The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of June 17,
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`_.
In addition, you can sign up for the `edX Release Announcements mailing
list`_ to get an email message when we have updated the edX Course Staff Release
Notes.
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edX Studio
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* For videos, you can now create a transcript file that functions as a table of contents. The file contains links to different parts of the video. (BLD-933)
.. image:: /images/VideoTOC.png
:width: 500
:alt: Video with a transcript file that acts as a table of contents
* Course teams can now set the Matlab API key globally in the advanced settings for the course.
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edX Learning Management System
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* When you search a discussion forum, the search engine now retrieves common misspellings and alternate spellings of the search term. (FOR-591)
* When a course has no content, users who try to access the course see a "No content has been added to this course" message rather than a 404 or 500 error message.
* The edX user ID is now included in student profile information. (LMS-2791)
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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:
* Updated `Bulk Email`_ to add information about possible bulk email states and situations in which enrolled students don't receive bulk e-mail. (DOC-362)
* Added a description of the Student Gradebook, which is available for courses with enrollments of fewer than 200 students, to `Grade and Answer Data`_.
* Added recommendation to use only .mp4 and .webm video formats to `Working with Video Components`_.
* Updated `Working with Video Components`_ with information about adding a transcript that serves as a table of contents for a video.
* `edX Data Documentation`_
* `edX Platform Developer Documentation`_
* `edX XBlock Documentation`_
* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_
Recent changes include:
* Added the `Installing the edX Production Stack`_ section.
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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 planned product direction.
.. _Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-installing-configuring-and-running/en/latest/
.. _Installing the edX Production Stack: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-installing-configuring-and-running/en/latest/prodstack/install_prodstack.html
