WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 19 May 2015 from 7-9am

It is planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.10-ox3 on Tuesday 19 May 2015 from 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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Introducing Replay – Lecture Capture

Educational Media Services is running a pilot project, called Replay, using Panopto lecture capture software to record lectures as a revision aid for Oxford students. Panopto is easy to use and unobtrusive. It captures audio and slides, automatically synchronises them, … Continue reading

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Apereo Open Academic Environment Seminar: 8 May at 12:30 in IT Services

We are pleased to announce a special seminar about the Apereo Open Academic Environment (OAE) presented by our colleagues from Research Research (Research Professional). The talk will take place in ISIS room, IT Services, Banbury Rd at 12.30 on Friday … Continue reading

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Change in WebLearn Email Support

From the 20th April 2015, IT Services will move to a new system for logging and managing IT support calls. Users will notice the following changes: When you send an email asking for help or guidance, the response will look … Continue reading

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Typical Daily Usage Pattern: 10 April 2015

I thought this chart showing the pattern of usage of WebLearn over a typical day (10 April 2015) may be interesting

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WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 14 April 2015 from 7-9am

On Tuesday 14th April from 7am, IT Services will be replacing the firewall that protects a large number of services (including WebLearn)  in order to increase capacity and enhance out ability to meet future network security requirements. From 7am services … Continue reading

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Creating (WebLearn) content using Xerte: Webinar 8 April @ 17:00

Xerte is an (ALT-C) award winning suite of browser-based tools developed by Nottingham University that allow anyone with a web browser to create interactive and accessible learning materials quickly and easily. Xerte is a new project to Apereo, currently working … Continue reading

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You Tube Channel For Sakai (WebLearn) Showcase Webinars

Over the last year or so, one of the Sakai commercial partners, Longsight, have been running regular Webinars about different aspects of Sakai (the software which under-pins WebLearn). All of these sessions have been recorded and uploaded to You Tube … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded to Version 2.10-ox2.1 on 19 February 2015

WebLearn was upgraded on 19th February 2015 to version 2.10-ox2.1. If you want more details then please contact the WebLearn Team. For more detailed information and other minor changes, please looked at the detailed release notes. If you would like … Continue reading

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A recipie to display a Google Calendar in WebLearn

It is quite easy to surface a Google Calendar within WebLearn – you may want to do this if you find that the default WebLearn calendar doesn’t quite do what you want. The Conference of Colleges use this approach, they … Continue reading

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