Make narrated videos with Jing

Audio and video support to enhance the essay feedback experience for international students (an approach pioneered by Russell Stannard of the University of Warwick) will shortly be provided for students on the Department for Continuing Education’s Pre-Master’s courses. To support … Continue reading

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WebLearn courses and course books

In the early days of ‘New WebLearn’, we were in the fortunate position to be able to sponsor the cost of all WebLearn courses, including the course books. Now that the service is no longer new, we are unable to … Continue reading

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Reminder about Copyright policy: WebLearn

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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Byte-sized Site Info tool 14 May 2013

The following questions emerged at the lunchtime session on the Site Info tool on 14 May 2013: Q: How do you delete a site? A: Good question – this option is not part of the Site Info ‘dashboard’. To delete … Continue reading

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Student requests for recorded lectures to be made available in WebLearn

The WebLearn Student Experience (WLSE) project was run during Michaelmas term 2012. We collected and analysed student feedback to produce a number of generic recommendations for departments, colleges and the central WebLearn team. One of the recommendations emerged from the expressed … Continue reading

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Recommendations from WebLearn Student Experience Project

Adapted from the project report by Fawei Geng, Joanna Wild and Jill Fresen  Following recommendations from the Student Digital Experience (DIGE) project, a small project was run in late 2012 to investigate how students currently use WebLearn in support of … Continue reading

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Byte sized Site Management (Site Info) tool

Questions and Answers that emerged from the WebLearn Bytes – Site Management (Site Info) session on 22 January 2013: (some points venture into other tools, not only the Site Info tool…) Q: Can you use WebLearn for student peer review? … Continue reading

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Byte-sized Resources tool

Hints and tips that emerged from the WebLearn Bytes – Resources session on 5 November 2012: Top-level permissions ‘cascade down’ to all folders and files in Resources (set ‘top-level’ permissions using the blue link at the top of the Resources … Continue reading

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Alleged cheating at Harvard – opportunity for Oxford to be proactive

Melissa Highton, co-director of Academic IT Services, has posted a thought-provoking piece on her blog highlighting the case of alleged cheating at Harvard and posing questions about plagiarism detection policies and processes at Oxford University. You can read it at: http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/melissa/2012/10/06/scandal/

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WebLearn and Turnitin courses MT 2012

Come along to learn more about WebLearn, Turnitin and avoiding plagiarism – attend our free half-day courses, byte-sized or lunch-time sessions. Booking is required, using the links provided. Booking opens 30 days in advance – if booking is not yet open … Continue reading

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