Call for nominations: OxTALENT competition 2011 – WebLearn Category

The annual OxTALENT competition for the innovative use of IT in teaching and learning at Oxford is now open for nominations.  One of the categories is the innovative use of WebLearn. The OxTALENT awards are part of the University Teaching … Continue reading

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Preventing student papers from being added to the Turnitin database

This post courtesy of Jill Fresen: When using the Assignments tool in WebLearn, the default behaviour is that student papers do get added to the Turnitin database; however, they are used only for comparison purposes and are not released or … Continue reading

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Using images within a survey

We’ve recently had a question about using images as part of a question in a Survey template. Question: How do I upload and use a photo as part of  a question on a survey template? Answer: Click on the ‘image’ … Continue reading

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Sneeky Peek at Sakai 2.9

Sakai 2.9 isn’t due to be released until May 2012 but I though a quick taster of the exciting times ahead may brighten up everybody’s day! The indomitable Dr Chuck (Severance) has been running a project with some of his … Continue reading

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WebLearn Survey tool improvements

During the February 2011 WebLearn upgrade, several improvements to the Survey tool were implemented: one no longer has to close a survey to view the results maintainers and contributors can now respond to a survey if so desired it is … Continue reading

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New surveys step-by-step guide is now available

A substantially improved Surveys tool step-by-step guide has just been made available. It now reflects all the recent improvements which went live at the start of February 2011.

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WebLearn User Group Meeting: 9 March 2011

Come along to our face-to-face meeting of the WebLearn User Group at OUCS on Wednesday 9 March and join us afterwards for our traditional cream tea.  Users from the departments of History of Art and Earth Sciences will share with … Continue reading

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Technical information about oAuth and Sakai (WebLearn)

Matthew Buckett wrote this article about the authentication technology that we opted to use to allow mobile phones to connect to WebLearn (Sakai). “We went down the route of using OAuth between Mobile Oxford (m.ox) and Sakai as it allowed … Continue reading

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Upcoming Sakai Conferences

From Ian Dolphin: I am pleased to announce the venue, and confirm the date, for the Sakai North American Conference 2011. The conference will take place on the 14th, 15th and 16th of June, at the Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles. … Continue reading

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Embed Oxford Podcasts in your site

We have developed a new tool (Oxford Podcasts) which now makes it very easy to embed items from the rapidly growing Oxford Podcasts collection into a WebLearn site. (The Oxford Podcasts website contains exactly the same material as Oxford’s iTunesU … Continue reading

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