The new Site Stats tool

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Adam Marshall

From Nuno Fernandez: I am very pleased to announce the 2.0 release of SiteStats for Sakai! SiteStats allows authorized users to view site usage statistics related to user visits, tool activity and resource activity. SiteStats 2.0 is major rewrite of … Continue reading →

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Major WebLearn upgrade

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Adam Marshall

WebLearn was upgraded on 3rd November 2009 to version 2.6-ox1. This was a major release and incorporates the new version of Sakai 2.6 (the software upon which WebLearn is based). New Facilities – The Highlights Upgrade to Sakai 2.6 (see … Continue reading →

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How do Administration Sites work?

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Adam Marshall

First of all one should read these two step-by-step guides: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/info/step/adminsites1.pdf https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/info/step/hierarchy7.pdf Here is a summary of the basic points: an Administration Site is said to manage one or more (regular) sites; members of Administration Sites are the only WebLearn … Continue reading →

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How do I display a WebLearn calendar in my email client (Nexus)

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Adam Marshall

The best way to do this is to subscribe to a WebLearn calendar (rather than import) so that new events or changes to existing events are reflected. First of all, the ”Schedule” on a site needs to be exported (click … Continue reading →

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All WebLearn icons now stored within the system

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Adam Marshall

WebLearn uses a series of free icons known as the “Silk Icons”. All these icons are now accessible from within WebLearn from the following location. On occasions, it may be useful to display these images on a page, for example … Continue reading →

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Any bioscientists out there?

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Adam Marshall

If anybody from the Biosciences want to do a bid in conjunction with the WebLearn team then please get in touch. Here’s the SP. Subject: UK Centre for Bioscience: Funding available The UK Centre for Bioscience is currently accepting bids … Continue reading →

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Search now working

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Adam Marshall

After the upgrade to version 2.6-ox1 (on 3rd Nov) we discovered that the search tool was no longer finding the majority of documents. The “search index” was completely rebuilt on Friday 6th Nov which solved the problem.

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New Sakaiproject.org website launched

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Adam Marshall

Pieter Hartsook, Webmaster – Sakai Foundation Communications Manager says: “We hope you will enjoy the new Sakai website. The idea behind the design was a better user experience. We wanted to make the content not only more appealing to look … Continue reading →

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Interesting blog post: how VLEs impact teaching – Lisa M Lane

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Adam Marshall

Course management systems, like any other technology, have an inherent purpose implied in their design, and therefore a built–in pedagogy. Although these pedagogies are based on instructivist principles, today’s large CMSs have many features suitable for applying more constructivist pedagogies. … Continue reading →

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