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June 17, 2014
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The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of June 17,
2014. See previous pages in this document for a history of changes.

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These edX Course Staff Release Notes are always available and are updated with
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edX Studio
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* For videos, you can now create a transcript file that functions as a table of contents. The file contains links to different parts of the video. (BLD-933)

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     :alt: Video with a transcript file that acts as a table of contents

* Course teams can now set the Matlab API key globally in the advanced settings for the course. 

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edX Learning Management System
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* Mandarin Chinese has been added as a language option.

* When you search a discussion forum, the search engine now retrieves common misspellings and alternate spellings of the search term. (FOR-591)

* When a course has no content, users who try to access the course see a "No content has been added to this course" message rather than a 404 or 500 error message. 
  
* The edX user ID is now included in student profile information. (LMS-2791)


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edX Documentation
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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: 

  * Updated `Bulk Email`_ to add information about possible bulk email states and situations in which enrolled students don't receive bulk e-mail. (DOC-362)

  * Added a description of the Student Gradebook, which is available for courses with enrollments of fewer than 200 students, to `Grade and Answer Data`_.

  * Added recommendation to use only .mp4 and .webm video formats to `Working with Video Components`_. 

  * Updated `Working with Video Components`_ with information about adding a transcript that serves as a table of contents for a video.


* `edX Research Guide`_


* `edX Developer's Guide`_

 
* `edX XBlock Documentation`_

* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_  

   Recent changes include:

   * Added the `Installing the edX Production Stack`_ section.
  


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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.

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