WebLearn upgraded to Version 2.8-ox7 on 13 August 2013

New WebLearn was upgraded on 13th August 2013 to version 2.8-ox7. For more detailed information and other minor changes, please looked at the detailed release notes. Improvements / Bug Fixes 2 new columns have been added to Assignments Marking CSV … Continue reading

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WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 13 August 2013 7-9am

It is planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox7 on Tuesday 13 August 2013 7-9am. There will be no service during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience that this essential work may cause.

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WebLearn upgraded to version 2.8-ox6

New WebLearn was upgraded on 16th July 2013 to version 2.8-ox6. For more detailed information and other minor changes, please looked at the detailed release notes. Improvements All sites now use CK Edit (except Surveys Beta tool) – this is … Continue reading

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Four Indispensable Tips

I thought I would post these Four Top Tips which were presented to the recent WebLearn User Group. Site redirects It is now possible to redirect users to a new site should they use an old URL. As an example, … Continue reading

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Apereo OAE Phoenix (nee Sakai 3) is now available!

The Apereo Open Academic Environment (OAE) project team is pleased and excited to announce the first release of the Apereo Open Academic Environment; OAE Phoenix. This release consists of the first production ready release of Apereo OAE and focusses on … Continue reading

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Change of date: WebLearn unavailable on 16 July 2013 7-9am

In response to user requests, we have decided to delay the proposed upgrade by 1 week. We now plan to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox6 on Tuesday 16 July 2013 7-9am. There will be no service during this period. We … Continue reading

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The death and rebirth of Apereo OAE (aka Sakai OAE or Sakai 3)

Michael Feldstein has written an excellent article about the Apereo Open Academic Environment (OAE) – you may know this better as Sakai OAE or Sakai 3. (When the Sakai Foundation and JA SIG merged, they formed a new organisation called … Continue reading

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OXTALENT Awards: Use of WebLearn to support a Course or Programme of Study

Thanks to Liz Masterman for this article. Thomas Jellis, School of Geography and the Environment: The Copenhagen Fieldclass Dr Thomas Jellis is a lecturer in the School of Geography and the Environment and a tutor at Hertford and St John’s … Continue reading

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The solution to problems reading PDFs on an iPad

We have recently discovered that there is a problem reading  PDFs on an iPad if the PDF is made accessible via a Web Content link. The PDFs will open but there will not be any scroll bars meaning that most … Continue reading

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Google Scholar removes ‘Import into WebLearn’ functionality

We knew it was going to happen, but we didn’t know when! As hinted at in a previous blog post about Google Scholar, Google have finally removed the ‘Import into WebLearn’ link from their scholarly search results page. This facility … Continue reading

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