August 7, 2014¶
The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of August 7, 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¶
- When you add an Advanced component to a unit in Studio, an identifying name for every available component is now included in the list of Advanced Components. If the component does not have a defined display name, its category name appears on this list. Previously, components that did not have a display name did not appear as an option in the list.
edX Learning Management System¶
- On the Instructor Dashboard, the Course Info page now includes the number of students who selected each certification track (Verified, Honor, or Audit) in addition to the total number of enrollees in the course.
- For email messages sent from the Instructor Dashboard, two additional
features are available.
- On the Email page, you can now click Sent Email History to see a list of sent messages, and click on a message subject to review its complete text.
- When you review a previously sent message, the new Copy Email to Editor option duplicates the title and body of that message so that you can use it as the basis for a new message.
edX Data & Analytics¶
- Daily event tracking data files are now available for download from the Amazon S3 storage service. Weekly, cumulative event logs will remain available for several weeks.
- A defect that caused session ID values to be duplicated for certain events has been fixed. All browser events, and server enrollment events, include a value for the session. (AN-2369)
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 to find unanswered questions easily.
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.
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Recent changes include:
The new Data Delivered in Data Packages chapter describes the compressed and encrypted data files that make up a data package, the locations of those files on the Amazon S3 storage service, and the files that data czars extract from the packages after download.
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.