 +28,7 @@ .. _Building and Running an edX Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/ +.. _molecule viewer tool: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/molecule_viewer.html .. _Using edX Insights: http://edx-insights.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ @@ -33,6 +38,8 @@ .. _Creating Peer Assessments: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-open-response-assessments/en/latest/ +.. _EdX Guide for Students: http://edx-guide-for-students.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ + .. _edX Research Guide: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/devdata/en/latest/ .. _Data Delivered in Data Packages: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/devdata/en/latest/internal_data_formats/package.html @@ -43,6 +50,8 @@ .. _Testing Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/testing_courseware.html +.. _Cohorts: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/cohorts/index.html + .. _Switch Between Studio and Your Live Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/testing_courseware.html#view-your-live-course .. _Transcripts in Additional Languages: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/create_video.html#transcripts-in-additional-languages @@ -171,6 +180,7 @@ .. _Drag and Drop Problem: http://ca.readthedocs.org/en/latest/exercises_tools/drag_and_drop.html +.. _Creating Exercises and Tools: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/index.html .. _Assign Discussion Administration Roles: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/discussions.html#assigning-discussion-roles