Merge pull request #5693 from edx/sylvia/docs/TNL-611

Add info about course start time visibility

docs/en_us/course_authors/source/building_course/setting_up_student_view.rst

@@ -92,36 +92,31 @@ Follow the on-screen text to enter the course and enrollment schedule.
 The Course Start Date
 ***********************************
 
-.. note:: The default **Course Start Date** is set far into the future, to
+.. note:: The default course start date is set far into the future, to
  **01/01/2030**. This is to ensure that your course does not start before
  you intend it to. You must change the course start date to the date you want
  students to begin using the course.
 
-Students see the course start date on their **Current Courses** dashboards and
+Students see the course start date and time on their **Current Courses** dashboards and
 on the course summary page. 
 
-The following example shows the course start date on the course summary page:
+The following example shows the course start date and time on the course summary page:
 
 .. image:: ../Images/about-page-course-start.png
  :alt: An image of the course summary page, with the start date circled.
 
-.. note:: For courses on edX.org_, you must communicate the course start date to
- your edX Program Manager, to ensure the date is accurate on the course
+.. note:: For courses on edX.org_, you must communicate the course start date and time to
+ your edX Program Manager to ensure the date is accurate on the course
  summary page.
 
-In the dashboard, if the course has not yet started, students see the start
-date as in the following example:
+In the dashboard, students see the start dates and times for each of their
+courses, as in the following examples.
 
 .. image:: ../Images/dashboard-course-to-start.png
- :alt: An image of a course that has not started in the student dashboard, with
-     the start date circled.
-
-If the course has started, students see the start date as in the following
-example:
+ :width: 600
+ :alt: An image of two courses in the student dashboard, with the start dates and times circled.
 
-.. image:: ../Images/dashboard-course.png
- :alt: An image of a course listing in the student dashboard, with the start
-     date circled
+.. note:: If you do not specify a start time for your course, students see the default start time, 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
 
 
 

docs/en_us/course_authors/source/change_log.rst

@@ -13,16 +13,18 @@ October, 2014
 
    * - Date
      - Change
+   * - 10/29/2014
+     - Added information about course start time visibility to :ref:`The Course Start Date`.
    * - 10/28/14
      - Added section for :ref:`Show Reset Button` in :ref:`Problem Settings`
-       and clarified Reset button behavior in :ref:`Problem Student View`.
+       and clarified **Reset** button behavior in :ref:`Problem Student View`.
    * - 10/27/14
      - Fixed the code sample in :ref:`Script Tag Format` in the :ref:`Write
        Your Own Grader` chapter.
    * - 
      - Fixed a bug in :ref:`Text Input Problem XML`.
    * -
-     - Added :ref:`Create a Randomized Custom Python-Evaluated Input Problem`
+     - Added :ref:`Create a Randomized Custom Python-Evaluated Input Problem`.
    * - 10/23/14
      - Added note about limited support of annotation problem type to
        :ref:`Annotation`.