Release Notes for 8/12/14
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August 12, 2014
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The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of August
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12, 2014. See previous pages in this document for a history of changes.
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edX Release Announcements Mailing List
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These edX Course Staff Release Notes are always available and are updated with
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each release of the edX Platform on `edx.org`_ and `edX Edge`_.
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You can also sign up for the `edX Release Announcements mailing list`_ to get
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an email message when we update the edX Course Staff Release Notes.
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edX Studio
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* This release includes a redesigned user experience for publishing.
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* The process for creating, releasing, and updating content has been
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streamlined and simplified.
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.. image:: images/techdocworkflows(v2)_New-workflow.png
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:alt: Flowchart showing the process of creating a unit on the Course Outline page, adding components on the Unit page, and then publishing the content. Modifications made on a Unit page can be published immediately.
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* Visual cues are now present on the **Course Outline** page and on
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individual unit pages to indicate whether your content is published and
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whether students can see it.
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.. image:: images/PubChange_NewOutline.png
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:alt: The Course Outline page with release dates indicated and callouts for the "Settings" icons that allows you to change it
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* You can select the **Hide from students** check box on a unit page at any
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time to immediately remove that unit from student view.
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.. image:: images/Hide_from_Students.png
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:alt: The unit page indicating the new check box on the right side of the page
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For more details and a comparison between the new publishing workflow and the
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previous workflow, see our most recent `edX Product and Engineering
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Newsletter`_.
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* A graphical user interface is now available for creating and maintaining open
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response assessment problems.
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You now define the open response assessment rubric in the following page:
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.. image:: images/PeerRubricGUI.png
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:alt: The Open Response Assessment editor Rubric tab
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You now define settings for the open response assessment in the following page:
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.. image:: images/PeerAssessmentSettingsGUI.png
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:alt: The Open Response Assessment editor Settings tab
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* A new setting, **Enable video caching system**, is now available on the
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**Advanced Settings** page. When set to true (the default), HTML5 videos use
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video caching. (BLD-1207)
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edX Learning Management System
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* When course discussions are closed, the **New Post** button is no longer
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included in discussion components. (FOR-108)
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* When an incomplete course URL was entered in a browser, the error page that
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displayed included incorrect information. This defect has been corrected.
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(LMS-11189, LMS-11205)
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Coming Soon
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We're pleased to announce these upcoming changes, which will release in the
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next few weeks:
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* In addition to the existing Discussion post type, course discussions will
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soon include a new Question post type. Students and course teams will also be
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able to filter posts to find unanswered questions easily.
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* A new user experience design for course discussions is coming! The new user
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interface controls will provide consistent methods for taking action on
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posts. A set of colorful badges will also make it easier to identify posts.
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* A new bulk publishing feature will soon be available to enhance the changes
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that you see to the publishing workflow today. With bulk publishing, the
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process of releasing your course content to students will be significantly
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streamlined.
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edX Documentation
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The following documentation is available:
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* `Building and Running an edX Course`_
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Click **Help** in the upper-right corner of any page in the edX Studio
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user interface to access relevant sections in this guide. You can also
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download the entire guide as a PDF.
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Recent changes include:
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A new section, `Developing Your Course`_, that provides documentation on
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using the new publishing workflow and the enhanced outline and unit pages.
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These enhancements resulted in extensive changes to the organization and
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content of this guide.
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* `Creating Peer Assessments`_
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Recent changes include:
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The `Create an Open Response Assessment Assignment`_ chapter has been
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completely revised to document the work you do in Studio to create and test
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this assignment type.
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* `edX Research Guide`_
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.. Recent changes include:
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* `edX Developer's Guide`_
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* `edX XBlock Documentation`_
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* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_
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Other edX Resources
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You can access the `edX Status`_ page to get an up-to-date status for all
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services on edx.org and edX Edge. The page also includes the Twitter feed for
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@edXstatus, which the edX Operations team uses to post updates.
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You can access the public `edX roadmap`_ for details about the currently
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planned product direction.
