WebLearn upgraded to version 2.8-ox5

New WebLearn was upgraded on 4th April 2013 to version 2.8-ox5. For more detailed information and other minor changes, please looked at the detailed release notes. Bug Fixes Forums messages are now displayed in the search results. Survey responses in … Continue reading

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Do you want to change a site URL?

The release of WebLearn version 2.8-ox5 has introduced a way to move a WebLearn site to a new URL and set up a redirection from the old site URL to the new location. This is very useful in the following … Continue reading

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Research into Effective Site Templates

The following paper written by Jill Fresen, Fawei Geng and erstwhile WebLearn team Academic Visitor Robin Hill, was published in the Journal of ALT: Research in Learning Technology at the end of last year. Derivation of electronic course templates for … Continue reading

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Removal of “All logged in users” access to sites

We are considering removing the ability to grant “All logged in users” access to a site and want to get feedback from the community before going ahead – note that we will still allow “All Oxford users” to be granted … Continue reading

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Updated details about non-Oxford user accounts and password

I have updated the old blog article about How non-Oxford users reset and change their WebLearn passwords. This covers the shift away from emailing passwords and towards presenting an account activation or password reset link. This change occurred with the … Continue reading

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Using Templates to Create New Sites

Post by Fawei Geng & Adam Marshall The recent upgrade to WebLearn version 2.8 has seen the introduction of a number of site templates. These templates can be used when creating a site from scratch and will impose structure and … Continue reading

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How do I delete sites?

There two 2 types of ‘delete’ in WebLearn: removing from the hierarchy and (soft) deletion from the system. Removing the site from the hierarchy This stops the site appearing under your departmental (or college) area in WebLearn, however, all site … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded to version 2.6-ox9.1 on 18 October 2011

Detailed Release Notes – WebLearn – Version 2.6-ox9.1 – 18 October 2011 New WebLearn was upgraded on 18th October 2011 to version 2.6-ox9.1. Improvements Introduction of Private Calendar URLs so one can subscribe to non-public site calendars within MS Outlook … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded to 2.6-ox8

Release Notes – WebLearn – Version 2.6-ox8 – 12 July 2011 New WebLearn was upgraded on 12th July 2011 to version 2.6-ox8. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. General Improvements When sites are copied, a … Continue reading

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