Date | Change |
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2/13/15 | Update the example in Drag and Drop Problem XML. |
2/12/14 | Updated LTI Component Settings to reflect added settings. |
2/13/15 | Update the example in Drag and Drop Problem XML. |
2/4/15 | Updated Create an Account. |
Date | Change |
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1/27/15 | Updated Open Response Assessments chapter. |
Added Making Course Content Searchable section. | |
1/21/15 | Added the Creating Cohort-Specific Courseware section. |
1/14/15 | Added sections for Working with Content Libraries and Randomized Content Blocks. |
Added a section for Creating Cohort-Specific Courseware. | |
Updated Adding Files to a Course section with information about filtering the list of uploaded files by file type. | |
Added Student Notes Tool, Specify Prerequisite Courses, and Require an Entrance Exam sections. | |
Added the Google Calendar Tool and Google Drive Files Tool chapters. | |
1/7/15 | Added the Re-running a Course chapter. |
Date | Change |
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12/19/14 | Updated Adding Course Updates and Handouts and The Visual Editor to clarify that the visual editor is not supported for course handouts. |
Added the Assign Students to Cohorts by Uploading a CSV File section. | |
12/17/14 | Updated Custom JavaScript Problem and Multiple Problems in One Component to indicate that you cannot use a custom JavaScript problem in a component with multiple problems. |
12/02/14 | Added email template for Weekly Highlights email to students. |
The Bulk Email section is now in the Running Your Course chapter. |
Date | Change |
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11/20/14 | Updated the compression specifications for video files. |
11/17/14 | Updated Working with Video Components to indicate that video transcripts are required. |
Replaced information about accessing student demographic data in the Student Data chapter with a cross-reference to edX Insights. | |
11/14/14 | Added new documentation for using the course wiki in the Running Your Course chapter. |
11/13/14 | Added additional information in the Drag and Drop Problem chapter. |
11/12/14 | Corrected the description of the Show Answer setting for problems. |
Added note that students can see the Course Info page and course- wide discussion topics as soon as they enroll in a course to The Course Start Date. | |
11/07/14 | Added a caution that content experiments are only supported within verticals, in Add a Content Experiment in OLX. |
Date | Change |
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10/31/14 | Added warning in Export a Course about sensitive or license- specific information that is included when you export a course. |
10/30/14 | Added email template for reminding students of last day to register for verified certificates. |
10/29/14 | Added information about course start time visibility to The Course Start Date. |
10/28/14 | Added section for Show Reset Button in Problem Settings and clarified Reset button behavior in The Student View of a Problem. |
10/27/14 | Fixed the code sample in Script Tag Format in the Write-Your-Own-Grader Problem chapter. |
Fixed a bug in Text Input Problem XML. | |
Added Create a Randomized Custom Python-Evaluated Input Problem. | |
10/23/14 | Added note about limited support of annotation problem type to Annotation Problem. |
10/16/14 | Updated Set Important Dates for Your Course to reflect change that course dates now use UTC. |
10/14/14 | Added the Re-running a Course chapter. |
10/7/14 | Added the Including Student Cohorts chapter. |
Date | Change |
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09/30/14 | Added information about accessing edX Insights to the Course Data and Enrollment chapters. |
09/04/14 | Updated the Managing Course Discussions and Participating in Course Discussions chapters to include information about choosing the type of post and to reflect changes in the user interface. |
09/11/14 | Added info about possible problem types to Problem with Adaptive Hint. |
Removed “These problems only allow integers and a few select constants” from table of problem types in Creating Exercises and Tools. | |
Added a note about angle bracket characters to the Dropdown Problem topic. | |
09/26/14 | Added Molecule Viewer Tool to Creating Exercises and Tools |
Date | Change |
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08/28/14 | Updated documentation in Developing Your Course for new capabilities to publish or hide multiple units from the outline. |
Added documentation for Creating Content Experiments. | |
08/22/14 | Added warnings about the effects of changing the course grading policy, graded subsections, or graded components after the course begins. |
08/20/14 | Added edX Browser Support to the Getting Started section. |
08/18/14 | Expanded the Example Messages to Students in the Course Launching Activities chapter. |
08/12/14 | Updated documentation to address the new publishing workflow and user interface. Created a new part, Developing Your Course, which contains the following chapters: |
08/07/14 | Added information about reviewing and duplicating the contents of previously-sent messages to the Bulk Email section. |
Updated the View an Enrollment Count section to include the breakdown by certification track in the enrollment section. |
Note
In several cases, older links to changed topics were made obsolete by subsequent changes.
