SES / OXCAP: When is a course ‘upcoming’?

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Adam Marshall

As part of the OXCAP project we have had to devise an algorithm to decide when a course should be shown as ‘upcoming’ and when it should be marked as ‘previous’ in WebLearn’s SES tool. I thought it may be … Continue reading →

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OXCAP – Oxford’s use of Share Point

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Adam Marshall

Thanks to Alex Dutton for the helping with this post. The OXCAP project is about collecting and distributing information about graduate training opportunities at The University of Oxford. This information is stored in the University’s Open Data Service (ODS) and … Continue reading →

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Data Flow in the OXCAP Project

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Adam Marshall

We thought it may be useful to explain how data about graduate training makes its way from training providers into the SES tool in WebLearn. To do this we produced the diagram below. This shows the 3 different methods of … 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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OxCAP Project: All about XCRI

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Adam Marshall

The OxCAP project is a JISC funded initiative which will provide an XCRI-CAP XML feed of graduate training opportunities at Oxford. When complete, this will mean that graduate students will have a ‘one-stop-shop’ (in WebLearn) of available training modules with … Continue reading →

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Humanities Student Enrolment System now working

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Adam Marshall

A patch was applied to WebLearn this morning (17 Jan 2012) which fixed the teething problems that Humanities students will have experienced when trying to use the Student Enrolment System over the last 7 days We apologise for any inconvenience … Continue reading →

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New WebLearn was upgraded on 10th January 2012 to version 2.6-ox10

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Adam Marshall

New WebLearn was upgraded on 10th January 2012 to version 2.6-ox10. We had intended to move to 2.8-ox1 but unfortunately have had to delay this again, this time until the Easter 2012 release. Many apologies for the delay. Improvements Surveys … Continue reading →

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Introducing the OxCAP Project

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Adam Marshall

OxCAP is a JISC funded initiative to expose data (as an XML feed) about courses at Oxford. This project has the explicit backing of the PVC for Education and the Registrar. It is agreed that we concentrate on graduate training … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Adam Marshall

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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Student Enrolment System

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Adam Marshall

What is it? The Student Enrolment System (SES) is a web-based tool that presents information about graduate training opportunities available across the departments in Social Science and MPLS to graduate students, supervisors and administrators and allows students to request places … Continue reading →

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