WebLearn User Group talks- Technology-enhanced learning and teaching
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- Turnitin at Oxford
- New Turnitin Guides site
- Free Turnitin workshops 2024
- NewsGuard: check the veracity of online news services
- Resources to assist Turnitin instructors
- Turnitin free webinars
- Take a look at the Oxford Turnitin FAQs
- How can Turnitin be used to investigate the academic integrity of a piece of student writing?
- 2019 Turnitin User Summit
- Turnitin Scheduled Maintenance 13 July 16:00-00:00
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- Sakai in UK HE
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- OxTALENT
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Times Higher article about a “Plagiarism tariff”
There’s an interesting article in the Times Higher (17 June 2010) which proposes a method of ‘scoring’ plagiarism. The article provides three examples of plagiarism, how these offences are scored, and how a decision on censure is reached. As the … Continue reading
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Tagged Assignments, For colleges, Plagiarism, Turnitin
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Want to use the WebLearn tools icons on your site
These icons are all available in the following folder: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/public/images/silk/ There is a handy ‘crib sheet’ containing all the images; this is useful in finding the name of the image: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/public/images/silk/1-silk_icons_index.png Here is an example of use within a WebLearn … Continue reading
Content authoring tools
Recent discussion on the Sakai mailing lists has highlighted three interesting free content creation systems http://www.udutu.com/ http://exelearning.org/ http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/ Here’s what their websites say: “MyUdutu™ is a FREE web-based tool which provides a user friendly platform to create highly interactive elearning … Continue reading
WLUG: Copyright and WebLearn
The original article has been removed and has been replaced by the standard copyright notice for display beside public photocopiers and scanners. This may be useful as well: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/copy/copyright Photocopying and scanning under the CLA Higher Education Licence The University … Continue reading
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Tagged Content creation, Copyright, Images, Resources, WebLearn User Group
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Conducting course evaluation using WebLearn’s survey tool
WebLearn has a Beta version of a tool that can be used for course experience feedback (course evaluation). On 6 July 2010, a new ‘Survey’ option will appear in the list of tools available to a WebLearn site. This tool … Continue reading
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Tagged Course evaluation, For colleges, New features, Survey
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WebLearn User Group 5 July at 2pm in OUCS
A note from Jill Fresen. You are cordially invited to attend the next meeting of the WebLearn User Group to hear about recent development, give feedback, and share ideas and practices regarding WebLearn. In addition there will be a talk … Continue reading
A great practical example of using WebLearn to enhance teaching
Dr Scot Peterson, a lecturer in Politics, just gave an excellent and informative talk as part of the OUCS “make:” lunchtime sessions. Scot also teaches at Reading University where he has to use the Blackboard VLE. My ears pricked up … Continue reading
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Tagged Assignments, Chat, Email notification, Groups, Home page, Mailtool, News tool, Plagiarism, Resources, Roles, RSS, Site management, Site stats tool, Turnitin, Wiki
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Call for nominations: OxTALENT 2010 awards. Category: “Use of WebLearn to support a course or programme of study”
Call for nominations: OxTALENT 2010 awards. Category: “Use of WebLearn to support a course or programme of study” Eligibility: Members of Oxford University involved in teaching at undergraduate or graduate level, who use WebLearn to support online study and interaction … Continue reading
Student IT for Learning Award
OxTALENT, in collaboration with OUCS’s Learning Technologies Group organises an annual competition and awards for the innovative use of IT in teaching and learning at Oxford. The OxTALENT awards recognise, with financial and other prizes, innovative use of technology in … Continue reading
VLE Team report (15 Jan 2010 – 4 May 2010)
Software During this period there have been upgrades to both old and new WebLearn. New WebLearn: New Facilities – The Highlights Better auto-generated passwords. Tasks, Tests and surveys now works properly for non site participants. Podcasts in non public sites … Continue reading