Release notes for 23 Oct 2014

initial draft

docs/en_us/course_authors/source/creating_content/create_problem.rst

@@ -67,8 +67,13 @@ All problems on the edX platform have several component parts.
    above) and the explanation (see 10 below). The instructor sets whether
    the **Show Answer** button is visible.
 
-#. **Attempts.** The instructor may set a specific number of attempts or
-   allow unlimited attempts for a problem. By default, the course-wide **Maximum Attempts** setting in Advanced Settings is null, meaning that the maximum number of attempts for problems is unlimited. If the course-wide **Maximum Attempts** setting is changed to a specific number, the **Maximum Attempts** setting for individual problems defaults to that number, and cannot be set to unlimited.
+#. **Attempts.** The instructor may set a specific number of attempts or allow
+   unlimited attempts for a problem. By default, the course-wide **Maximum
+   Attempts** advanced setting is null, meaning that the maximum number of
+   attempts for problems is unlimited. If the course-wide **Maximum Attempts**
+   setting is changed to a specific number, the **Maximum Attempts** setting
+   for individual problems defaults to that number, and cannot be set to
+   unlimited.
 
    .. image:: ../Images//AnatomyOfExercise2.png
     :alt: Image of a problem from a student's point of view, with callouts for 
@@ -274,7 +279,12 @@ ribbon at the top of the page.
 Maximum Attempts
 ==============================
 
-This setting specifies the number of times a student is allowed to attempt answering the problem. By default, the course-wide **Maximum Attempts** setting in Advanced Settings is null, meaning that the maximum number of attempts for problems is unlimited. If the course-wide **Maximum Attempts** setting is changed to a specific number, the **Maximum Attempts** setting for individual problems defaults to that number, and cannot be set to unlimited.
+This setting specifies the number of times a student is allowed to attempt
+answering the problem. By default, the course-wide **Maximum Attempts**
+advanced setting is null, meaning that the maximum number of attempts for
+problems is unlimited. If the course-wide **Maximum Attempts** setting is
+changed to a specific number, the **Maximum Attempts** setting for individual
+problems defaults to that number, and cannot be set to unlimited.
 
 .. note:: Only questions that have a **Maximum Attempts** setting of 1 or 
  higher are included on the Student Answer Distribution report that you can

docs/en_us/release_notes/source/10-23-2014.rst

+###################################
+October 23, 2014
+###################################
+
+The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of
+October 23, 2014. See previous pages in this document for a history of changes.
+
+****************************************
+edX Release Announcements Mailing List
+****************************************
+
+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
+an email message when we update the edX Course Staff Release Notes.
+
+*******************************
+edX Website
+*******************************
+
+Visitors to the `edx.org`_ website can now search for courses by name, school,
+or subject. Search results can be further refined by selecting course
+availability (for example, Current, Starting Soon, Archived) and type (for
+example, Verified, High School, Professional Education).
+
+*******************************
+edX Course Discussion
+*******************************
+
+* When you enter a search term on the **Discussion** page, the search starts
+  either when you click the magnifying glass icon or press the Enter key.
+  Previously, only use of the Enter key started the search. (TNL-526)
+
+* After you mark a response to a question post as the correct answer, a message
+  that describes this action is added to the response. The hyperlinked username
+  in this message now correctly opens a new page showing your contributions to
+  the course discussion. (TNL-188)
+
+*************
+edX Studio
+*************
+
+* The protein builder tool now correctly uses font sizing set by user browser
+  preferences. (TNL-256)
+  
+**************************
+edX Data & Analytics
+**************************
+
+* For compatibility with database import tools, a field in the ``child_render``
+  event was renamed. The ``event`` member field is now named ``child_id``
+  instead of ``child-id``.
+
+**************************
+edX Documentation
+**************************
+
+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:
+
+  Course authors can set both a course-wide **Maximum Attempts** value for
+  all problem components and a **Maximum Attempts** value for each problem
+  component added to the course. The interaction between these settings has
+  been clarified.
+
+* `Using edX Insights`_
+
+* `EdX Guide for Students`_
+
+* `Creating Peer Assessments`_
+
+* `edX Research Guide`_
+  
+  Recent changes include:
+
+  Instructions for downloading the weekly tracking event log file have been
+  removed. These log files are now available only daily.
+
+* `edX Developer's Guide`_
+
+* `edX XBlock Documentation`_
+
+* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_  
+
+* `edX Open Learning XML Guide`_
+  
+  Recent changes include:
+
+  * Additional explanation in the `Problems and Tools`_ section.
+  * Reorganization of the `Problems and Tools`_ and `Course Components
+    (XBlocks)`_ sections.
+  * Clarifications to how an OLX course is organized in the `OLX Course
+    Structure`_ section.
+  * Updates to the descriptions for embedding content in container objects for
+    HTML, video, and discussion components in the `Course Components
+    (XBlocks)`_ section.
+.. comment for spacing only 
+
+* `edX Platform API Version 0.5`_
+
+  Alpha documentation for the edX platform API is now available.
+
+**************************
+Other edX Resources
+**************************
+
+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
+planned product direction.
+
+.. include:: links.rst
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docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ email message each time we update the edX Course Staff Release Notes.
    read_me
    preface
    browsers
+   10-23-2014
    10-16-2014
    10-07-2014
    09-30-2014

docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst

@@ -15,10 +15,21 @@
 
 .. _Problems and Tools:  http://edx-open-learning-xml.readthedocs.org/en/latest/problem-xml/index.html
 
+.. _OLX Course Structure: http://edx-open-learning-xml.readthedocs.org/en/latest/directory-structure.html#odl-directory-structure
 
+.. _Course Components (XBlocks): http://edx-open-learning-xml.readthedocs.org/en/latest/components/index.html
+
+.. Student-facing doc links
 
 .. _EdX Guide for Students: http://edx-guide-for-students.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
 
+
+.. Platform API guide links
+
+.. _edX Platform API Version 0.5: http://edx-platform-api.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html
+
+.. other links not yet categorized carefully
+
 .. _Cohorts: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/cohorts/index.html
 
 .. _Creating Exercises and Tools: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/index.html