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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Displaying RSS (& Twitter) feeds on HTML pages in WebLearn

WebLearn has a built-in tool, News, for displaying RSS feeds; it is even possible to display feeds from Oxford Podcasts – these will feature an in-page media player for audio and audio-visual podcast display. Sometimes it is desirable to insert … Continue reading

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WebLearn OxTALENT Winners

Yesterday saw the annual OxTALENT awards held in OUCS and as usual the standard of entries submitted to the WebLearn categories were very high. There were two separate categories for WebLearn ‘Use of WebLearn to support a course or programme … 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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WebLearn now has a Short URL facility

We have had many complaints about the length of URLs for items stored within Resources. A common problem is that the URLs get split when included in email messages. The URL of a site (or tool within a site) can … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded to 2.8-ox1.1: Known Issues

WebLearn was now been upgraded to version 2.8-ox1.1 on Tuesday 19 June 2012 – this release fixed most of the issues detailed on the 2.8-ox1 Known Issues page which is now redundant. This page completely replaces the above-mentioned page. If … 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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TechDis: Assistive Technology

JISC TechDis have long argued that the key to enhancing access to the curriculum is the effective use of technology. By their very nature, resources in digital format can be accessed more independently and personalised more easily. Terry McAndrew and … Continue reading

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Bugfix release on Tuesday 19th June

There will be a short period of downtime on Tuesday 19th June between 7am and 9am so that we can perform a bugfix upgrade to WebLearn. This will tackle all the issues listed here: https://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/adamweblearn/2012/05/weblearn-upgraded-to-2-8-ox1-known-issues/ (except the drop box notifications … Continue reading

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Personalising Weblearn (Sakai) – The BMS Portal page

Article written by Jon Mason This year (2011-12), a new course, Biomedical Sciences, started within the Medical Sciences Division. This course combines  teaching specific to the course with teaching shared with other courses. In response to this, we wanted to … Continue reading

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