Chart of logins around the start of term

I thought it may interest people to see how many separate logins are made per day around the start of term. Note that these are separate logins not unique users. The graph shows a peak of 17044 on the first … Continue reading

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EuroSakai in Paris 28th-30th Jan 2013

From Ian Dolphin: I am pleased to announce the 2013 EuroSakai Conference, in association with ESUP and Jasig. The event will be hosted by University P.M. Curie (UPMC-Sorbonne Universités) at its Jussieu Campus in Paris between January 28th and 30th. … Continue reading

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WebLearn unavailable on 16 October 2012 7-9am

It is planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox3.3 on Tuesday 16 October 2012 7-9am. There will be no service during this period. This bugfix release will address problems with the SES tool.

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Alleged cheating at Harvard – opportunity for Oxford to be proactive

Melissa Highton, co-director of Academic IT Services, has posted a thought-provoking piece on her blog highlighting the case of alleged cheating at Harvard and posing questions about plagiarism detection policies and processes at Oxford University. You can read it at: http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/melissa/2012/10/06/scandal/

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WebLearn upgraded to Version 2.8-ox3 – 25 September 2012

WebLearn was upgraded on 25th September 2012 to version 2.8-ox3. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. Improvements OXAM now housed within WebLearn many improvements to the Assignments tool in the area of Turnitin integration, eg, … Continue reading

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Problems with Reading Lists in sites created from a Template

We have just discovered a problem with Reading Lists in the 3 site templates: Template for content Template for tutors Template for lecturers It would appear that when a site is copied (duplicated) any Reading List contained within that site … Continue reading

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WebLearn and Turnitin courses MT 2012

Come along to learn more about WebLearn, Turnitin and avoiding plagiarism – attend our free half-day courses, byte-sized or lunch-time sessions. Booking is required, using the links provided. Booking opens 30 days in advance – if booking is not yet open … Continue reading

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WebLearn User Group meeting: Tues 25 Sept 14:00

Come along to the next meeting of the WebLearn User Group, to be held at IT Services (formerly OUCS), 13 Banbury Road, on Tuesday 25 September from 2 to 4pm, followed by our traditional cream tea. Booking is required: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TOVD … Continue reading

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Finding images for use in WebLearn

Most of the images that can be found on the web will have some sort of copyright attached to them. If you want to use an image on the web, in a Power Point presentation or in WebLearn then you must … Continue reading

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New WebLearn case studies

The following new case studies have recently been uploaded to the WebLearn Guidance site (weblearn.ox.ac.uk/info > Showcase > Case Studies using WebLearn): An organic approach to an intranet (Wulf Forrester-Barker, NDORMS) Student voting: using the WebLearn Polls tool (Janet Smart, Saiid … Continue reading

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