diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/08-27-2014.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/08-27-2014.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7e130718e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/08-27-2014.rst @@ -0,0 +1,163 @@ +################################### +August 27, 2014 +################################### + +The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of August +27, 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 Studio +*************************************** + +* This release further expands the recently redesigned Studio publishing + process. These features are available on the **Course Outline** page. + + * You can now publish all unpublished content in an entire section or + subsection in a single step: on the **Course Outline** page, click the + "Publish" icon. + + .. image:: images/outline-publish-icons.png + :alt: The Course Outline page showing an expanded section and subsection + with a unit that contains unpublished content. + + The "Publish" icon is also available for individual units on the **Course + Outline** page. + + * You can now hide all of the content in an entire section or subsection on + the **Course Outline** page. To ensure that students cannot see a part of + the course, select the "Settings" icon and in the dialog that opens select + **Hide from students**. The same feature is available for individual units. + + For more details, see our most recent `edX Product and Engineering + Newsletter`_. + +* You can now build content experiments (also known as A/B tests or split + tests) entirely within edX Studio. With a content experiment, you show + different course content to different groups of students. Research teams can + compare the performance of students in different groups to gain insights into + the relative effectiveness of course content. + +* A defect in the drag and drop feature for course content on the **Course + Outline** page has been fixed. Dropping a unit into a collapsed subsection + now adds the unit without changing any existing content in that subsection. + (TNL-56) + +******************************* +edX Learning Management System +******************************* + +* When you click **Sent Email History** on the Instructor Dashboard **Email** + page, a new **Sent By** column in the list of messages identifies the sender + of each message. + +* The Instructor Dashboard no longer displays instructions for accessing the + older version of the dashboard. However, users can still select **Revert to + Legacy Dashboard** to access the older version. + +* The computations for demographic distributions that are reported on the + **Analytics** page of the Instructor Dashboard have been updated. The level + of education and gender distributions are now computed for currently enrolled + students only. Previously, these distributions were computed for all students + who were ever enrolled in the course. (LMS-11228) + +.. * Bulk email now available for all courses? Instructor Dashboard, Email page + +.. ************************** +.. edX Data & Analytics +.. ************************** + +************************** +Coming Soon +************************** + +We're pleased to announce these changes, which will be released in the next few +weeks: + +* In addition to the existing Discussion post type, course discussions will + soon include a new Question post type. Students and course teams will also be + able to filter posts to find unanswered questions easily. + +* A new design for course discussions is coming! New controls will provide + consistent ways to take action on posts. Additionally, a set of colorful + badges will make identifying posts easier. + +* To make the process of registering faster and easier, students will soon be + able to both register and log in to the edX.org and edX Edge web sites with + their existing Google or Facebook accounts. + +************************** +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`_ + + Update your bookmarks and links! To prepare for some upcoming additions to + the edX documentation set, we recently changed the location of this guide + and its URL changed as a result. You can always find `Building and Running an + edX Course`_ and the rest of our documentation set at `docs.edx.org`_. + + You can also click **Help** in the upper-right corner of any page in the edX + Studio user interface to access relevant sections in this guide, and download + the entire guide as a PDF as needed. + + Recent changes include: + + * The `Developing Your Course`_ chapter has been updated to include the new + capabilities for publishing and hiding multiple units on the **Course + Outline** page. + + * A new `Add Content Experiments to Your Course`_ chapter is now available. + + * An additional sample email message for students, announcing a new run of a + course, is now available. See `New Course Run Announcement`_. + + * Messages about the effect of changes to the grading policy, graded + subsections, or graded components in a live course are now included in + relevant sections throughout the guide. + +* `Creating Peer Assessments`_ + +* `edX Research Guide`_ + + Recent changes include: + + * The `Tracking Logs`_ chapter now includes a section that describes open + response assessment events. + + * The "Course Grading" and "XML format of drag and drop input" chapters were + removed. These topics are covered in the `Building and Running an edX + Course`_ 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/outline-publish-icons.png b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/outline-publish-icons.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1a520a8353 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/outline-publish-icons.png differ diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst index 28315d5629..e5fa12113d 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 when we have updated the edX Course Staff Release Notes. read_me preface browsers + 08-27-2014 08-12-2014 08-07-2014 07-30-2014 diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst index 879693905e..2392f26097 100644 --- a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ .. _edX Status: http://status.edx.org/ +.. _docs.edx.org: http://docs.edx.org + .. _edX roadmap: https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/display/PROD/Product+Roadmap .. _Building and Running an edX Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/ @@ -187,6 +189,9 @@ .. _Developing Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/index.html +.. _New Course Run Announcement: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/course_launching.html#new-course-run-announcement + +.. _Add Content Experiments to Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/content_experiments/content_experiments_add.html .. 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