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read_me
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preface
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08-12-2014
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08-07-2014
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07-30-2014
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07-23-2014
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.. Links
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.. _edX Product and Engineering Newsletter: http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=1822a33c054dc20e223ca40e2&id=090cb3ea4c&e=4a41f5542a
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.. _edX Release Announcements mailing list: http://eepurl.com/U84tj
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.. _edX Edge: https://edge.edx.org
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.. _Keys and Credentials for Data Transfers: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/devdata/en/latest/internal_data_formats/credentials.html
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.. _Testing Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/view_course_content.html#testing-your-course
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.. _Testing Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/testing_courseware.html
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.. _Switch Between Studio and Your Live Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/view_course_content.html#view-your-live-course
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.. _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
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.. _Transcripts in Additional Languages: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/create_video.html#transcripts-in-additional-languages
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.. _Custom JavaScript Applications: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/userdocs/en/latest/extending_platform/javascript.html
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.. _Go to Studio from Your Live Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/view_course_content.html#go-to-studio-from-your-live-course
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.. _Go to Studio from Your Live Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/testing_courseware.html#open-studio-from-your-live-course
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.. _Student Answer Distribution: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/course_grades.html#review-answers
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.. _Releasing Your Course: http://ca.readthedocs.org/en/latest/releasing_course/index.html#releasing-your-course-index
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.. _Releasing Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/index.html
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.. _Course Launching Activities: http://ca.readthedocs.org/en/latest/releasing_course/course_launching.html#launch
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.. _Adding Pages to a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/pages.html#adding-pages-to-a-course
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.. _Adding Pages to a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/pages.html
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.. _Show or Hide the Course Wiki Page: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/pages.html#show-or-hide-the-course-wiki-page
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.. _Show or Hide the Course Wiki Page: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/pages.html#show-or-hide-the-course-wiki-page
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.. _Building a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/index.html#building-a-course-index
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.. _Creating Course Content: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/index.html#creating-course-content-index
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.. _Creating Course Content: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/en/latest/creating_content/index.html
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.. _Beta Testing a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/beta_testing.html#beta-testing
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.. _Getting Started: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/getting_started/index.html#getting-started-index
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.. _Building a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/index.html#building-a-course-index
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.. _Building a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/index.html
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.. _Creating Exercises and Tools: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/index.html
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.. _Running Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/index.html#running-your-course-index
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.. _Running Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/index.html
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.. _Information for Your Students: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/students/index.html#information-for-your-students-index
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.. _The Course Start Date: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/setting_up_student_view.html#the-course-start-date
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.. _The Course End Date: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/setting_up_student_view.html#the-course-end-date
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.. _Staff Debug Info: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/staff_debug_info.html
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.. _Add Files to a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/course_files.html
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.. _Add Files to a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/course_files.html
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.. _Import LaTeX Code into an HTML Component: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/create_html_component.html#import-latex-code
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.. _Multiple Choice and Numerical Input Problem: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/mult_choice_num_input.html
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.. _Components: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/organizing_course.html#components
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.. _Components: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/course_components.html
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.. _Discussions: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/discussions.html
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.. _External Graders: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/external_graders.html
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.. _duplicating components: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/organizing_course.html#duplicate-a-component
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.. _duplicating components: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/course_components.html#duplicate-a-component
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.. _Video Advanced Options: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/create_video.html#advanced-options
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.. _Organizaing Your Course Content: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/organizing_course.html
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.. _Organizaing Your Course Content: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/workflow.html
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.. _Custom JavaScript Problem: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/custom_javascript.html
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.. _Download or view student data: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/course_student.html#view-and-download-student-data
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.. _Developing Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/index.html
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.. Peer Assessments
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.. _Create an Open Response Assessment Assignment: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-open-response-assessments/en/latest/CreatePeerAssessment.html
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.. DATA DOCUMENTATION
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.. _Student Info and Progress Data: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/devdata/en/latest/internal_data_formats/sql_schema.html#student-info
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