diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/09-09-2014.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/09-09-2014.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0594b483e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/09-09-2014.rst @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +################################### +September 9, 2014 +################################### + +The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of +September 9, +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 +*************************************** + +* To make accessing edX courses faster and easier, students can now both + register and log in to edX.org and edX Edge with their existing Google or + Facebook accounts. + + .. image:: images/login-auth.png + :alt: The login screen, with Google and Facebook login buttons + +******************************* +edX Learning Management System +******************************* + +* The styling of LTI components is updated to better show links to external + resources, as shown in the following example: + + .. image:: images/LTI-link.png + :alt: The external resource link in an LTI component + + +* When a user flagged a post in a closed discussion thread, an error message + was displayed. This problem is now fixed. (TNL-151) + +* When submitting a numerical answer in Internet Explorer 9, students received + a warning message that MathJax could not be read. This problem is now fixed. + (BLD-1199) + +******************************* +edX Studio +******************************* + +* When you import a course, a progress bar now shows the import progress. + (STUD-2017) + +************************** +Coming Soon +************************** + +We're pleased to announce the following upcoming change: + +* Course teams will soon be able to access data about their courses on a + dedicated dashboard for course-specific data. By providing insights into who + your students are, and what they do while interacting with your course, the + data available on this dashboard can validate choices you’ve made, reveal + unexpected patterns, and inform plans for changes to the course. + + +************************** +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. + + +* `Creating Peer Assessments`_ + +* `edX Research 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/LTI-link.png b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/LTI-link.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..eb389aeb4b Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/LTI-link.png differ diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/login-auth.png b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/login-auth.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..22ca60e9df Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/images/login-auth.png differ diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst index 56480b1b65..f306a3a1e7 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 + 09-09-2014 09-04-2014 08-28-2014 08-12-2014