A message from the new Sakai Executive Director

I’d like to introduce myself. I’m Ian Dolphin, the new Executive Director of the Sakai Foundation. Many of you know me from my time on the Board of the Sakai Project, during the period of Mellon grant funding and early … Continue reading

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Proposed new user interface for the Reading List tool

The Sir Louie project will integrate the Bodleian Libraries’ SOLO search interface with the Reading List tool; this tool is part of the Resources tool. We have made mock-ups of how we think the integration will look. 1 Create the … Continue reading

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New Version of WebLearn Released (v2.6-ox4.0)

Apologies for the delay in this announcement! New WebLearn was upgraded on 20th July 2010,  to 2.6-ox4.0 New Facilities – The Highlights Users can now become members of ‘Joinable’ sites by simply visiting the site – previously one had to … Continue reading

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Reading lists are set to improve

The Sir Louie Project Sir Louie – System for Integrating Reading Lists within the Oxford University Information Environment. This project will enhance two academic and administrative systems, the WebLearn (VLE), (based on the Sakai open source platform,) and the University’s … Continue reading

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Joining sites

We have made recently improvements to the process of becoming a member of a Joinable site. What is a joinable site? A: If you are not ‘manually’ adding members to your site then you should ensure that your site is … Continue reading

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IMS LTI video

The esteemed Chuck Severance (former Sakai CEO) has put together a video about IMS LTI. This is a technology that will appear in WebLearn next year and which allows departments or colleges to integrate their own tools into WebLearn. Information … Continue reading

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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

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Sakai Conference 2011: Berlin, 14-16 June 2011

From the latest Sakai newsletter: “The next annual Sakai conference is only 11.5 months away. Mark the dates on your calendar now. We will meet in Berlin at the Ramada Hotel Berlin – Alexanderplatz on June 14 – 16, with … Continue reading

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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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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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