July 23, 2014¶
The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of July 23, 2014. See previous pages in this document for a history of changes.
edX Release Announcements Mailing List¶
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 have updated the edX Course Staff Release Notes.
edX Studio¶
- On the Create a New Course page, additional information in now available below the Course Name field. (STUD-2001)
- Instructors can use a new Invitation Only advanced setting to limit course enrollment to a specific group. If this setting is set to True, potential students see an “Enrollment in this course is by invitation only” message on the course About page. By default, this setting is set to False. (LMS-2670)
edX Documentation¶
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:
- A set of example messages to students is now available in the Course Launching Activities chapter.
- A Grade Ranges and Certificates section is now available in the Establishing a Grading Policy chapter.
Other edX Resources¶
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.