WebLearn upgraded to 2.8-ox1.1: Known Issues

WebLearn was now been upgraded to version 2.8-ox1.1 on Tuesday 19 June 2012 – this release fixed most of the issues detailed on the 2.8-ox1 Known Issues page which is now redundant. This page completely replaces the above-mentioned page. If … Continue reading

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Using Templates to Create New Sites

Post by Fawei Geng & Adam Marshall The recent upgrade to WebLearn version 2.8 has seen the introduction of a number of site templates. These templates can be used when creating a site from scratch and will impose structure and … Continue reading

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Bugfix release on Tuesday 19th June

There will be a short period of downtime on Tuesday 19th June between 7am and 9am so that we can perform a bugfix upgrade to WebLearn. This will tackle all the issues listed here: https://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/adamweblearn/2012/05/weblearn-upgraded-to-2-8-ox1-known-issues/ (except the drop box notifications … Continue reading

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Personalising Weblearn (Sakai) – The BMS Portal page

Article written by Jon Mason This year (2011-12), a new course, Biomedical Sciences, started within the Medical Sciences Division. This course combines  teaching specific to the course with teaching shared with other courses. In response to this, we wanted to … Continue reading

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‘Coursera and MOOCs: From A Teacher’s Perspective’ 5.00pm- 6.15 31st May, OUCS Dr Chuck Severance

We are very please to announce this seminar by Dr Chuck Severance who was the first executive director of the Sakai Foundation and the original chief architect of the Sakai Project.  Today, he is a Clinical Associate Professor and teaches … Continue reading

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Problem with Google Scholar import

Monday 21st May 2012: the ‘Import into WebLearn’ link from Google Scholar has vanished from the new-look interface. It turns out that this was intentional and Google do not plan to rectify the matter. This affects the ability to search … Continue reading

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Upgrade to WebLearn 2.8-ox1 on 30th May

The upgrade has been moved back one day to 30th May 2012 There will be a short period of downtime on Tuesday 30th May between 7am and 9am so that we can perform a major upgrade to WebLearn. We will … Continue reading

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WebLearn (Sakai) and Cookies

This post was updated for WebLearn 11 on 24 January 2017. In the light of the EU Cookie law, we thought it would be a good idea to detail what cookies are used by WebLearn 11. We consider all of these to … Continue reading

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Seminar 22 May 5.15pm: Systems to support thesis writing and eRubrics

LTG Seminar: Systems to support thesis writing and eRubrics OUCS, 22 May, 5.15-6.15 followed by refreshments We will be hosting fellow Sakai and Turnitin users from the University of Stockholm who will present their work: Ulf Olsson, Centre for Learning … Continue reading

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