How do I find free images for use in WebLearn?

I have recently been using Flickr to find photographs with a Creative Commons licence so that I can use them to liven up my Power Point presentations; however, there is no reason why they couldn’t be used to liven up … Continue reading

Posted in Sakai, Web, WebLearn | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Automatically updating a site from a database with a script

A colleague here in OUCS is using new WebLearn in a fairly novel way. They have a database (actually a subversion repository) full of HTML-based teaching material and fancied making it available in WebLearn (in addition to other places where … Continue reading

Posted in Sakai, Web, WebLearn | Tagged | Leave a comment

Is WebLearn Secure?

WebLearn does not currently have any known security issues and all connections and data transfers to and from the new WebLearn are encrypted using the secure HTTPS network protocol. The WebLearn team are kept constantly up to date by the … Continue reading

Posted in Sakai, WebLearn | Tagged | Leave a comment

New wiki help document

The WebLearn team have developed a new help document for the wiki: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/wiki/site/info/local-wiki-help.html It has been authored in the wiki itself.

Posted in Sakai, WebLearn | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Sakai teaching award – free trip to Colorado US!!

Every year the Sakai community holds a teaching award competition. The prize this year includes a free trip to the Sakai conference which will be held in Colorado, Denver. The details are given below. The WebLearn team are happy to … Continue reading

Posted in e-learning, Sakai | Tagged | Leave a comment

I clicked ”Switch to access role” on an unpublished site and now I can’t see my site. What to do?

Site participants with the access role cannot see unpublished sites so the above-mentioned behaviour is to be expected (if not entirely useful). Logging out and then logging in again will cure the problem!

Posted in Sakai, WebLearn | Tagged , | Leave a comment

How does the Forums notification work?

The Watch option has 3 settings. The default option is ‘Notify me by email when a thread that I have contributed to receives a new message’. The other options are ‘no notification’ and ‘Notify me by email whenever a new … Continue reading

Posted in Sakai, WebLearn | Tagged | Leave a comment

Create on-line surveys for free using new WebLearn!

You may be aware that OUCS are currently piloting new WebLearn’s Evaluations Tool with a view to introducing this tool in the 2010/2011 academic year. The Evaluations tool allows the creation of on-line surveys which can be delivered to Oxford … Continue reading

Posted in Sakai, WebLearn | Tagged | Leave a comment

Eurosakai conference announced

Registration for the European Sakai Conference 2010 in Valencia, Spain is now Open. The conference will consist of a BootCamp/Workshop on the 1st of March followed by 2 days of conference presentations and BOF meetings on 2nd and 3rd of … Continue reading

Posted in Sakai | Tagged | Leave a comment

Message from the Sakai Executive Director

Michael Korcuska the Sakai Executive Director delivers an ‘Executive Brief’ every six months which summarises what’s happening in the Sakai world. His latest missive covers developments in Sakai 2 and 3, what the Sakai Foundation staff members are currently doing … Continue reading

Posted in Apereo OAE (formerly Sakai OAE / 3), Sakai | Leave a comment