Seminar: Apereo Open Academic Environment – April 3 at 12.30 in ISIS Room, IT Services, Banbury Rd

We are pleased to announce a special seminar about the Apereo Open Academic Environment (OAE) presented by our friends from CARET (Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies) at Cambridge University. The talk will take place in ISIS room, IT … Continue reading

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WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 11 March 2014 from 7-9am

It is planned to restart the WebLearn AFS servers on Tuesday 11 March 2014 7-9am. Unfortunately, this will mean that there will be no WebLearn service during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience that this essential work may cause.

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Turnitin Originality Reports not appearing in WebLearn

Have you experienced the problem that students submit their assignments in WebLearn, but red alert messages appear and the originality reports are never returned in WebLearn? WebLearn is integrated with the external Turnitin service (http://submit.ac.uk). Classes and assignments are created … Continue reading

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WebLearn User Group meeting 17 March 2014

The March meeting of the WebLearn User Group is all about creating web pages to enhance navigation and the presentation of materials in your WebLearn site.  Date: Monday 17 March 2014 Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm, followed by cream tea … Continue reading

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FAQs from the WebLearn Surveys lunchtime session

Thanks to the participants in the WebLearn Bytes: Surveys session on Tuesday 18 February 2014 for the following interesting questions. Question: Is it possible to merge survey results based on the same template? Answer: The WebLearn Surveys tool cannot pull … Continue reading

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WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 18 February 2014 from 7-9am

It is planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox9.2 on Tuesday 18 February 2014 7-9am. Unfortunately, this will mean that there will be no service during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience that this essential work may cause.

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WebLearn sessions on assessment and feedback

Assessment and feedback are critical for students to enhance their learning and for departments to improve their academic offerings based on student needs. Come and join us at two lunchtime practical sessions to learn how to create and manage assignments … Continue reading

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FAQs from Site Management/Resources session

Thanks to the participants in the WebLearn Bytes: Site Managment and Resources session on Tuesday 11 February 2014 for the following interesting questions: Q: What is the difference between the Chat and Forums (Discussions) tools? A: Conversations conducted using the … Continue reading

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WebLearn and TurnItIn report Oct 2013 -Jan 2014

Turnitin iParadigms suffered a couple of outages of their TurnItIn Academic service during December which provoked outcry amongst  the UK user community. iParadigms have been very apologetic and have promised not to let this happen again; the Turnitin CEO will … Continue reading

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