Weblearn courses this term (TT2010)

We are please to announce the following FREE courses ranging from getting started, to making your site more effective, and migrating your materials from old to new WebLearn. The WebLearn Assignments tool is integrated with the Turnitin plagiarism detection service, … Continue reading

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Conducting public surveys using WebLearn

WebLearn has a Beta version of a tool that can be used for conducting public surveys. At the start of the Long Vacation, a new ‘Survey’ option will appear in the list of tools available to a WebLearn site. As … Continue reading

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A new survey tool is to be added to WebLearn

WebLearn is the University’s Virtual Learning Environment, it provides a large array of tools to support teaching and learning and course administration. A new survey tool will be made available at the start of the Long Vacation. The tool allows … Continue reading

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Survey & Migrations courses

Need to know how to deliver free online surveys? Book yourself a place on the WebLearn: Pilot Evaluations Tool workshop, to be held at OUCS on Tuesday 18 May 2010 (09:15-11:15). Need to learn how to migrate your content from … Continue reading

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Call for nominations: OxTALENT 2010 awards. Category: “Use of WebLearn to support a course or programme of study”

Call for nominations: OxTALENT 2010 awards. Category: “Use of WebLearn to support a course or programme of study” Eligibility: Members of Oxford University involved in teaching at undergraduate or graduate level, who use WebLearn to support online study and interaction … Continue reading

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VLE Team report (15 Jan 2010 – 4 May 2010)

Software During this period there have been upgrades to both old and new WebLearn. New WebLearn: New Facilities – The Highlights Better auto-generated passwords. Tasks, Tests and surveys now works properly for non site participants. Podcasts in non public sites … Continue reading

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Having problems pasting text into WebLearn from MS Word or Outlook?

If you are on a PC, there is a nice free utility called PureText, which removes formatting from text – it runs in the background and instead of pressing Control-V to paste, you press Windows-V if you want to strip … Continue reading

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Are your students suffering from volcanic ash induced woe?

New WebLearn offers many facilities which will be invaluable should students not be able to attend lecturers due to circumstances beyond their control. WebLearn has many tools that will allow teaching and learning to continue in the absence of face-to-face … Continue reading

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Comments on: ‘Eduserv-funded study into the use of Microsoft SharePoint in UK Higher Education Institutions’ Report

From: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/static/5007/SPfinal.pdf “Microsoft is promoting SharePoint as a VLE. ……… Despite not being frequently deployed as an institutional VLE, SharePoint is being used in teaching and learning, particularly for functions which are not easily fulfilled by the VLE, for example: … Continue reading

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Whats new in WebLearn 2.6-ox3

New Version of WebLearn Released Both WebLearn systems were upgraded on 13th April 2010, new WebLearn to 2.6-ox3 and old WebLearn to 2.34. New WebLearn New Facilities – The Highlights Better auto-generated passwords. Tasks, Tests and surveys now works properly … Continue reading

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