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September 9, 2014
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The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of
September 9,
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`_.

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.


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edX Website
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* To make accessing edX courses faster and easier, students can now both
  register and log in to edX.org and edX Edge with their existing Google or
  Facebook accounts.

  .. image:: images/login-auth.png
   :alt: The login screen, with Google and Facebook login buttons

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edX Learning Management System
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* The styling of LTI components is updated to better show links to external
  resources, as shown in the following example:

  .. image:: images/LTI-link.png
   :alt: The external resource link in an LTI component


* When a user flagged a post in a closed discussion thread, an error message
  was displayed. This problem is now fixed. (TNL-151)

* When submitting a numerical answer in Internet Explorer 9, students received
  a warning message that MathJax could not be read. This problem is now fixed.
  (BLD-1199)

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edX Studio
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* When you import a course, a progress bar now shows the import progress.
  (STUD-2017)

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Coming Soon
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We're pleased to announce the following upcoming change:

* Course teams will soon be able to access data about their courses on a
  dedicated dashboard for course-specific data. By providing insights into who
  your students are, and what they do while interacting with your course, the
  data available on this dashboard can validate choices you’ve made, reveal
  unexpected patterns, and inform plans for changes to the course.


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edX Documentation
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All guides now include a section that lists browsers supported for use with the
edX platform.

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.


* `Creating Peer Assessments`_

* `edX Research Guide`_

* `edX Developer's Guide`_

* `edX XBlock Documentation`_

* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_  

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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.

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