There is new documentation on `managing discussion <http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/discussions>`_.html and `best practices for discussion moderators <http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/discussion_guidance_moderators.html>`_.
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Changes and Updates
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* In edX Studio, you can now duplicate components within a unit. See the documentation on `duplicating components <http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/organizing_course.html#duplicate-a-component>`_ for more information. (STUD-1186)
* You can now use single quotation marks without escaping them when you specify option response answers. The single quotation mark must be between two alphabet characters. (LMS-2031)
* Give numerical response tolerance as a range (for example [5,7)) SYLVIA? (BLD-25)
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* A problem that caused the dashboard to not load if there were unicode or space characters in the course image has been fixed. (LMS-2073, STUD-1197)
* When a student sets the speed for a video, that speed setting is now saved and used when the student views subsequent videos. (BLD-237)
* Merge "video sources" and "download video" into the same field (BLD-364) SYLVIA?
* Turn download transcript into a checkbox (BLD-368) SYLVIA?
* For numerical response problems, students can now enter negative exponents in the same ways they can enter positive exponents. For example, students can enter ``4.9e-9`` or ``4.9*10^-9``. (BLD-434)
* For string response questions, students can now enter regex expressions as answers. (BLD-475)
* The video length is now shown when a student first views the video component. The student no longer must start the video to see the total time. (BLD-529)
* Users with the BetaTester role can now receive grades back from an LTI component. SYLVIA? (BLD-641)
* In Firefox YouTube video with start time plays from 00:00:00 (BLD-708) SYLVIA?
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Discussions
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* The Discussion search field now expands when it gets focus through the keyboard. (FOR-203)
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Open Response Assessments
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* If a student submitted an answer to be peer graded when the XQueue was down, the submission was lost. This problem is resolved. (ORA-197)
* Large comments in peer grading had caused database issues. Comments now have a 5000 character limit, which prevents this problem. (ORA-201) SYLVIA??
* Fixed self assessment deadlines don't apply to the submission of the rubric (ORA-202)
