Apereo OAE Phoenix (nee Sakai 3) is now available!

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Adam Marshall

The Apereo Open Academic Environment (OAE) project team is pleased and excited to announce the first release of the Apereo Open Academic Environment; OAE Phoenix. This release consists of the first production ready release of Apereo OAE and focusses on … Continue reading →

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Change of date: WebLearn unavailable on 16 July 2013 7-9am

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Adam Marshall

In response to user requests, we have decided to delay the proposed upgrade by 1 week. We now plan to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox6 on Tuesday 16 July 2013 7-9am. There will be no service during this period. We … Continue reading →

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Five great free screen capture tools

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Adam Marshall

Thanks to Fawei Geng for this post. Screen capture software can be used to: deliver online lectures that include annotations create demo videos for any computer programs record a video explaining a technical solution  to a problem frequently asked by … Continue reading →

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The death and rebirth of Apereo OAE (aka Sakai OAE or Sakai 3)

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Adam Marshall

Michael Feldstein has written an excellent article about the Apereo Open Academic Environment (OAE) – you may know this better as Sakai OAE or Sakai 3. (When the Sakai Foundation and JA SIG merged, they formed a new organisation called … Continue reading →

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OXTALENT Awards: Use of WebLearn to support a Course or Programme of Study

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Adam Marshall

Thanks to Liz Masterman for this article. Thomas Jellis, School of Geography and the Environment: The Copenhagen Fieldclass Dr Thomas Jellis is a lecturer in the School of Geography and the Environment and a tutor at Hertford and St John’s … Continue reading →

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Reminder about Copyright policy: WebLearn

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Jill Fresen

WebLearn site maintainers are reminded that it is illegal to distribute or upload into WebLearn, any scanned or downloaded copies of copyrighted material (including books, journals and other publications, images, music and video) without obtaining permission/a licence to do so … Continue reading →

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The solution to problems reading PDFs on an iPad

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Adam Marshall

We have recently discovered that there is a problem reading  PDFs on an iPad if the PDF is made accessible via a Web Content link. The PDFs will open but there will not be any scroll bars meaning that most … Continue reading →

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