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
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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.
Dashboard, the list of messages now identifies the sender 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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* 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.%%%%%%
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.%%%%
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.
able to both register and log in to the edX.org and edX Edge web sites with
their existing Google or Facebook IDs.
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edX Documentation
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Some of you have had problems with bookmarks and existing links to the edX
`Building and Running an edX Course`_ guide. These were the result of a
reorganization that we made as part of pur preparations to expand the
documentation set. A redirect is now in place for this guide in its new
location, at http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-
staff/en/latest/. And, you can always find the complete documentation set at
`docs.edx.org`_.
The following documentation is available:
* `Building and Running an edX Course`_
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* `Creating Peer Assessments`_
Recent changes include:
.. Recent changes include:
* `edX Research Guide`_
.. Recent changes include:
Recent changes include:
* Removed chapters on "Course Grading" and "XML format of drag and drop
input". These topics are covered in the `Building and Running an edX
