Tests tool – WebLearn Bytes session

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Jill Fresen

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

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Adam Marshall

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

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Jill Fresen

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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WebLearn: Design and content course – questions answered and tips

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Fawei Geng

The following questions were asked at the WebLearn: Design and content course at IT Services on 14 November 2013: Q: I have embedded a YouTube video on my page.  When it finishes playing, the player displays a number of suggested … Continue reading →

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Joinable sites in WebLearn

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Jill Fresen

Question In Site Info > Manage Access, what is the relationship between the Additional Access tick boxes that allow various sets of people to visit a site, and the Joinability option ‘Can be joined by anyone with authorization to log … Continue reading →

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New browser behaviour: a non-technical perspective

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Jill Fresen

This post is directed to WebLearn site maintainers – Have students reported that they cannot see certain materials in WebLearn? – Do some links in your WebLearn sites appear to be broken? – Are videos or other content missing from … Continue reading →

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WebLearn Bytes: Assignments – MT 2013

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Jill Fresen

The following tips emerged from the lunch time session WebLearn Bytes: Assignments on 12 November 2013: If you are using Assignments with the Markbook tool, do all assignment creation, editing, marking and removal  in the Assignments tool. You must make … Continue reading →

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Possible Missing Files?

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Adam Marshall

Last week’s problems with file uploads and deletions have now been fixed, however, it would appear that a small number of files  may possibly have become corrupted as a result of the outage. Affected files will probably appear to be … Continue reading →

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WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 12 November 2013 from 7-9am

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Adam Marshall

It is planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox8 on Tuesday 12 November 2013 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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