Improvements in WebLearn v11-ox9 released on 23 Jan 2018

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Adam Marshall

A new version of WebLearn (version 11-ox9) was released on Tuesday 23 January 2018. There have been a number of improvements especially in the area of anonymous essay submissions. Here is a breakdown of the enhancements. Anonymous Submissions / Assignments A warning … Continue reading →

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Online submission of assessments via WebLearn

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Adam Marshall

Courtesy of AAD News Alert 21 March 21016 Education Committee’s Examinations Panel has agreed that departments which wish to begin using online submission for examined work should use the centrally-supported WebLearn solution. A number of departments have been taking part … Continue reading →

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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 upgraded to Version 2.8-ox3 – 25 September 2012

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Adam Marshall

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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Upload Problems with Safari on a Mac

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Adam Marshall

We have applied a patch which we think addresses this problem We think recent versions of Safari (and probably Chrome) on a Mac have a bug that is preventing files from being uploaded. This is affecting the Assignments tool (and … Continue reading →

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Supporting Institutional Practice for feedback and Assessment (SIPA) Project

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Adam Marshall

The WebLearn team is investigating, promoting and supporting the use of the external Turnitin plagiarism detection and prevention service and allied products GradeMark (online marking and annotations) and PeerMark (student peer marking and assessment). Turnitin is integrated into the WebLearn … Continue reading →

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Preventing student papers from being added to the Turnitin database

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Adam Marshall

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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TurnItIn2 – overview of changes

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Adam Marshall

This is from the TurnItIn newsletter and refers to the submit.ac.uk service. Turnitin now has a new interface and a number of new features. For many it has been a welcome change, and for others there may be a learning … Continue reading →

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