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07/30/14 | Expanded the Participating in Course Discussions chapter to include information about adding posts, responses, and comments. |
07/23/14 | Added the section Grade Ranges and Certificates to the Establishing a Grading Policy chapter. |
07/22/14 | Added Example Messages to Students to the Course Launching Activities chapter. |
07/15/14 | Added the Participating in Course Discussions chapter. |
07/11/14 | Added Track Student Activity to the Student Data chapter. |
07/10/14 | Updated the Managing Course Discussions chapter to add an Overview section and to reflect changes to the Discussion list and to the Advanced Settings page in Studio. |
07/01/14 | Updated The Course End Date to specify when students can earn and access certificates. |
Date | Change |
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06/20/14 | Added a Preface with resources for course teams, developers, researchers, and students. |
06/18/14 | In the Download or View Student Data section, updated the example report to include the new User ID column. |
06/17/14 | Added Video Table of Contents section to Working with Video Components. |
06/06/14 | Added a description of email task workflow states to the Course Launching Activities section. |
06/03/14 | Added Review Grades for Enrolled Students (Small Courses) to the Student Grades and Grading section. |
Date | Change |
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05/30/14 | Update Working with Video Components to include recommendations to use .mp4 and .webm video formats for browser compatibility |
05/27/14 | Based on the new requirement to specify the complete location identifier of a problem to adjust student grades, revised the Student Grades and Grading section. |
05/22/14 | Reorganized, updated, and streamlined these sections in the Running Your Course chapter:
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Updated Problem with Adaptive Hint to reflect formatting requirements for the Python script and the correct_answer attribute. | |
05/21/14 | Added warning that version 1 of the Open Response Assessments suite has been deprecated and added a link to the new ORA information. |
05/16/14 | Updated Working with Video Components to reflect UI changes. |
05/14/14 | Updated the Running Your Course chapter to remove references to the “new beta” Instructor Dashboard. |
05/13/14 | Updated the Enrollment section to reflect that usernames or email addresses can be used to batch enroll students. |
Updated the Student Grades and Grading section to reflect new features on the problem Staff Debug viewer for rescoring, resetting attempts, and deleting student state. | |
Updated the Staffing section to state the labeling differences between Studio and the LMS with respect to course team roles. | |
05/09/14 | Updated Assign Discussion Administration Roles with a note about course staff requiring explicit granting of discussion administration roles. |
Added VitalSource topic. | |
05/08/14 | Added warnings to Upload a File about file size. |
05/07/14 | Updated the Managing Course Discussions chapter to include a topic on closing discussions. |
05/06/14 | Expanded the Student Grades and Grading chapter to include a topic on interpreting the score histograms for problems. |
Updated LTI Component to reflect changes to the Studio UI. | |
05/02/14 | Updated Drag and Drop Problem information. |
Updated IFrame Tool documentation. |
Date | Change |
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04/28/14 | Updated Show or Hide the Course Wiki Page to include note about Wiki content being available after you hide the Wiki page. |
04/26/14 | Updated label information; added XML information to Problem with Adaptive Hint. |
04/24/14 | Expanded the Student Grades and Grading chapter to include topics on interpreting the grade reports and student progress page. |
Updated the Beta Testing a Course section to reflect feature changes. | |
Updated the Working with HTML Components chapter to reflect changes to the HTML component editor. | |
04/23/14 | Reorganized information about problems into Creating Exercises and Tools section. |
04/23/14 | Added more information about collecting language and location data from students to Student Data. |
04/22/14 | Updated the Bulk Email section with information about the dashboard option to opt out of course email. |
In Managing Course Discussions, corrected the steps to “Create Discussion Categories”. | |
Updated the Enrollment section to reflect feature changes. | |
04/16/14 | Updated “Transcripts in Additional Languages” in Working with Video Components. |
In support of new features, added the following sections to Multiple Choice Problem problems: |
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04/15/14 | Updated Testing Your Course to include a section on how to View Your Live Course. |
