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September 30, 2014
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The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of
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September 30, 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 Insights
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The initial version of edX Insights, our new course analytics product, is now
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available. In this release, edX Insights provides data for student enrollment
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activity, geographic location, and engagement with course content.
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Team members who have the Instructor or Course Staff role can open edX Insights
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from the Instructor Dashboard. A banner announcing this new product displays at
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the top of every page: click the **visit edX Insights** link to view data about
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your course.
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EdX Insights uses visualizations, key metrics, and tables to present data about
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who your students are and what they do while interacting with your course.
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For example, the Weekly Student Engagement chart displays the number of
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students who engaged in different activities over time.
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.. image:: images/Engagement_Chart.png
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:alt: A line graph with three lines showing ongoing, differing levels of
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student activity of any kind, students who watched a video, and
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students who tried a problem.
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To report where your students are, edX Insights shows a color-coded map.
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.. image:: images/Geography.png
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:alt: A world map; countries with darker shading have a higher number of
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students than those with lighter shading.
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You can use the data that is available from edX Insights to monitor activity,
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validate choices, reveal unexpected patterns, form hypotheses, and inform plans
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for your course. For information about edX Insights, see `Using edX Insights`_.
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Coming Soon
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We're pleased to announce the following upcoming changes:
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* EdX will soon release a fully supported cohorts feature that allows course
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teams and TAs to assign students to different cohorts in class discussions.
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Students in different cohorts will be able to see the discussions for their
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individual cohorts, but cannot see discussions for other cohorts. Course
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teams can also open some course discussions to all students.
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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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* `Using edX Insights`_
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* `Creating Peer Assessments`_
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* `edX Research Guide`_
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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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