WebLearn upgraded to version 2.8-ox4 on 8 January 2013

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Adam Marshall

New WebLearn was upgraded on 8th January 2013 to version 2.8-ox4. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. Improvements Brand new Search tool: site names, site descriptions and reading lists now indexed Many improvements to Student … Continue reading →

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WebLearn and Plagiarism Courses Hilary Term 2013

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Adam Marshall

WebLearn and Plagiarism Courses – Hilary Term 2013 A variety of taught courses are offered by IT Services free of charge, to support the use of WebLearn and the plagiarism awareness software Turnitin. Course books for the formal courses (3-hour … Continue reading →

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WebLearn Student Experience Project

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Fawei Geng

Adapted from the project report by Joanna Wild and Fawei Geng Introduction From 1 October 2011 to 30 April 2012 the DIGE (Student Digital Experience) project was carried at Oxford.  In the project report,  staff and student feedback about WebLearn … Continue reading →

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WebLearn unavailable on 8 January 2013 7-9am

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Adam Marshall

We have had to delay the planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox4. It was due to be carried out on Tuesday 18 December 2012 but will now happen on Tuesday 8th January 2013 between 7-9am. There will be no … Continue reading →

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OXCAP – Oxford’s use of Share Point

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Adam Marshall

Thanks to Alex Dutton for the helping with this post. The OXCAP project is about collecting and distributing information about graduate training opportunities at The University of Oxford. This information is stored in the University’s Open Data Service (ODS) and … Continue reading →

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Data Flow in the OXCAP Project

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Adam Marshall

We thought it may be useful to explain how data about graduate training makes its way from training providers into the SES tool in WebLearn. To do this we produced the diagram below. This shows the 3 different methods of … Continue reading →

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WebLearn on Twitter

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Adam Marshall

WebLearn has a twitter account: @oxfordweblearn. You will find out all the latest news about your favourite VLE by following us!

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Byte sized Assignments tool

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Roger Pearson

Questions and Answers that emerged from the WebLearn Bytes – Assignments session on 12 November 2012: Q: How do I make Marks and comments visible to students? A: In Assignments you must return the assignment to the student in order … Continue reading →

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Byte-sized Surveys tool

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Fawei Geng

Questions and Answers that emerged from the WebLearn Bytes – Surveys session on 8 November 2012: Q: Can WebLearn Surveys handle branching, e.g. skip to a certain part of a survey based on a participant’s response? A: No. A possible solution … Continue reading →

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Byte-sized Resources tool

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Jill Fresen

Hints and tips that emerged from the WebLearn Bytes – Resources session on 5 November 2012: Top-level permissions ‘cascade down’ to all folders and files in Resources (set ‘top-level’ permissions using the blue link at the top of the Resources … Continue reading →

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