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August 7, 2014
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The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of August
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7, 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 have updated the edX Course Staff Release Notes.
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edX Studio
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* When you add an Advanced component to a unit in Studio, an identifying name
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for every available component is now included in the list of **Advanced
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Components**. If the component does not have a defined display name, its
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category name appears on this list. Previously, components that did not have
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a display name did not appear as an option in the list.
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edX Learning Management System
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* On the Instructor Dashboard, the **Course Info** page now includes the number
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of students who selected each certification track (Verified, Honor, or Audit)
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in addition to the total number of enrollees in the course.
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* For email messages sent from the Instructor Dashboard, two additional
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features are available.
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* On the **Email** page, you can now click **Sent Email History** to see a
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list of sent messages, and click on a message subject to review its
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complete text.
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* When you review a previously sent message, the new **Copy Email to Editor**
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option duplicates the title and body of that message so that you can use it
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as the basis for a new message.
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edX Data & Analytics
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* Daily event tracking data files are now available for download from the
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Amazon S3 storage service. Weekly, cumulative event logs will remain
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available for several weeks.
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* A defect that caused session ID values to be duplicated for certain events
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has been fixed. All browser events, and server enrollment events, include a
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value for the session. (AN-2369)
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Coming Soon
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We're pleased to announce two upcoming features that will release in the next
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few weeks:
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* In Studio, new capabilities will make it easier for course authors to edit
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and publish content. We've simplified the publishing workflow and added clear
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indications to the UI so you'll know at a glance whether your content is
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published and released--and whether students can see it.
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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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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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* `edX Research Guide`_
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Recent changes include:
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The new `Data Delivered in Data Packages`_ chapter describes the compressed
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and encrypted data files that make up a data package, the locations of those
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files on the Amazon S3 storage service, and the files that data czars extract
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from the packages after download.
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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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