New Module Enrolment Tool

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

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

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

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

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

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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Using Turnitin for plagiarism detection and prevention

Turnitin is an online text-matching system that can be used to help identify potential plagiarism in electronically submitted student work. It can also be used formatively, for tutors to help students develop their academic writing and citation skills. Turntin highlights … Continue reading

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WebLearn team member wins a competition!

At the nLearning Plagiarism conference in Newcastle in June,  a competition was held for attendees to write for slogans warning students against plagiarism. WebLearn team member Dr Jill Fresen submitted 3 slogans and the first one was chosen as a … Continue reading

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New TurnItIn newsletter

There is a brand new TurnItIn newsletter. Topics covered: Reducing the Prevalence of Cheating In The News Upcoming Events Upcoming Webinars and Training Scheduled Maintenance Links Read the newsletter

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Call for Participation – WebLearn Polls via m.ox (Mobile Oxford)

Have you ever wished your students could respond in class using personal voting systems (‘clickers’), but never quite got around to trying it? Well now you don’t need any special technology – the students can answer questions on their internet-enabled … Continue reading

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