Merge pull request #4783 from edx/ahodges/documentation/relnotes08_12_14

Release notes - 8/12/14

docs/en_us/release_notes/source/08-12-2014.rst

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+August 12, 2014
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+
+The following information reflects what is new in the edX Platform as of August
+12, 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 update the edX Course Staff Release Notes.
+
+***************************************
+edX Studio
+***************************************
+
+* This release includes a redesigned user experience for publishing. 
+  
+  *  The process for creating, releasing, and updating content has been
+     streamlined and simplified.
+
+     .. image:: images/techdocworkflows(v2)_New-workflow.png
+       :alt: Flowchart showing the process of creating a unit on the Course Outline page, adding components on the Unit page, and then publishing the content. Modifications made on a Unit page can be published immediately.
+
+  *  Visual cues are now present on the **Course Outline** page and on
+     individual unit pages to indicate whether your content is published and
+     whether students can see it.
+  
+      .. image:: images/PubChange_NewOutline.png
+        :alt: The Course Outline page with release dates indicated and callouts for the "Settings" icons that allows you to change it
+
+  *  You can select the **Hide from students** check box on a unit page at any
+     time to immediately remove that unit from student view.
+  
+      .. image:: images/Hide_from_Students.png
+        :alt: The unit page indicating the new check box on the right side of the page
+
+  For more details and a comparison between the new publishing workflow and the
+  previous workflow, see our most recent `edX Product and Engineering
+  Newsletter`_.
+
+* A graphical user interface is now available for creating and maintaining open
+  response assessment problems. 
+
+  You now define the open response assessment rubric in the following page:
+
+  .. image:: images/PeerRubricGUI.png
+   :alt: The Open Response Assessment editor Rubric tab
+
+  You now define settings for the open response assessment in the following page:
+  
+  .. image:: images/PeerAssessmentSettingsGUI.png
+   :alt: The Open Response Assessment editor Settings tab
+
+
+* A new setting, **Enable video caching system**, is now available on the
+  **Advanced Settings** page. When set to true (the default), HTML5 videos use
+  video caching. (BLD-1207)
+
+*******************************
+edX Learning Management System
+*******************************
+
+* When course discussions are closed, the **New Post** button is no longer
+  included in discussion components. (FOR-108)
+
+* When an incomplete course URL was entered in a browser, the error page that
+  displayed included incorrect information. This defect has been corrected.
+  (LMS-11189, LMS-11205)
+
+**************************
+Coming Soon
+**************************
+
+We're pleased to announce these upcoming changes, which will release in the
+next few weeks:
+
+* 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.
+
+* 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.
+
+* A new bulk publishing feature will soon be available to enhance the changes
+  that you see to the publishing workflow today. With bulk publishing, the
+  process of releasing your course content to students will be significantly
+  streamlined.
+
+
+**************************
+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 new section, `Developing Your Course`_, that provides documentation on
+  using the new publishing workflow and the enhanced outline and unit pages.
+  These enhancements resulted in extensive changes to the organization and
+  content of this guide.
+
+* `Creating Peer Assessments`_
+
+  Recent changes include: 
+  
+  The `Create an Open Response Assessment Assignment`_ chapter has been
+  completely revised to document the work you do in Studio to create and test
+  this assignment type.
+       
+* `edX Research Guide`_
+
+.. Recent changes include: 
+
+* `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.
+
+.. include:: links.rst
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docs/en_us/release_notes/source/index.rst

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ email message when we have updated the edX Course Staff Release Notes.
 
    read_me
    preface
+   08-12-2014
    08-07-2014
    07-30-2014
    07-23-2014

docs/en_us/release_notes/source/links.rst

   
 .. Links
 
+.. _edX Product and Engineering Newsletter: http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=1822a33c054dc20e223ca40e2&id=090cb3ea4c&e=4a41f5542a
+
 .. _edX Release Announcements mailing list: http://eepurl.com/U84tj
 
 .. _edX Edge: https://edge.edx.org
@@ -32,9 +34,9 @@
 
 .. _Keys and Credentials for Data Transfers: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/devdata/en/latest/internal_data_formats/credentials.html
 
