diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/06-17-2014.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/06-17-2014.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..de9e579d84 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/06-17-2014.rst @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +################################### +June 17, 2014 +################################### + +The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of June 17, +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`_. + +In addition, you can sign up for the `edX Release Announcements mailing +list`_ to get an email message when we have updated the edX Course Staff Release +Notes. + + +*************************************** +edX Studio +*************************************** + +* 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) + + .. image:: /images/VideoTOC.png + :width: 500 + :alt: Video with a transcript file that acts as a table of contents + +* Course teams can now set the Matlab API key globally in the advanced settings for the course. + +*************************************** +edX Learning Management System +*************************************** + +* When you search a discussion forum, the search engine now retrieves common misspellings and alternate spellings of the search term. (FOR-591) + +* 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. + +* The edX user ID is now included in student profile information. (LMS-2791) + + +************************** +edX Documentation +************************** + + +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: + + * 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) + + * Added a description of the Student Gradebook, which is available for courses with enrollments of fewer than 200 students, to `Grade and Answer Data`_. + + * Added recommendation to use only .mp4 and .webm video formats to `Working with Video Components`_. + + * Updated `Working with Video Components`_ with information about adding a transcript that serves as a table of contents for a video. + + +* `edX Data Documentation`_ + + +* `edX Platform Developer Documentation`_ + + +* `edX XBlock Documentation`_ + +* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_ + + Recent changes include: + + * Added the `Installing the edX Production Stack`_ section. + + + +************************** +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/VideoTOC.png b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/VideoTOC.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cd84a20e66 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/VideoTOC.png differ diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst index 77e7a4f65b..928af6f769 100755 --- a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ email message when we have updated the edX Course Staff Release Notes. :maxdepth: 1 read_me + 06-17-2014 06-10-2014 05-20-2014 05-15-2014 diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst index 648350eb07..e15720077c 100644 --- a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ .. _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 + .. _Creating Peer Assessments: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-open-response-assessments/en/latest/ .. _edX Data Documentation: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/devdata/en/latest/