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November 6, 2013
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edX Studio
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New Features
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* **Improved Course Export page**
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The Course Export page has a new layout, with enhanced help text.
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Changes and Updates
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The following changes are included in this release:
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* The Forgot Password link on the Studio Sign In page now works correctly. (STUD-689)
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* In the Create a New Course page Organization field, text now suggests the generic UniversityX, instead of MITx. (STUD-885)
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* The Create a New Course page Course Run field, text now suggests the using the year and trimester (for example, 2014_T1), instead
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of the year and season. (STUD-916)
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* Studio now continues working correctly when a YouTube video in the page fails to load. (STUD-472)
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* To avoid potential problems with browser security, you can no longer enter video URLs with http://. You must use https://. (BLD-408)
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* By default, the options to add a Problem Written in LaTex and a Problem with Adaptive Hint in Latex are no longer included in the
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Advanced tab of the Problems component. In addition, the option to add E-text Written in LaTeX is no longer included in the HTML component.
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To enable these options, open the Advanced Settings page and set the value of the use_latex_compiler policy key to true. (BLD-426)
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Technical Changes
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Contributors to the open source edX Platform should note the following change:
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The Course Export page is updated to use a RESTFul interface. (STUD-846)
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edX Learning Management System
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New Features
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* **Upgrading the Course Track**
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A student in the Honor Code or Audit track can now upgrade to the Verified Certificate track. (LMS-1127)
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Changes and Updates
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The following changes are included in this release:
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* After registering for a course, a student could use the browser's Back button to return to the Registration page and change the
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registration type. Now, if the user tries to go back to the Registration page, the Learning Management System redirects the student to the
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courseware, where the student must unregister first to change the course mode. (LMS-1062)
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* When a student fails verification for the Verified track, the Learning Management System now notifies the user through the Student
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Dashboard, and prompts them to retry. The student must send another set of photos, but does not have to pay again. If the student does
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not retry, they can get a refund. (LMS-1133)
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* In the Beta Instructor Dashboard, the layout is improved and the Pending Instructor Tasks section now functions correctly. (LMS-1242)
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* You can now tab through the Wiki pages without getting stuck in the content area. (LMS-1307)
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* Default settings now include the generic email address @example.com instead of @edx.org. (LMS-1363)
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* The user experience and help text during course registration and upgrading are enhanced, and the last day to register for verified certificates is more clear. (LMS-1384)
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* Keyboard navigation is now updated in the Wiki to skip repetitive content, allowing users to go directly to unique content on a page. (LMS-1387)
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* Errors that prevented the Progress page from successfully loading are fixed. (LMS-1388)
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* In the Sign Up page, the Public Display Name field was renamed to Public Username. (LMS-1393)
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* Errors when creating a new account are resolved. (LMS-1418)
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* A typo was removed from the course registration email template. (LMS-1419)
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* The Saving a Word Cloud component generated an error message. This problem no longer occurs. (BLD-205)
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* When viewing a video, if a student clicked on the video timeline before or after the specified end time, the video jumped to the beginning. This problem is resolved. (BLD-392)
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* Students can now change the video speed when the video is paused. (BLD-424)
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* Several problems with the video player are resolved:
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* The Start time did not work in Flash mode.
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* Students could not change the speed before the video started.
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* The end point in the video slider was inaccurate for short videos.
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* The video slider showed the incorrect position after the video stopped. (BLD-468)
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* Sorting of the forums thread list now works correctly when a topic is selected from the drop-down menu. (FOR-224)
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* Forum follow buttons are now accessible to screen readers, have the ARIA checkbox role, and activate with the space or Enter key.(FOR-240)
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Analytics
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The following changes are included in this release:
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* The user_id field is added to tracking events. (AN-213)
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