-.. _Testing Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/view_course_content.html#testing-your-course
+.. _Testing Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/testing_courseware.html
 
-.. _Switch Between Studio and Your Live Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/view_course_content.html#view-your-live-course
+.. _Switch Between Studio and Your Live Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/testing_courseware.html#view-your-live-course
 
 .. _Transcripts in Additional Languages: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/create_video.html#transcripts-in-additional-languages
 
@@ -62,21 +64,19 @@
 
 .. _Custom JavaScript Applications: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/userdocs/en/latest/extending_platform/javascript.html
 
-.. _Go to Studio from Your Live Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/view_course_content.html#go-to-studio-from-your-live-course
+.. _Go to Studio from Your Live Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/testing_courseware.html#open-studio-from-your-live-course
 
 .. _Student Answer Distribution: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/course_grades.html#review-answers
 
-.. _Releasing Your Course: http://ca.readthedocs.org/en/latest/releasing_course/index.html#releasing-your-course-index
+.. _Releasing Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/index.html
 
 .. _Course Launching Activities: http://ca.readthedocs.org/en/latest/releasing_course/course_launching.html#launch
 
-.. _Adding Pages to a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/pages.html#adding-pages-to-a-course
+.. _Adding Pages to a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/pages.html
     
-.. _Show or Hide the Course Wiki Page: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/pages.html#show-or-hide-the-course-wiki-page
-
-.. _Building a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/index.html#building-a-course-index 
+.. _Show or Hide the Course Wiki Page: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/pages.html#show-or-hide-the-course-wiki-page
 
-.. _Creating Course Content: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/index.html#creating-course-content-index
+.. _Creating Course Content: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/en/latest/creating_content/index.html
 
 .. _Beta Testing a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/beta_testing.html#beta-testing
 
@@ -88,17 +88,14 @@
 
 .. _Getting Started: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/getting_started/index.html#getting-started-index
 
-.. _Building a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/index.html#building-a-course-index
-
+.. _Building a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/index.html
 
 .. _Creating Exercises and Tools: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/index.html
 
-.. _Running Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/index.html#running-your-course-index
+.. _Running Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/index.html
 
 .. _Information for Your Students: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/students/index.html#information-for-your-students-index
 
-
-
 .. _The Course Start Date: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/setting_up_student_view.html#the-course-start-date
 
 .. _The Course End Date: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/setting_up_student_view.html#the-course-end-date
@@ -113,7 +110,7 @@
 
 .. _Staff Debug Info: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/releasing_course/staff_debug_info.html
 
-.. _Add Files to a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/course_files.html
+.. _Add Files to a Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/building_course/course_files.html
 
 .. _Import LaTeX Code into an HTML Component: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/create_html_component.html#import-latex-code
 
@@ -141,7 +138,7 @@
 
 .. _Multiple Choice and Numerical Input Problem: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/mult_choice_num_input.html
 
-.. _Components: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/organizing_course.html#components
+.. _Components: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/course_components.html
 
 .. _Discussions: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/discussions.html  
 
@@ -151,11 +148,11 @@
 
 .. _External Graders: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/external_graders.html
 
-.. _duplicating components: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/organizing_course.html#duplicate-a-component
+.. _duplicating components: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/course_components.html#duplicate-a-component
 
 .. _Video Advanced Options: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/create_video.html#advanced-options
 
-.. _Organizaing Your Course Content: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/creating_content/organizing_course.html
+.. _Organizaing Your Course Content: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/workflow.html
 
 .. _Custom JavaScript Problem: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/custom_javascript.html
 
@@ -188,6 +185,13 @@
 
 .. _Download or view student data: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/running_course/course_student.html#view-and-download-student-data
 
+.. _Developing Your Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/developing_course/index.html
+
+
+.. Peer Assessments
+
+.. _Create an Open Response Assessment Assignment: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-open-response-assessments/en/latest/CreatePeerAssessment.html
+
 .. DATA DOCUMENTATION
 
 .. _Student Info and Progress Data: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/devdata/en/latest/internal_data_formats/sql_schema.html#student-info