October 16, 2014 Release Notes

docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-16-2014.rst

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+October 16, 2014
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+
+The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of
+October 15, 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 Website
+*******************************
+
+* The student dashboard now lists courses sorted by when the student enrolled,
+  with the most recent enrollments first. (ECOM-418)
+
+* Students now receive a success message in the dashboard when they enroll in a
+  course. (ECOM-403)
+
+*******************************
+edX Discussions
+*******************************
+
+* Forum moderators can now change the type of a discussion from a question to a
+  post, and vice versa. Students can also change the type of discussion for
+  their own posts. (TNL-172)
+
+* The default type for a new discussion is now a post. Previously, the default
+  was a question.
+
+*************
+edX Studio
+*************
+
+* The format to set dates in the Advanced Settings for discussion blackouts is
+  clarified on the page. You must enter dates as **YYYY-MM-DD**. To include the
+  time, you enter **YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM**. Be sure to enter the **T** between the
+  date and time.
+
+* The date and time on the **Schedule and Details** page are now shown as
+  Universal Coordinated Times (UTC). (TNL-85)
+
+**************************
+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.
+
+  Recent changes include:
+
+  * Documentation for the Vital Source E-Reader tool was removed as it is no
+    longer supported in the edX Platform.
+
+* `Using edX Insights`_
+
+* `EdX Guide for Students`_
+
+* `Creating Peer Assessments`_
+
+* `edX Research Guide`_
+  
+  Recent changes include:
+
+  * Added new student and instructor events relating to cohort use to the
+    `Tracking Logs`_ chapter.
+
+  * Added new event member fields for data emitted from mobile devices to the
+    video events in the `Tracking Logs`_ chapter. 
+
+  * Removed information about XML course formats. See the `edX Open Learning
+    XML Guide`_ for information about building XML courses.
+
+* `edX Developer's Guide`_
+
+* `edX XBlock Documentation`_
+
+* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_  
+
+* `edX Open Learning XML Guide`_
+  
+  Recent changes include:
+
+  * Added alpha documentation for the `Graphical Slider Tool`_ and `Symbolic
+    Response`_ to the `Problems and Tools`_ 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

docs/en_us/release_notes/source/conf.py

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 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path.append('source/_templates')
+#templates_path.append('source/_templates')
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path.append('source/_static')
+#html_static_path.append('source/_static')
 
 if not on_rtd:  # only import and set the theme if we're building docs locally
     import sphinx_rtd_theme

docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst

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    read_me
    preface
    browsers
+   10-16-2014
    10-07-2014
    09-30-2014
    09-25-2014

docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst

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 .. _edX Open Learning XML Guide: http://edx-open-learning-xml.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html
 
+.. OLX Guide Links
+
+.. _Graphical Slider Tool: http://edx-open-learning-xml.readthedocs.org/en/latest/problem-xml/graphical_slider_tool.html#graphical-slider-tool
+
+.. _Symbolic Response: http://edx-open-learning-xml.readthedocs.org/en/latest/problem-xml/symbolic_response.html#symbolic-response
+
 .. _molecule viewer tool: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/molecule_viewer.html
 
+.. _Problems and Tools:  http://edx-open-learning-xml.readthedocs.org/en/latest/problem-xml/index.html
+
+
+
 .. _EdX Guide for Students: http://edx-guide-for-students.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
 
 .. _Cohorts: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/cohorts/index.html
 
 .. _Creating Exercises and Tools: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/index.html
 
+
 .. _edX Product and Engineering Newsletter: http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=1822a33c054dc20e223ca40e2&id=090cb3ea4c&e=4a41f5542a
 
 .. _End of August Product Announcement: http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1822a33c054dc20e223ca40e2&id=2f58184233
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 .. _Building a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/index.html
 
-.. _Creating Exercises and Tools: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/index.html
 
 .. _Running Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/index.html
 
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 .. _Add Content Experiments to Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/content_experiments/content_experiments_add.html
 
+
+
 .. Peer Assessments
 
 .. _Create an Open Response Assessment Assignment: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-open-response-assessments/en/latest/CreatePeerAssessment.html