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Release Notes for 5-6-14

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May 7, 2014
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The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of May 7,
2014. See previous pages in this document for a history of changes.
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edX Documentation
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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.
The following documentation is available:
* `Building and Running an edX Course`_
You can also download the guide as a PDF from the edX Studio user interface.
Recent changes include:
* Updated `Drag and Drop Problem`_ information.
* Updated the `Discussions`_ chapter to include a topic on closing
discussions.
* Expanded the `Grade and Answer Data`_ chapter to include a topic on
interpreting the score histograms for problems.
* Added documentation for the `IFrame Tool`_
* `edX Data Documentation`_
Recent changes include:
* Corrected misstatement on how `Discussion Forums Data`_ is sent in data
packages.
* Added enrollment events to `Tracking Logs`_.
* Removed obsolete information about XML formats for problems.
* `edX Platform Developer Documentation`_
* `edX XBlock Documentation`_
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edX Studio
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* In certain rare situations, users were not able to edit a draft unit without
making it Private. This problem is resolved. (STUD-1485, STUD-1499)
* When you created problems with two inputs, the label for the second input was
not preserved in the Advanced Editor. This problem is resolved. (STUD-1524)
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edX Learning Management System
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* Students registered for an honor code certificate now see their registration
track on the Dashboard. (LMS-1071)
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You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
contain the root `toctree` directive. contain the root `toctree` directive.
The edX *Release Notes for edX Course Staff* provides a cumulative
list of changes that affect course authoring in edX Studio and the edX Learning
Management System.
Contents There is a page in this document for each update to the edX system on `edx.org`_ and `edX Edge`_. Each page contains information on new or changed documentation, and new features and changes in edX Studio, the edX Learning Management System, Discussions, Analytics, accessibility, and more.
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2014
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.. toctree:: .. toctree::
:maxdepth: 5 :maxdepth: 1
read_me read_me
05-07-2014
04-29-2014 04-29-2014
04-23-2014 04-23-2014
04-16-2014 04-16-2014
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01-29-2014 01-29-2014
01-16-2014 01-16-2014
01-07-2014 01-07-2014
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2013
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.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
12-17-2013 12-17-2013
12-09-2013 12-09-2013
12-03-2013 12-03-2013
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10-23-2013 10-23-2013
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.. Links .. Links
.. _edX Edge: https://edge.edx.org
.. _edx.org: http://edx.org
.. _Sphinx: http://sphinx-doc.org/
.. _LaTeX: http://www.latex-project.org/
.. _GitHub Flow: https://github.com/blog/1557-github-flow-in-the-browser
.. _RST: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
.. _edX Status: http://status.edx.org/ .. _edX Status: http://status.edx.org/
.. _edX roadmap: https://edx-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/display/OPENPROD/Open+EdX+Public+Product+Roadmap .. _edX roadmap: https://edx-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/display/OPENPROD/Open+EdX+Public+Product+Roadmap
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.. _Problem with Adaptive Hint: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/exercises_tools/problem_with_hint.html .. _Problem with Adaptive Hint: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/exercises_tools/problem_with_hint.html
.. _IFrame Tool: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/ca/en/latest/exercises_tools/iframe.html
.. _Drag and Drop Problem: http://ca.readthedocs.org/en/latest/exercises_tools/drag_and_drop.html
.. DATA DOCUMENTATION .. DATA DOCUMENTATION
.. _Student Info and Progress Data: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/devdata/en/latest/internal_data_formats/sql_schema.html#student-info .. _Student Info and Progress Data: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/devdata/en/latest/internal_data_formats/sql_schema.html#student-info
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.. Developer Doc .. Developer Doc
.. _Contributing to Open edX: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/userdocs/en/latest/process/index.html .. _Contributing to Open edX: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/userdocs/en/latest/process/index.html
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.. _edX XBlock Documentation: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/xblock/en/latest/
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Read Me Read Me
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The edX *Release Notes for Course Staff* documentation provides a cumulative list of changes This document is created using RST_ files and Sphinx_. You, the user community,
that affect course authoring in edX Studio and the edX Learning Management System. can help update and revise this documentation project on GitHub::
This document is created using RST_ files and Sphinx_. You, the user community, can help update and revise
this documentation project on GitHub::
https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/tree/master/docs/en_us/release_notes/source https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/tree/master/docs/en_us/release_notes/source
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a pull request back to the original project: this is known as the `GitHub Flow`_. a pull request back to the original project: this is known as the `GitHub Flow`_.
All pull requests need approval from edX. For more information, contact edX at docs@edx.org. All pull requests need approval from edX. For more information, contact edX at docs@edx.org.
.. _Sphinx: http://sphinx-doc.org/
.. _LaTeX: http://www.latex-project.org/ .. include:: links.rst
.. _`GitHub Flow`: https://github.com/blog/1557-github-flow-in-the-browser \ No newline at end of file
.. _RST: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
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