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May 15, 2014
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The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of May 15, 2014. See previous pages in this document for a history of changes.
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edX Documentation
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You can access the `edX Status`_ page to get an up-to-date status for all
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services on edx.org and edX Edge. The page also includes the Twitter feed for
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@edXstatus, which the edX Operations team uses to post updates.
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You can access the public `edX roadmap`_ for
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details about the currently planned product direction.
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The following documentation is available:
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* `Building and Running an edX Course`_
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You can also download the guide as a PDF from the edX Studio user interface.
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Recent changes include:
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* Updated the `Running Your Course`_ chapter to remove references to the “new
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beta” Instructor Dashboard.
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* Updated `Enrollment`_ section to reflect that usernames or email
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addresses can be used to batch enroll students.
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* Updated `Grade and Answer Data`_ section to include new features in
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the problem **Staff Debug** viewer for rescoring, resetting attempts, and
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deleting state for a specified student.
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* Updated `Staffing`_ section to explain the labeling differences
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between Studio and the LMS with respect to course team roles.
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* Updated `Assign Discussion Administration Roles`_ section to include a note
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about course staff requiring explicit granting of discussion administration
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roles.
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* Added the `VitalSource E-Reader Tool`_ section.
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* Updated `Add Files to a Course`_ section to include warnings about
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file size.
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* Updated the `LTI Component`_ section to reflect new settings.
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* `edX Research Guide`_
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Recent changes include:
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Updated `Tracking Logs`_ section to include events for course
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enrollment activities: ``edx.course.enrollment.activated`` and
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``edx.course.enrollment.deactivated``.
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* `edX Developer's Guide`_
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Recent changes include:
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Added an `Analytics`_ section for developers.
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* `edX XBlock Documentation`_
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edX Studio
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* A problem that prevented you from hiding the Wiki in the list of Pages when
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using Firefox is resolved. (STUD-1581)
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* A problem that prevented you from importing a course created on edx.org into
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edX Edge is resolved. (STUD-1599)
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* All text in the Video component UI has been updated for clarity. (DOC-206)
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edX Learning Management System
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* The Instructor Dashboard that appears to course teams by default in the
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LMS has changed. The Instructor Dashboard that appears when you click
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**Instructor** is now the "New Beta" dashboard. The "Standard" dashboard
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remains available; a button click is required to access it. The two dashboard
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versions are also relabeled in this release. The version that was previously
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identified as the "New Beta Dashboard" is now labeled "Instructor Dashboard",
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and the version previously identified as the "Standard Dashboard" is now
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labeled "Legacy Dashboard". (LMS-1296)
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* Previously, when a student clicked **Run Code** for a MatLab problem, the
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entire page was reloaded. This issue has been resolved so that now only the
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MatLab problem elements are reloaded. (LMS-2505)
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edX Analytics
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* There is a new event tracking API for instrumenting events to capture user
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actions and other point-in-time activities in Studio and the edX LMS. See
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`Analytics`_ for more information.
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