FAQs from Site Management/Resources session

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Jill Fresen

Thanks to the participants in the WebLearn Bytes: Site Managment and Resources session on Tuesday 11 February 2014 for the following interesting questions: Q: What is the difference between the Chat and Forums (Discussions) tools? A: Conversations conducted using the … Continue reading →

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Tests tool – WebLearn Bytes session

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Jill Fresen

These points were noted at the WebLearn Bytes: Tests and quizzes held on 26 November 2013, and may be helpful to other WebLearn users: The Tests tool offers 6 types of questions: Multiple choice, True/False, Fill-in-the-blank, Matching, Essay and Task. … Continue reading →

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WebLearn for teaching & learning – Q&A

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Jill Fresen

The following questions emerged during the course WebLearn: Tools for teaching and learning held on 21 November 2013: Q: When you duplicate a site, the student-generated data is stripped out. What happens to the Email Archive? A: The Email Archive … Continue reading →

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Joinable sites in WebLearn

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Jill Fresen

Question In Site Info > Manage Access, what is the relationship between the Additional Access tick boxes that allow various sets of people to visit a site, and the Joinability option ‘Can be joined by anyone with authorization to log … Continue reading →

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New browser behaviour: a non-technical perspective

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Jill Fresen

This post is directed to WebLearn site maintainers – Have students reported that they cannot see certain materials in WebLearn? – Do some links in your WebLearn sites appear to be broken? – Are videos or other content missing from … Continue reading →

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WebLearn Bytes: Assignments – MT 2013

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Jill Fresen

The following tips emerged from the lunch time session WebLearn Bytes: Assignments on 12 November 2013: If you are using Assignments with the Markbook tool, do all assignment creation, editing, marking and removal  in the Assignments tool. You must make … Continue reading →

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Surveys tool – Byte-sized session

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Jill Fresen

These questions were raised at the WebLearn Bytes: Surveys lunch time session on 29 October 2013: Q: I know I can tick a box to allow respondents to change their answers (on the Survey settings page). How does this work in … Continue reading →

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User Voice to suggest WebLearn system improvements

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Jill Fresen

A new feature of the Welcome page is the ability for staff and students to submit a suggestion for WebLearn system improvements (under ‘Contact and feedback’). To use this feature, go to the WebLearn Welcome page https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk and click on … Continue reading →

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New WebLearn Welcome page goes live

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Jill Fresen

Go to https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk to view the new WebLearn Welcome page. The WebLearn team has responded to recommendations from last year’s WebLearn Student Experience Project and incorporated features that students asked for. These include a clear section on ‘Getting started’; separation … Continue reading →

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New WebLearn welcome page

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Jill Fresen

We are building a new Welcome page which will appear at https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk in time for the new academic year. Feedback from students last year in the WebLearn Student Experience project indicated that students ignore the current front page, since it … Continue reading →

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