The edX documentation team no longer maintains a change log for each guide. For a weekly summary of platform changes, refer to the EdX Release Notes on the docs.edx.org website.
For information about changes made to the edX documentation set, the edx-documentation repository on GitHub provides a complete record.
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2015 | Added descriptions of the open response assessment and course specific anonymized ID SQL tables that are now included in data packages. |
| Updated the conventions for SQL tables to reflect additional data cleaning steps now applied to most .sql output files. | |
| 14 Dec 2015 | Corrected the events for discussion forum voting to
include the category_id and category_name event member fields. |
| 1 Dec 2015 | Added new events for discussion forum voting to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| Added new events for interactions with Office Mixes to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. | |
| Updated events in the Open Response Assessment Events topic to reflect the addition of file types other than images. | |
| 23 Nov 2015 | Updated the Events in the Tracking Logs section and the Alphabetical Event List to correct the names of several events. |
| 10 Nov 2015 | Corrected the description for the problem_show event in the
Problem Interaction Events section. |
| 4 Nov 2015 | Updates made throughout this guide to replace Python terminology (dictionary, integer, float) with JSON terminology (object, number) where appropriate. |
| 27 Oct 2015 | Added new events for interactions with Oppia explorations to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2015 | Added new events for teams to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 2 Sept 2015 | Added new events for digital certificates. |
| 6 Aug 2015 | Updated the Data Delivered in Data Packages section to include approximate sizes for the files in data packages. |
| 8 Jul 2015 | Added new events for polls and surveys to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 1 Jul 2015 | Added new events for problem hints to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 10 Jun 2015 | Added information about events for pre-roll videos to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 8 Jun 2015 | Added descriptions of the video_show_cc_menu and
video_hide_cc_menu events to the
video interaction events section. |
| 19 May 15 | Added information about new course team report events to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 11 May 2015 | Updated the descriptions of the pause_video, play_video, and
stop_video video interaction events to include the
effects of a Video Start Time or Video Stop Time. |
| 22 Apr 2015 | Added information about the new student_languageproficiency table
and two new columns in the auth_userprofile table to
Student Info and Progress Data. |
| 6 Apr 2015 | Added a section to describe the course structure file. |
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2015 | Added information about library events for students to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 11 Mar 2015 | Added information about additional video interaction events that are now emitted by the edX mobile app, and reorganized the Video Interaction Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 5 Mar 2015 | Added new events for contributions to discussion forums to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| Added events for the display of Google components to the Tracking Logs section. | |
| 3 Mar 2015 | Updated the Other edX Resources to include information about the The edX Partner Portal and the The Open edX Portal. |
| 23 Feb 2015 | Added new common fields for HTTP header values and new events for video caption use to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 13 Feb 2015 | Added the edx.course.enrollment.mode_changed event to the
Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 4 Feb 2015 | Added information about the module.usage_key member field in the
common context field to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 16 Jan 2015 | Added the Institution-wide Data section with information about the CSV file of student email preference settings. |
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 12/24/14 | Added information about video events that the edX mobile app emits to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 12/18/14 | Updated descriptions of the video events in the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 11/26/14 | Expanded the background information on content experiments in Testing Events for Content Experiments. |
| 11/13/14 | Updated the student_courseenrollment.mode description. |
| 11/5/14 | Corrected descriptions for play_video and pause_video in
Video Interaction Events. |
| 10/28/14 | Added best practices for passphrases to the Keys and Credentials for Data Transfers section. |
| 10/23/14 | Added examples of the format used to identify course components to the Student Info and Progress Data and Events in the Tracking Logs sections. |
Updated the child_render event to reflect the name change for the
child_id member field. See Events in the Tracking Logs. |
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| 10/20/14 | Updated the Data Delivered in Data Packages section to remove instructions for downloading weekly event files. |
| 10/16/14 | Updated video events with new fields relating to mobile device use in the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 10/07/14 | Added new student and course team events relating to cohort use to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| Removed information about XML course formats. See the edX Open Learning XML Guide for information about building XML courses. |
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 09/30/14 | Added information about the data that is available to course teams to the Data Delivered in Data Packages section. |
| 09/18/14 | Added descriptions of two columns added to the auth_userprofile table. |
| 09/08/14 | Added cautions to the Keys and Credentials for Data Transfers section. |
| 09/04/14 | Updated the Discussion Forums Data section to include the
thread_type field for CommentThreads and the endorsement field
for Comments. |
| 08/25/14 | Removed information on course grading. See Establishing a Grading Policy For Your Course in Building and Running an edX Course. |
| Removed information on the XML for drag and drop. See Drag and Drop Problem (Deprecated) in Building and Running an edX Course. | |
| 08/12/14 | Added the Open Response Assessment Events section to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 08/01/14 | Added the Data Delivered in Data Packages section with information to help data czars locate and download data package files. |
| 07/10/14 | Added the Keys and Credentials for Data Transfers section with information to help new data czars set up credentials for secure data transfers. |
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 06/27/14 | Made a correction to the edx.forum.searched event name in the
Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
Added the stop_video event to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
|
Updated the seek_video event in the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
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| 06/23/14 | Added a Other edX Resources with resources for course teams, developers, researchers, and students. |
| 05/23/14 | Added descriptions of the enrollment upgrade events to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 05/22/14 | Added descriptions of five video- and problem-related events to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
Added the new edx.forum.searched event to the
Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
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| 05/06/14 | Added enrollment event types to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 05/05/14 | Removed information on the Poll module. See Poll Tool for OLX in Building and Running an edX Course. |
| Removed information on the Word Cloud tool. See Word Cloud Tool in Building and Running an edX Course. | |
| Removed information on CustomResponse XML and Python Script. See Write-Your-Own-Grader Problem in the Building and Running an edX Course guide. | |
| Removed information on Formula Equation Input. See partnercoursestaff:Math Expression Input in the Building and Running an edX Course guide. | |
| 04/29/14 | Corrected misstatement on how Discussion Forums Data is sent in data packages. |
| 04/25/14 | Added new event types to the Events in the Tracking Logs section for interactions with PDF files. |
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 03/31/14 | Added new fields for the server problem_check event type to the
Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| Reformatted the Events in the Tracking Logs section to improve readability. | |
| 03/28/14 | Added the Data Czar/Data Team Selection and Responsibilities section. |
| 03/24/14 | Added the user_api_usercoursetag table to the Student Info and Progress Data
section and the assigned_user_to_partition and child_render
event types to the Events in the Tracking Logs section. |
| 03/19/14 | Provided alternative formatting for the examples in the Discussion Forums Data section. |
| 03/13/14 | Updated the Student Info and Progress Data section. |
| 02/24/14 | Added descriptions of new fields to the Wiki Data section. |
| 02/21/14 | Added descriptions of new fields to the Discussion Forums Data section. |
| 02/14/14 | Added the seek_video and speed_change_video event types to the
Events in the Tracking Logs section. |