diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/09-30-2014.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/09-30-2014.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..332e52cd57 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/09-30-2014.rst @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +################################### +September 30, 2014 +################################### + +The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of +September 30, 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 Insights +******************************* + +The initial version of edX Insights, our new course analytics product, is now +available. In this release, edX Insights provides data for student enrollment +activity, geographic location, and engagement with course content. + +Team members who have the Instructor or Course Staff role can open edX Insights +from the Instructor Dashboard. A banner announcing this new product displays at +the top of every page: click the **visit edX Insights** link to view data about +your course. + +EdX Insights uses visualizations, key metrics, and tables to present data about +who your students are and what they do while interacting with your course. + +For example, the Weekly Student Engagement chart displays the number of +students who engaged in different activities over time. + +.. image:: images/Engagement_Chart.png + :alt: A line graph with three lines showing ongoing, differing levels of + student activity of any kind, students who watched a video, and + students who tried a problem. + +To report where your students are, edX Insights shows a color-coded map. + +.. image:: images/Geography.png + :alt: A world map; countries with darker shading have a higher number of + students than those with lighter shading. + +You can use the data that is available from edX Insights to monitor activity, +validate choices, reveal unexpected patterns, form hypotheses, and inform plans +for your course. For information about edX Insights, see `Using edX Insights`_. + +************************** +Coming Soon +************************** + +We're pleased to announce the following upcoming changes: + +* 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. + +* `Using edX Insights`_ + +* `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/images/Engagement_Chart.png b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/Engagement_Chart.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..706e7dc4e2 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/Engagement_Chart.png differ diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/Geography.png b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/Geography.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a59816b704 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/Geography.png differ diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst index fc1ff472df..4c1fc93b45 100755 --- a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst @@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ edX Course Staff Release Notes #################################### -The *edX Course Staff Release Notes* provide a cumulative list of changes -that affect course authoring in edX Studio and the edX Learning Management -System. +The *edX Course Staff Release Notes* provide a cumulative list of changes that +affect the use of edX Studio, the edX Learning Management System, and edX +Insights. This document contains a page for each update to the edX system, which includes both `edx.org`_ and `edX Edge`_. Each page contains information on new or changed documentation, as well as new features and changes in edX Studio, the -edX Learning Management System, Discussion Forums, Analytics, accessibility, and -more. +edX Learning Management System, edX Insights, Course Discussions, Analytics, +accessibility, and more. -You can sign up for the new `edX Release Announcements mailing list`_ to get an -email message when we have updated the edX Course Staff Release Notes. +You can sign up for the `edX Release Announcements mailing list`_ to get an +email message each time we update the edX Course Staff Release Notes. @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ email message when we have updated the edX Course Staff Release Notes. read_me preface browsers + 09-30-2014 09-25-2014 09-18-2014 09-09-2014 diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst index a7a31e9225..ed42524230 100644 --- a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ .. _Building and Running an edX Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/ + +.. _Using edX Insights: http://edx-insights.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ + .. _Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-installing-configuring-and-running/en/latest/ .. _Installing the edX Production Stack: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-installing-configuring-and-running/en/latest/prodstack/install_prodstack.html