As well as collaborating with Faculties to launch new WebLearn sites, the WISE team have been working with our technical developers to improve the WebLearn design and interface, based on feedback from staff and students. We have concentrated our efforts on improving the Lessons tool, as this is a popular way for staff to create pages. How many of the improvements have you spotted?

When you create a new Lessons page, WebLearn displays some help for the user. Although this is useful, some staff have found this distracting. We have simplified the amount of information shown, and included a link to the original more comprehensive page.

New design template

Reorder button moved closer to work area

Easier to upload new versions of files

Upload multiple files

The Lessons tool makes it very easy to upload a file whilst working on a Lessons page. However, you may wish to link to files that are in Resources. The new tool allows you to embed a Resources folder in a Lessons page. If you add another file to Resources, it will be displayed in the Lessons page automatically.

Clicking on a tool on the left hand menu will reset the tool. This is useful if, for example, you are at a deep level in Resources and want to return to the top level.

If you attempt to delete an item on a Lessons page, WebLearn will prompt you to confirm whether you want to do it.