July 30, 2014

The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of July 30, 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

• In some versions of Internet Explorer, users could not edit plain HTML in HTML components. This problem has been fixed.
• Problem components have a new Correct or Past Due setting. With this setting, course staff can configure a problem so that students can only see the answer if they have answered the problem correctly or the problem’s due date has passed.

edX Website

• On the edX.org sign-up page, the Public Username field is now above the Password field.

• In the student dashboard, the appearance of the user profile area in the left pane has changed.

  Former user profile area:

  

  Current user profile area:

  

Coming Soon

We’re pleased to announce two upcoming features that will release in the next few weeks:

• In Studio, new capabilities will make it easier for course authors to edit and publish content. We’ve simplified the publishing workflow and added clear indications to the UI so you’ll know at a glance whether your content is published and released–and whether students can see it.
• 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 by unanswered questions.

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.

• edX Research Guide

• edX Developer’s Guide

• edX XBlock Documentation

• Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform

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.