Displaying WebLearn calendars on external websites

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Adam Marshall

Some users are taking advantage of WebLearn’s ability to export calendars in ‘iCal’ format and are syndicating their calendars to departmental intranets or public websites. Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences also (luckily) known as NDORMS have adopted … Continue reading →

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WebLearn’s Mobile Phone Interface

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Adam Marshall

I thought it would be useful to explain the mechanics behind the WebLearn (Sakai) mobile phone interface (m.ox). Mobile Oxford (or m.ox) is based on a piece of open source software called Molly which relays (or ‘proxys’) requests from a … Continue reading →

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New Module Enrolment Tool

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Adam Marshall

Michaelmas term 2010 saw the introduction of a brand new locally written module registration tool known as SES (Student Enrolment System). The tool works in conjunction with a course or module database known as DAISY which is being developed by … Continue reading →

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Using Tableau to visualise ‘Site Stats’ reports

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Adam Marshall

Thanks to Andy Cotgreave for writing most of this article. Site Stats is a fantastic WebLearn tool. Once added to a site, it will track all activity within that site and can produce colourful pie charts and histograms of predefined … Continue reading →

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Turnitin Newsletter – November 2010

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Adam Marshall

Student Access to Originality Reports Martin King of Royal Holloway University of London conducted an investigation into the use of Turnitin in Higher Education institutions in the UK related to student access to Turnitin. The survey indicated: Nearly 60% of … Continue reading →

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Tool permissions explained

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Adam Marshall

Ever wondered what a particular permission does? Well wonder no longer – here is a page explaining the most common ones: http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Permission+Descriptions+%282.7%29

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A Report Investigating the Effectiveness of the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Service

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Adam Marshall

A report has recently been released about the use of Turnitin in terms of its effectiveness. The White Paper “The Effectiveness of Turnitin and WriteCycle” (White Paper from turnitin.com, 2009) reports on the use of Turnitin worldwide in helping to … Continue reading →

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Student access to Turnitin reports

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Adam Marshall

An investigation into the use of Turnitin in UK HE institutions, focusing upon student access to the service has just been released. Martin King, Senior Learning & Technology Officer, Royal Holloway College, University of London, conducted a study on Turnitin … Continue reading →

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