WebLearn was upgraded on 12th November 2013 to version 2.8-ox8. This release is a bumper edition with a huge amount of improvements in many areas. On this occasion, you may find it more useful to peruse the detailed release notes which give a more comprehensive list of improvements.
If you would like to suggest further improvements then please do some by contributing to the WebLearn User Voice feedback service.
Improvements and New Features
- Brand new version of Sign-up Tool
- notifications setting have been overhauled with the ability to choose which coordinators receive messages
- ‘Announce Availability’ is now not ticked by default
- ‘Default Email Notification’ setting on ‘Create Meeting’ page is now not ticked by default
- there is now a ‘category’ filter on sign-up tool home page
- Updates to Graduate Training (SES) Tool
- short URL is now displayed on Module Administration page
- there is now a Vitae Research Developer Framework view of courses
- Resources
- allow a file or folder to be made available to ‘All Oxford Users’
- there is now a link to the Recycle Bin at the top of the tool (in grey bar)
- allow right mouse click in the HTML WYSIWYG editor to display spelling corrections (this does not work in Internet Explorer where one must use ctrl-right-click)
- one can no longer zip the root folder
- a warning is issued if the file submitted to ‘upload new version’ has a different name to the file it is replacing
- file browser (‘Browse server’) now works on Internet Explorer 10
- Assignments
- there is no longer a default Turnitin repository set
- web pages are rewritten so that non-secure blocked content can be seen
- Forums
- web pages are rewritten so that non-secure blocked content can be seen
- Site Management
- site redirects can now be hidden from users
- Home Tool
- ‘Options’ page is now the correct size so that the WYSIWYG editor is not truncated (and the Save button is visible)
- ‘My Active Sites’ List
- ‘mouse-over text’ will display the target URL to allow disambiguation
- Create / Duplicate Site
- one is no longer asked to supply the site title for a second time when creating a site from a template
- permissions within hidden folders are now copied when duplicating a site
- reading lists are no longer copied when a site is duplicated
- iPad
- HTML WYSIWYG editor is now available
- wiki pages can now be edited
- Schedule (Calendar)
- the bug which prevented one from subscribing to Google calendars has now been fixed
Known Issues
These will all be addressed in the very near future.
- Create reading list by searching SOLO does not work in some versions of Internet Explorer
- Browse Oxford Podcasts does not work in some versions of Internet Explorer
- Some courses are not present in the Vitae Researcher Development Framework view of graduate training courses
- ‘Modify’ sign-up page still uses old notifications terminology
- Some loss of right mouse button functionality in WYSIWYG editor
Other Changes
We have removed some Secondary tools to reduce complexity. All users of the tools have been contacted and have given consent to their removal. The Service Level Description has been changed accordingly.
- Tests and Quizzes (Samigo ) removed from service
- Post’Em removed from service
- Assignments 2 removed from service
