From c8894c41a26876838c6731b0b7cccc3f487ab2b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sylvia Pearce Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:05:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Edits to release notes --- .../en_us/release_notes/source/10-07-2014.rst | 153 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 153 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-07-2014.rst diff --git a/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-07-2014.rst b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-07-2014.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..067a1545e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-07-2014.rst @@ -0,0 +1,153 @@ +################################### +October 7, 2014 +################################### + +The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of +October 7, 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 Learning Management System +******************************* + +* The private discussion cohorts feature has been released! When this optional + feature is enabled for a course, the course team defines smaller communities + of students within the larger, course-wide community. This feature allows + course teams to divide students into cohort groups using either distinctive + group characteristics or automated, random assignments. When the cohorts + feature is enabled for a course, most discussion topics are divided so that + students can only read and contribute to posts made by other members of the + same cohort. However, course teams can create some open, or unified, + discussion topics so that all students can read and contribute to that topic. + Additionally, if the cohorts feature is enabled for the course, the CSV file + that contains student profile data now includes a **Cohort** column. + + If you want to use the cohorts feature in your course, we strongly recommend + that you implement the feature before your course is released. We do not + recommend enabling cohorts in a running course. + + For more information, see `Cohorts`_. + +* In the Instructor Dashboard, downloading student profile data is now a + background task. You can leave the **Data Download** page after you + begin downloading students' profile information and return when the download + is complete. Additionally, the **Download profile information as a CSV** + button and the **List enrolled students' profile information** button have + been moved to the **Reports** section of the **Data Download** page. (TNL-453) + +* Course discussions have several new features: + + * Students can now change the topic of a post after they post it. Discussion administrators, moderators, and community TAs can edit the topic for any post. + + * Users no longer have the option to add comments to closed threads. (TNL-150) + + * When a user selects a topic for a post, a link to the unit that contains + that discussion topic in the body of the course now appears immediately when the + post is created. (TNL-404) + + * Users who have the discussion admin role can now remove their + own or other users' discussion admin status. (TNL-315) + + * For some users, a list of posts did not appear in the left sidebar when + the user clicked **Posts I'm Following**. This bug has been fixed. (TNL-469) + + * Pinned posts now always appear at the top of the list of posts, regardless + of the way that the posts are sorted. (TNL-90) + +* In some browsers, if a student clicked a word in a transcript to move to that + point in the video, the video began playing from the correct point, but the + transcript stopped following along with the video. This bug has been fixed. + (TNL-235) + +************* +edX Studio +************* + +* In HTML text components, the default font now appears as an option in the + **Font** menu. (TNL-147) + + .. image:: /images/HTMLDefaultFont.png + :width: 300 + :alt: HTML component editor with Font menu open to show Default option + +* When a Problem component contained a custom JavaScript display and grading (JS + Input) problem and at least one other problem, the JS Input problem was scored + incorrectly. The additional problem in the component could be any type of + problem. These problems are now scored correctly. (TNL-269) + +* When you exported a course, the setting for **Video Download Allowed** in a + Video component changed from **False** to **True** in the exported course. + This bug has been fixed. (TNL-324) + +************************** +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: + + * Full documentation for the new cohorts feature is available in `Cohorts`_. + + * Documentation for a new `molecule viewer tool` has been added to `Creating + Exercises and Tools`_. + + .. image:: /images/MoleculeViewer.png + :width: 500 + :alt: Image of molecule viewer tool showing a ciprofloxacin molecule + +* `Using edX Insights`_ + +* `EdX Guide for Students`_ + + This new guide is written specifically to help students get started with edX. + This initial release of the guide includes information about certificates, + entering formulas into the response field for math and science problems, and + open response assessments. We encourage course teams to share this guide with + students and to let us know what else you'd like the guide to cover. + +* `Creating Peer Assessments`_ + +* `edX Research Guide`_ + +* `edX Developer's Guide`_ + +* `edX XBlock Documentation`_ + +* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_ + +* `edX Open Learning XML Guide`_ + + The edX Open Learning XML (OLX) Guide is a new manual for course teams who are working with XML courses. We'll release updates to this preliminary version of the guide over the next several months. For more information, see `Open Learning XML (OLX) Format`_. + +************************** +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