The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of August
26, 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
each release of the edX Platform on `edx.org`_ and `edX Edge`_.
You can also sign up for the `edX Release Announcements mailing list`_ to get
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edX Studio
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* This release further expands the recently enhanced Studio workflow for
publishing course content. Two more features that are designed to streamline
the workflow even further are now available on the **Course Outline** page.
* You can now publish all unpublished content in an entire section or
subsection in a single step: on the **Course Outline** page, click the
"Publish" icon.
.. image:: images/outline-publish-icons.png
:alt: The Course Outline page showing an expanded section and an
expanded subsection that contain a unit with unpublished content. An
icon at all three levels is available to publish all content within
that level.
The "Publish" icon is also available on the **Course Outline** page for
individual units.
* You can now hide all of the content in an entire section or subsection on
the **Course Outline** page. To ensure that students cannot see a part of
the course, select the "Settings" icon and in the dialog that opens select **Hide from students**. The same feature is available for units.
For more details, see our most recent `edX Product and Engineering
Newsletter`_.
* You can now build content experiments (also known as A/B tests) entirely
within edX Studio. With a content experiment, you show different course
content to different groups of students. Research teams can compare the
performance of students in different groups to gain insights into the
relative effectiveness of your course content.
* A defect in the drag and drop feature for course content on the **Course
Outline** page has been fixed. Dropping a unit into a collapsed subsection
now adds that unit without changing any existing content in that subsection.
(TNL-56)
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edX Learning Management System
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* Course discussions will
soon include a new Question post type. Students and course teams will also be
able to filter posts to find unanswered questions easily. %%%%%%%
* The new user
interface controls will provide consistent methods for taking action on
posts. A set of colorful badges will also make it easier to identify posts. %%%%%%
* When you click **Sent Email History** on the Email page of the Instructor
Dashboard, the list of sent messages now identifies the ender of each message
in the new **Sent By** column.
* Bulk email now available for all courses? Instructor Dashboard , Email page. %%%%%
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edX Data & Analytics
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* The selection that discussion participants now make between a Question or Discussion post type is now included with the Mongo data for each post (CommentThread). Who endorsed a discussion post or marked a question as answered, and when, will be included for a response (Comment).
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Coming Soon
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We're pleased to announce these upcoming changes, which will release in the
next few weeks:
* In addition to the existing Discussion post type, course discussions will
soon include a new Question post type. Students and course teams will also be
able to filter posts to find unanswered questions easily.%%%%%%
* A new user experience design for course discussions is coming! The new user
interface controls will provide consistent methods for taking action on
posts. A set of colorful badges will also make it easier to identify posts.%%%%
* To make the process of registering faster and easier, students will soon be
able to register and log in to the edX.org and edX Edge web sites with a
Google or Facebook ID.
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edX Documentation
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The following documentation is available:
* `Building and Running an edX Course`_
Click **Help** in the upper-right corner of any page in the edX Studio
user interface to access relevant sections in this guide. You can also
download the entire guide as a PDF.
Recent changes include:
* `Creating Peer Assessments`_
Recent changes include:
* `edX Research Guide`_
.. Recent changes include:
* `edX Developer's Guide`_
* `edX XBlock Documentation`_
* `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
services on edx.org and edX Edge. The page also includes the Twitter feed for
@edXstatus, which the edX Operations team uses to post updates.
You can access the public `edX roadmap`_ for details about the currently
