WebLearn unavailable on 30 April 2013 7-9am

It is planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox5.1 on Tuesday 30 April 2013 7-9am. There will be no service during this period.

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WebLearn and Turnitin Courses for Trinity 2013

WebLearn Course books for the formal courses (3-hour sessions) can be downloaded for self study. WebLearn: Fundamentals Thurs 2 May 9.15-12.15 or Mon 3 June 9.15-12.15 WebLearn: Surveys Thurs 9 May 2:00-5:00 Multimedia: Tools for creating interactive online resources Mon … Continue reading

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Linking to External Tools from a VLE/LMS: IMS LTI, oAuth or Webauth (or any other web-based Single Sign-On)?

WebLearn (Sakai) offers a number of technologies for people wanting to interoperate with external tools and services. This post attempts to explain each option and then make a suggestion as to which one should use. Thanks to Matthew Buckett for … Continue reading

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OxTALENT Awards 2013 – Call for entries – deadline 17 May

The annual OxTALENT Awards are presented each June. The deadline for entries is mid-day 17th May 2013. We encourage your WebLearn users to consider entering the WebLearn category. This year we are pleased to announce five open award categories, and … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded to version 2.8-ox5

New WebLearn was upgraded on 4th April 2013 to version 2.8-ox5. For more detailed information and other minor changes, please looked at the detailed release notes. Bug Fixes Forums messages are now displayed in the search results. Survey responses in … Continue reading

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Do you want to change a site URL?

The release of WebLearn version 2.8-ox5 has introduced a way to move a WebLearn site to a new URL and set up a redirection from the old site URL to the new location. This is very useful in the following … Continue reading

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Student requests for recorded lectures to be made available in WebLearn

The WebLearn Student Experience (WLSE) project was run during Michaelmas term 2012. We collected and analysed student feedback to produce a number of generic recommendations for departments, colleges and the central WebLearn team. One of the recommendations emerged from the expressed … Continue reading

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Recommendations from WebLearn Student Experience Project

Adapted from the project report by Fawei Geng, Joanna Wild and Jill Fresen  Following recommendations from the Student Digital Experience (DIGE) project, a small project was run in late 2012 to investigate how students currently use WebLearn in support of … Continue reading

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WebLearn unavailable on 4 April 2013 7-9am

It is planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox5 on Thursday 4 April 2013 7-9am. There will be no service during this period.

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WebLearn unavailable on 12 March 2013 7-9am

It is planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox4.4 on Tuesday 12 March 2013 7-9am. There will be no service during this period. This bugfix release will address problems with the SES tool.

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