Do you use peer assessment?

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Stephen Burholt

The WebLearn team have released a new step-by-step guide to help staff who wish to use the “Peer assessment” option in the Assignments tool. Benefits Students can comment on and mark each others’ work. Tutors can review the comments and revise … Continue reading →

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WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 26 Jan 2016 from 7-9am

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Adam Marshall

We plan to upgrade WebLearn to version 10-ox9 on Tuesday 26 Jan 2016 7-9am. There will be no service during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience that this essential work may cause.

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Writing for the Web video playlist

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Adam Marshall

Many of you know that all Oxford University members have unlimited access to lynda.com, an on-line library of high-quality instructional videos on the latest software tools and skills.  To signup go to http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/lynda With more than 3,700 courses taught by … Continue reading →

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WebLearn: ORLiMS Project Seminar – An overview of enhanced reading lists in WebLearn – 8 Feb 2pm IT Services

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Adam Marshall

Where and when: Monday 8 February in IT Services, Banbury Road. Book: http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/detail/OWX   The WebLearn Team and the ORLiMS Project Team would like to invite you to this event to help us reflect on the achievements of the recent Reading Lists … Continue reading →

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New TurnItIn URL

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Adam Marshall

 Turnitin now has a new URL turnitinuk.com. the old URL will no longer work, however, all existing assignments are available via the new URL. This change took place on 1st January 2016. WebLearn has been updated to use this new URL … Continue reading →

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WebLearn and Turnitin Courses Hilary Term 2016

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Jill Fresen

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 downloaded for self study. Places are limited and … Continue reading →

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Do you have an opinion on proposed changes to Sakai / WebLearn 11?

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Adam Marshall

The survey URL: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/direct/eval-evaluation/12467 closes on 23rd Jan 2016.

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WISE tips for engaging academics and students with the VLE

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Fawei Geng

Since Spring 2015 the WISE project has been working with 19 departments, faculties and doctoral training centres to develop and improve their WebLearn presence. In these collaborations we’ve been facing a perennial problem for learning technologists: namely, how to achieve … Continue reading →

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WISE improvements Phase 1

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Stephen Burholt

As well as collaborating with Faculties to launch new WebLearn sites, the WISE team have been working with our technical developers to improve the WebLearn design and interface, based on feedback from staff and students. We have concentrated our efforts … Continue reading →

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Call for Entries: Apereo Teaching and Learning Awards (ATLAS) 2016

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Adam Marshall

The Apereo Teaching and Learning community is seeking submissions for the annual Apereo Teaching and Learning Awards (formerly TWSIA) competition. The award recognizes innovation and excellence in technology-supported teaching, academic collaboration, and student engagement and learning. With our new name, … Continue reading →

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