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Minor WebLearn upgrade on 8 June 2010
An upgrade was successfully completed on Tuesday the 8th of June 2010. The service was unavailable for a few minutes between 8 and 8.30am. Improvements included: The Restore facility in the Resources tool now works correctly. (Unfortunately any files deleted … Continue reading
The ‘Restore’ facility in Resources is currently not working.
We have just discovered that it is not possible to recover any files deleted from the Resources Tool after 7am on 19th January 2010. Under normal circumstances, one is able to use the Resource Tool’s ‘Restore’ facility, however, a bug … Continue reading
A great practical example of using WebLearn to enhance teaching
Dr Scot Peterson, a lecturer in Politics, just gave an excellent and informative talk as part of the OUCS “make:” lunchtime sessions. Scot also teaches at Reading University where he has to use the Blackboard VLE. My ears pricked up … Continue reading
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Doing URL redirects using WebLearn
Sometimes it is very useful to add a level of indirection to your URLs – this would allow you to publicise a single fixed URL but periodically change what it is pointing to (behind the scenes). This technique is called … Continue reading
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
How do I find free images for use in WebLearn?
I have recently been using Flickr to find photographs with a Creative Commons licence so that I can use them to liven up my Power Point presentations; however, there is no reason why they couldn’t be used to liven up … Continue reading
Automatically updating a site from a database with a script
A colleague here in OUCS is using new WebLearn in a fairly novel way. They have a database (actually a subversion repository) full of HTML-based teaching material and fancied making it available in WebLearn (in addition to other places where … Continue reading
All WebLearn icons now stored within the system
WebLearn uses a series of free icons known as the “Silk Icons”. All these icons are now accessible from within WebLearn from the following location. On occasions, it may be useful to display these images on a page, for example … Continue reading
Are your attachments failing to open?
Attachments can be added to Announcements, Assignments and email messages. Some people have been confused as to why some site participants are unable to open such attachments so the WebLearn team has been investigating. In order for a user to … Continue reading