04/11/14 | Expanded the Student Grades and Grading section to include a topic on interpreting the Student Answer Distribution report. |
04/08/14 | Updated the chapter Working with HTML Components to reflect the new HTML editor. |
04/07/14 | Expanded the Course Data, Enrollment, and |
04/03/14 | Updated the Adding Pages to a Course chapter to reflect ability to Show or Hide the Course Wiki Page. |
04/02/14 | Reorganized the sections Building a Course Index and Creating Course Content Index to better reflect the workflow of building a new course. |
04/01/14 | Update the Establishing a Grading Policy chapter to emphasize that grading is applied to subsections only. |
Updated the Releasing Your Course section to include Course Launching Activities. |
Date | Change |
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03/31/14 | Expanded the Student Grades and Grading chapter to include the new Answer Data section. |
03/27/14 | Updated the Adding Pages to a Course section to reflect feature changes. |
03/27/14 | Updated the section on Beta Testing a Course to include the new “batch add” feature. |
03/19/14 | Updated the sections on Beta Testing a Course, Managing Course Discussions, Student Grades and Grading, and Student Data with changes to the new Instructor Dashboard. |
03/17/14 | Reorganized this document into major sections: |
03/10/14 | Added information about setting up your course summary page to |
Date | Change |
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02/25/14 | Updated Adding Files to a Course section to include new External URL feature. |
Updated Add a Link to a File and Add an Image to an HTML Component to specify you must use the file’s Embed URL. | |
02/24/14 | Created new chapter, Getting Started with edX. |
Updated Add a Course Introduction Video section. | |
02/21/14 | Added the Beta Testing a Course chapter. |
02/19/14 | Updated Import LaTeX Code into an HTML Component to reflect new workflow and UI change for creating Latex HTML components. |
02/18/14 | Included several enhancements to the chapter Establishing a Grading Policy |
02/14/14 | Added Additional Transcripts section to Working with Video Components; updated Advanced Options. |
Added the Course Data, Staffing, and Enrollment chapters. | |
02/11/14 | Added Gene Explorer Tool and updated Periodic Table Tool and Molecule Editor Tool. |
02/07/14 | Added section on Full Screen Image Tool. |
02/06/14 | Added Periodic Table Tool and Molecule Editor Tool |
02/05/14 | Added section Set the Advertised Start Date. |
02/04/14 | Added the Student Data and Student Grades and Grading chapters. |
Added Multiple Choice and Numerical Input Problem and Protex Protein Builder Tool. |
Date | Change |
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01/29/2014 | Added the chapter Google Instant Hangout Tool. |
01/24/2014 | Added the Managing Course Discussions and Guidance for Discussion Moderators chapters. |
Added more detailed instructions to Zooming Image Tool | |
01/21/2014 | Added information about accessibility in the topic Adding Textbooks. |
01/14/2014 | Added info about scoring and due dates to original Open Response Assessments section. |
01/13/2014 | Extensive updates to Organizing Your Course Content and Working with HTML Components. |
01/08/2014 | Updated Adding Files to a Course to reflect addition of sorting to the Files & Uploads page. |
Updated Set Important Dates for Your Course to reflect change to default course start date to 2029. | |
01/07/2014 | Updated Text Input Problem with info about multiple strings. |
Added info about template to Checkbox Problem. | |
01/06/2014 | Created Custom JavaScript Problem |
01/06/2014 | Created Zooming Image Tool |
01/01/2014 | Updated the chapters Organizing Your Course Content and Testing Your Course to reflect changes in the Course Outline design. |
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12/20/2013 | Made Open Response Assessments for Students into template that instructors can customize. |
12/19/2013 | Created “Tools” topic. (Note 4/10/14: Topic merged into Creating Exercises and Tools.) |
12/18/2013 | Updated documentation about video player options in Working with Video Components. |
12/13/2013 | Created LTI Component. |
Created Open Response Assessments for Students. | |
12/12/2013 | Added the edX Glossary. |
12/11/2013 | Added the chapter Guidelines for Creating Accessible Content. |
12/10/2013 | Added note about number of responses in “Available to Grade” column in Open Response Assessments section. |
Added A Brief Introduction to MathJax in Studio. | |
12/09/2013 | Created A Brief Introduction to MathJax in Studio. |
12/05/2013 | Complete revision of edX Studio documentation and integration of edX101 content. |