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August 12, 2014
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The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of August
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12, 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 Studio
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* This release includes a redesigned user experience for publishing.
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* The process for creating, releasing, and updating content has been
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streamlined and simplified.
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.. image:: images/techdocworkflows(v2)_New-workflow.png
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:alt: Flowchart showing the process of creating a unit on the Course Outline page, adding components on the Unit page, and then publishing the content. Modifications made on a Unit page can be published immediately.
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* Visual cues are now present on the **Course Outline** page and on
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individual unit pages to indicate whether your content is published and
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whether students can see it.
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.. image:: images/PubChange_NewOutline.png
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:alt: The Course Outline page with release dates indicated and callouts for the "Settings" icons that allows you to change it
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* You can select the **Hide from students** check box on a unit page at any
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time to immediately remove that unit from student view.
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.. image:: images/Hide_from_Students.png
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:alt: The unit page indicating the new check box on the right side of the page
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For more details and a comparison between the new publishing workflow and the
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previous workflow, see our most recent `edX Product and Engineering
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Newsletter`_.
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* A graphical user interface is now available for creating and maintaining open
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response assessment problems.
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You now define the open response assessment rubric in the following page:
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.. image:: images/PeerRubricGUI.png
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:alt: The Open Response Assessment editor Rubric tab
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You now define settings for the open response assessment in the following page:
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.. image:: images/PeerAssessmentSettingsGUI.png
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:alt: The Open Response Assessment editor Settings tab
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* A new setting, **Enable video caching system**, is now available on the
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**Advanced Settings** page. When set to true (the default), HTML5 videos use
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video caching. (BLD-1207)
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edX Learning Management System
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* When course discussions are closed, the **New Post** button is no longer
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included in discussion components. (FOR-108)
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* When an incomplete course URL was entered in a browser, the error page that
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displayed included incorrect information. This defect has been corrected.
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(LMS-11189, LMS-11205)
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Coming Soon
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We're pleased to announce these upcoming changes, which will release in the
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next few weeks:
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* In addition to the existing Discussion post type, course discussions will
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soon include a new Question post type. Students and course teams will also be
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able to filter posts to find unanswered questions easily.
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* A new user experience design for course discussions is coming! The new user
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interface controls will provide consistent methods for taking action on
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posts. A set of colorful badges will also make it easier to identify posts.
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* A new bulk publishing feature will soon be available to enhance the changes
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that you see to the publishing workflow today. With bulk publishing, the
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process of releasing your course content to students will be significantly
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streamlined.
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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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A new section, `Developing Your Course`_, that provides documentation on
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using the new publishing workflow and the enhanced outline and unit pages.
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These enhancements resulted in extensive changes to the organization and
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content of this guide.
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* `Creating Peer Assessments`_
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Recent changes include:
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The `Create an Open Response Assessment Assignment`_ chapter has been
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completely revised to document the work you do in Studio to create and test
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this assignment type.
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* `edX Research Guide`_
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.. Recent changes include:
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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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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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