WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 28 January 2014 from 7-9am

It is planned to upgrade IT Services’ AFS servers on Tuesday 28 January 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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WebLearn and TurnItIn Courses in Hilary Term 2014

WebLearn and Plagiarism Awareness Courses      Hilary Term 2014 A variety of taught courses are offered by IT Services to support the use of WebLearn and the plagiarism awareness software Turnitin. Course books for the formal courses (3-hour sessions) can be … Continue reading

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How to display Researcher Training on your website

As part of the JISC-funded OXCAP project, IT Services developed a portable JavaScript ‘widget’ that can be placed on any website and be made to display upcoming publicly visible Researcher Training opportunities – the list of courses can be filtered … Continue reading

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WebLearn unavailable on *MONDAY* 13 Jan 2014 from 7-9am

It is planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox9 on Monday 13 Jan 2014 7-9am. There will be no service during this period. We apologize for any inconvenience that this essential work may cause.

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How to display WebLearn within a Power Point slide

People often like to browse WebLearn from within a PowerPoint presentation. Generally this is done by adding a hyperlink or maybe by just breaking out of the presentation and switching to a web browser, however, it is actually really easy … Continue reading

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Tests tool – WebLearn Bytes session

These points were noted at the WebLearn Bytes: Tests and quizzes held on 26 November 2013, and may be helpful to other WebLearn users: The Tests tool offers 6 types of questions: Multiple choice, True/False, Fill-in-the-blank, Matching, Essay and Task. … Continue reading

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WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 3 December 2013 from 7-9am

It is planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox8.1 on Tuesday 3 December 2013 7-9am. There will be no service during this period. This release includes bug fixes for: broken right mouse button functionality in the WYSIWYG editor problems associated … Continue reading

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WebLearn for teaching & learning – Q&A

The following questions emerged during the course WebLearn: Tools for teaching and learning held on 21 November 2013: Q: When you duplicate a site, the student-generated data is stripped out. What happens to the Email Archive? A: The Email Archive … Continue reading

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