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October 16, 2014
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The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of
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October 15, 2014. See previous pages in this document for a history of changes.
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edX Release Announcements Mailing List
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These edX Course Staff Release Notes are always available and are updated with
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each release of the edX Platform on `edx.org`_ and `edX Edge`_.
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You can also sign up for the `edX Release Announcements mailing list`_ to get
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an email message when we update the edX Course Staff Release Notes.
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edX Website
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* The student dashboard now lists courses sorted by when the student enrolled,
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with the most recent enrollments first. (ECOM-418)
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* Students now receive a success message in the dashboard when they enroll in a
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course. (ECOM-403)
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edX Discussions
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* Forum moderators can now change the type of a discussion from a question to a
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post, and vice versa. Students can also change the type of discussion for
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their own posts. (TNL-172)
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* The default type for a new discussion is now a post. Previously, the default
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was a question.
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edX Studio
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* The format to set dates in the Advanced Settings for discussion blackouts is
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clarified on the page. You must enter dates as **YYYY-MM-DD**. To include the
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time, you enter **YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM**. Be sure to enter the **T** between the
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date and time.
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* The date and time on the **Schedule and Details** page are now shown as
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Universal Coordinated Times (UTC). (TNL-85)
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edX Documentation
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All guides now include a section that lists browsers supported for use with the
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edX platform.
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The following documentation is available:
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* `Building and Running an edX Course`_
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Click **Help** in the upper-right corner of any page in the edX Studio
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user interface to access relevant sections in this guide. You can also
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download the entire guide as a PDF.
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Recent changes include:
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* Documentation for the Vital Source E-Reader tool was removed as it is no
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longer supported in the edX Platform.
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* `Using edX Insights`_
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* `EdX Guide for Students`_
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* `Creating Peer Assessments`_
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* `edX Research Guide`_
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Recent changes include:
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* Added new student and instructor events relating to cohort use to the
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`Tracking Logs`_ chapter.
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* Added new event member fields for data emitted from mobile devices to the
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video events in the `Tracking Logs`_ chapter.
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* Removed information about XML course formats. See the `edX Open Learning
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XML Guide`_ for information about building XML courses.
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* `edX Developer's Guide`_
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* `edX XBlock Documentation`_
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* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_
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* `edX Open Learning XML Guide`_
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Recent changes include:
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* Added alpha documentation for the `Graphical Slider Tool`_ and `Symbolic
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Response`_ to the `Problems and Tools`_ section.
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Other edX Resources
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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 details about the currently
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planned product direction.
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