diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-16-2014.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-16-2014.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5b4fa6c278 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-16-2014.rst @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +################################### +October 16, 2014 +################################### + +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 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/conf.py b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/conf.py index 403f5fa690..9a4f4c1e17 100644 --- a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/conf.py +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/conf.py @@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.')) 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 diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst index bbe2f3eb7e..e9bcc04779 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 each time we update the edX Course Staff Release Notes. read_me preface browsers + 10-16-2014 10-07-2014 09-30-2014 09-25-2014 diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst index 83955e4fc6..7f18ff0081 100644 --- a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst @@ -5,14 +5,25 @@ .. _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 @@ -111,7 +122,6 @@ .. _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 @@ -212,6 +222,8 @@ .. _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