Reminder: Blogger and Presentations to be removed

The next release of Sakai (the software upon which new WebLearn is based) will not contain the Blogger and Presentation tools and for this reason we are phasing them out of WebLearn’s toolset. After a survey of WebLearn coordinators raised … Continue reading

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Gathering data using WebLearn’s survey tool

WebLearn has a Beta version of a tool that can be used for general data gathering such as specifying dietary requirements or choosing which session to attend for conference guests. On 6 July 2010, a new ‘Survey’ option will appear … Continue reading

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Restore facility fixed

I failed to blog this at the time. The ‘Restore’ facility in Resources was fixed on 8 June 2010. All files deleted after 9am on that date will be recoverable for a period of 90 days.

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ALT Guides to e-Learning Practice

Nine online guides to learning technology research informed practice are now available from ALT in a wiki format. Topics include:  Web-based course design ,  Learning using mobile and hand-held devices On-line communities Technology-supported assessment Learning environments Using social software in … Continue reading

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Ian Dolphin named as new Sakai Executive Director

Ian Dolphin has been named as new Sakai Executive Director; some may remember him as he spoke at the WebLearn launch last June. Ian has been a Sakai Foundation board member in the past and worked at Hull University for … Continue reading

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Updated version of the WYSIWYG HTML editor guide now available

New sections have been added adding a table, creating an index, and inserting an image. In addition many screen-shots have been improved and the document has been made more accessible. See: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/info/step/HTMLeditor8.pdf

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Minor WebLearn upgrade on 8 June 2010

An upgrade was successfully completed on Tuesday the 8th of June 2010. The service was unavailable for a few minutes between 8 and 8.30am. Improvements included: The Restore facility in the Resources tool now works correctly. (Unfortunately any files deleted … Continue reading

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Our very own Mathew Buckett has been elected as a Sakai Foundation Fellow

Matthew Buckett has just been elected as a Sakai Fellow for 2010. It’s a great honour and is a way of the Sakai community thanking him for absolutely top notch contributions over the last few years. Personally I think he … Continue reading

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The ‘Restore’ facility in Resources is currently not working.

We have just discovered that it is not possible to recover any files deleted from the Resources Tool after 7am on 19th January 2010. Under normal circumstances, one is able to use the Resource Tool’s ‘Restore’ facility, however, a bug … Continue reading

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Reading lists / Google Scolar now working again

“Import into WebLearn” functionality in Google Scholar appears to working again. Apologies for the break in service.

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