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June 17, 2014
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The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of June 17,
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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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In addition, you can sign up for the `edX Release Announcements mailing
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list`_ to get an email message when we have updated the edX Course Staff Release
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Notes.
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edX Studio
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* For videos, you can now create a transcript file that functions as a table of contents. The file contains links to different parts of the video. (BLD-933)
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:width: 500
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:alt: Video with a transcript file that acts as a table of contents
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* Course teams can now set the Matlab API key globally in the advanced settings for the course.
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edX Learning Management System
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* When you search a discussion forum, the search engine now retrieves common misspellings and alternate spellings of the search term. (FOR-591)
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* When a course has no content, users who try to access the course see a "No content has been added to this course" message rather than a 404 or 500 error message.
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* The edX user ID is now included in student profile information. (LMS-2791)
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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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* Updated `Bulk Email`_ to add information about possible bulk email states and situations in which enrolled students don't receive bulk e-mail. (DOC-362)
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* Added a description of the Student Gradebook, which is available for courses with enrollments of fewer than 200 students, to `Grade and Answer Data`_.
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* Added recommendation to use only .mp4 and .webm video formats to `Working with Video Components`_.
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* Updated `Working with Video Components`_ with information about adding a transcript that serves as a table of contents for a video.
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* `edX Data Documentation`_
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* `edX Platform Developer Documentation`_
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* `edX XBlock Documentation`_
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* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_
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Recent changes include:
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* Added the `Installing the edX Production Stack`_ section.
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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
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details about the currently planned product direction.
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.. _Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-installing-configuring-and-running/en/latest/
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.. _Installing the edX Production Stack: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-installing-configuring-and-running/en/latest/prodstack/install_prodstack.html
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.. _Creating Peer Assessments: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-open-response-assessments/en/latest/
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.. _edX Data Documentation: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/devdata/en/latest/
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