Sharing Survey Templates

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Adam Marshall

Over the last year or two, the most requested enhancement to WebLearn has been the ability to share the authoring of survey templates. The good news is that we have made enhancements to make this possible. In this case, collaborative … Continue reading →

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Introducing the OxCAP Project

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Adam Marshall

OxCAP is a JISC funded initiative to expose data (as an XML feed) about courses at Oxford. This project has the explicit backing of the PVC for Education and the Registrar. It is agreed that we concentrate on graduate training … Continue reading →

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New Guidance Site

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Adam Marshall

2012 sees the introduction of a brand new look for the WebLearn Guidance Site. We have tried to make the site easier to navigate and also make it look more visually appealing. It should be easier to find what you … Continue reading →

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WebLearn Service Level Description Updated

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Adam Marshall

The WebLearn Service Level Description has been updated. The following changes have been made: section 1.1 – Bodington now read-only section 2.7 – users cannot now upload into Bodington section 2.13 – add HFS as a related service section 2.14 … Continue reading →

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Tweet tweet

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Adam Marshall

If you’ve ever fancied using Twitter then this hand guide for Academics from LSE may be useful: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2011/11/Published-Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf

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WebLearn unaffected by recently announced changes to email service

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Adam Marshall

The following note was sent by OUCS on 13 December 2011. WebLearn is unaffected as it uses oxmail to send messages and does not connect directly to smtp.ox.ac.uk. As we can’t rely on people not to give away their SSO … Continue reading →

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Open All Hours – New University of Oxford Podcasts portal launched

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Adam Marshall

At the start of November the OUCS Podcasting Service launched a new web portal to showcase nearly three thousand audio, video and eBook items freely available for download (http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk). Replacing the previous directory, the improved site presents a rich set … Continue reading →

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Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award 2012

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Adam Marshall

Each year the Sakai Foundation runs a competition to recognise and promote innovation in using Sakai (WebLearn at Oxford) for teaching and learning. The winners have travel expenses and conference registration paid to attend and present their innovations at the … Continue reading →

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OUCS Advent Calendar

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Adam Marshall

After a rush of frantic work by the elves in InfoDev and LTG we have put together a beautiful open advent calendar:  http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/openadvent/ Each day until Christmas a door will be unlocked to reveal a piece of open educational content. … Continue reading →

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WebLearn courses MT 2011

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Adam Marshall

The following IT Learning Programme (OUCS) courses focusing on WebLearn are scheduled for the remainder of the term. Please book by following the respective link to the course booking system. WebLearn: Surveys Tuesday 22 November, 2-5 pm WebLearn Surveys (beta) … Continue reading →

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