EdX Discussions
The following information describes what is new in edX discussions.
- When learners expanded an inline discussion, the page jumped to a part of
discussion towards the bottom of the thread. The page now stays at the top of
the discussion when expanded. (TNL-2223)
- When learners access a component-specific discussion topic in the courseware
and select Show Posts, the list of posts now opens to the first post
instead of the last post. (TNL-1530)
- Improvements to the accessibility of discussion posts to screen reader users
are included in this release. (AC-102)
Discussion posts exceeding a certain length or containing numerous equations
were not rendering LaTeX expressions. This issue has been resolved. (TNL-1902)
When users clicked a link from the page listing all a user’s posts, they
received an error message. This problem is resolved. (TNL-1717)
The “Mark as Answered” icon was missing from discussion and question posts.
This problem has been resolved. (TNL-1330)
- The current discussion conversation now receives
focus and includes an accessible label. (UX-1575)
- Discussions now include defined regions and landmarks for screen reader
navigation. The focus is on the discussion when a new topic is loaded, and
changes to a new post when it appears. (UX-1576)
After editing a discussion post or comment, a user was not able to report the
post or mark it as the answer. This problem is resolved. (TNL-1016)
When you viewed responses in a discussion topic, the vote count was displayed
twice. This problem is resolved. (TNL-1016)