Commit 5629c7ac by Mark Hoeber

Merge pull request #2897 from edx/markhoeber/documentation/release-notes-3-11-14

Release notes 3-11-14  Doc-73
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March 11, 2014
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You can access the public edX roadmap_ for details about the currently planned product direction.
.. _roadmap: https://edx-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/display/OPENPROD/Open+EdX+Public+Product+Roadmap
Course staff documentation, *Building a Course with edX Studio*, is available online_. You can also download the guide as a PDF from the edX Studio user interface.
.. _online: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/
Recent changes to *Building a Course with edX Studio* include:
* `The Course Start Date <http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/create_new_course.html#the-course-start-date>`_
* `The Course End Date <http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/create_new_course.html#the-course-end-date>`_
* `Add a Course Image <http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/create_new_course.html#add-a-course-image>`_
* `Add a Course Introduction Video <http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/create_new_course.html#add-a-course-video>`_
* `Describe Your Course <http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/create_new_course.html#describe-your-course>`_
* `Create or Obtain a Video Transcript <http://ca.readthedocs.org/en/latest/create_video.html#step-2-create-or-obtain-a-video-transcript>`_
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edX Studio
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* When you edited an HTML component in a Chrome browser, a problem sometimes caused text that you edited in Visual view to not be updated in HTML view. This problem is resolved. (STUD-1336)
* A problem that caused images to not appear in Visual view in the HTML component editor has been resolved. (STUD-1357)
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edX Learning Management System
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* A problem that caused a course that had not started to be listed as having started in the beta Instructor Dashboard is resolved. (LMS-1548)
* Course authors now have correct permissions to delete Wiki posts in their courses. (LMS-2136)
* When a video first loads but before it begins playing, the video position slider now automatically goes to the configured start time. (BLD-823)
* Students can now download transcripts as .srt or .txt files. A student selects the format below the video:
.. image:: images/transcript-download.png
:alt: Image of the transcript download format selection.
The student selects the format, then clicks **Download transcript**. For more information, see `Create or Obtain a Video Transcript. <http://ca.readthedocs.org/en/latest/create_video.html#step-2-create-or-obtain-a-video-transcript>`_ (BLD-844)
* A problem that prevented viewing videos in Firefox in full screen mode is resolved. (BLD-905)
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Accessibility Improvements
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* The Python code editor and the Wiki **Add new article** screen are now keyboard accessible. In the Python code editor, the **Tab** key adds a tab in the code; students use the **Esc** key to leave the code editor field. In the Wiki's Add new article page, the **Tab** key navigates through the fields. (LMS-1802)
* When a user is viewing a unit page, the display name of only the first component is now used as the page and navigation title. The display names of subsequent components are not used. (STUD-1351)
* When a user views a video in full screen mode, the transcript no longer obscures the video content. (BLD-852)
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