Introducing the new ‘Cabinet’ LTI tool

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Adam Marshall

A new (external) tool called ‘Cabinet’ has been added to WebLearn. You can find it in the “Plugins” section of the “Manage Tools” page in “Site Info”. Integrating Object, Image and Text in Oxford Teaching Digital technologies are revolutionising our … Continue reading →

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WebLearn version 11-ox10 released 3 April 2018

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Jill Fresen

(Compiled by Nick Wilson) WebLearn was upgraded to version 11-ox10 this week (w/c 2nd April 2018). A number of bug fixes and improvements were implemented, described below. Resources / Lessons / etc The ‘Embed Replay Recording’ button has been added … Continue reading →

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Sakai is leading the field!

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Adam Marshall

Here’s a note I just received from Chuck Severance. “The first Learning Management System (VLE) in the world to pass the soon-to-be-announced IMS Learning Tools Interoperability Content Item Message spec is Sakai 11. This means Sakai 11 has formal certification in … Continue reading →

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A Test Instance of a IMS Basic LTI tool

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Adam Marshall

If you ever have occasion to experiment with a know-to-be-working and standards compliant IMS Basic LTI tool then please consider reading Dr Chuck’s “Sakai LTI Unit Tests” blog post. Dr Chuck has written an LTI tool that can be used … Continue reading →

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A Tool for Choosing Projects, Modules or Options in WebLearn

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Adam Marshall

This from Jon Mason, Medical Sciences: We have just been awarded funding from the IT Innovation Seed Fund for a project to develop a simple, flexible web application to enable the collation, communication and choosing of project, module, or other … Continue reading →

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Linking to External Tools from a VLE/LMS: IMS LTI, oAuth or Webauth (or any other web-based Single Sign-On)?

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Adam Marshall

WebLearn (Sakai) offers a number of technologies for people wanting to interoperate with external tools and services. This post attempts to explain each option and then make a suggestion as to which one should use. Thanks to Matthew Buckett for … Continue reading →

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IMS Basic LTI Outline

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Adam Marshall

Thanks to Matthew Buckett for this post. Updated 26th Oct 2012 – the username is now passed via ext_sakai_provider_displayid IMS Basic LTI Basic LTI allows external tools to be integrated into an existing application such as a VLE. These application … Continue reading →

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IMS LTI video

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Adam Marshall

The esteemed Chuck Severance (former Sakai CEO) has put together a video about IMS LTI. This is a technology that will appear in WebLearn next year and which allows departments or colleges to integrate their own tools into WebLearn. Information … Continue reading →

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