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October 23, 2014
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The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of
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October 23, 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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Visitors to the `edx.org`_ website can now search for courses by name, school,
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or subject. Search results can be further refined by selecting course
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availability (for example, Current, Starting Soon, Archived) and type (for
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example, Verified, High School, Professional Education).
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edX Course Discussion
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* When you enter a search term on the **Discussion** page, the search starts
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either when you click the magnifying glass icon or press the Enter key.
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Previously, only use of the Enter key started the search. (TNL-526)
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* After you mark a response to a question post as the correct answer, a message
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that describes this action is added to the response. The hyperlinked username
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in this message now correctly opens a new page showing your contributions to
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the course discussion. (TNL-188)
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edX Studio
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* The protein builder tool now correctly uses font sizing set by user browser
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preferences. (TNL-256)
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edX Data & Analytics
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* For compatibility with database import tools, a field in the ``child_render``
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event was renamed. The ``event`` member field is now named ``child_id``
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instead of ``child-id``.
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edX Documentation
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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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Course authors can set both a course-wide **Maximum Attempts** value for
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all problem components and a **Maximum Attempts** value for each problem
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component added to the course. The interaction between these settings has
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been clarified.
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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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Instructions for downloading the weekly tracking event log file have been
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removed. These log files are now available only daily.
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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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* Additional explanation in the `Problems and Tools`_ section.
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* Reorganization of the `Problems and Tools`_ and `Course Components
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(XBlocks)`_ sections.
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* Clarifications to how an OLX course is organized in the `OLX Course
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Structure`_ section.
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* Updates to the descriptions for embedding content in container objects for
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HTML, video, and discussion components in the `Course Components
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(XBlocks)`_ section.
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.. comment for spacing only
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* `edX Platform API Version 0.5`_
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Alpha documentation for the edX platform API is now available.
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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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