WebLearn Announcements now available via Mobile Oxford

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Adam Marshall

The Mobile Oxford team have now added the Announcements tool to their WebLearn area. Clicking on the Announcements link in Mobile Oxford will collate all announcements from all sites where the user is a participant and display them in a … Continue reading →

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Transferring very large files

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Adam Marshall

In the past we have been asked about using WebLearn to transfer very large files to other users in a secure fashion.  We generally say that WebLearn not the most suitable vessel for this, however, there is now some good … Continue reading →

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IMS Basic LTI Outline

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Adam Marshall

Thanks to Matthew Buckett for this post. Updated 26th Oct 2012 – the username is now passed via ext_sakai_provider_displayid IMS Basic LTI Basic LTI allows external tools to be integrated into an existing application such as a VLE. These application … Continue reading →

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Launch of new OxFile service

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Adam Marshall

A note from OUCS Systems Development and Support We are pleased to announce that OxFile, the large file exchange service, is now available for general use: https://oxfile.ox.ac.uk/ OxFile is a web service that supports the exchange of large files with … Continue reading →

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OUCS lunchtime courses – this year’s make: schedule is now available

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Adam Marshall

Make: is a forum for sharing ideas about the creative use of technology in learning, teaching and research. We invite along speakers from different disciplines to inspire you with ideas for developments in your own areas of expertise. You will … Continue reading →

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Confused by copyright? In the dark about IPR?

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Adam Marshall

JISC News release 7 April 2011 Confused by copyright? In the dark about IPR? A new elearning module from the JISC-led Strategic Content Alliance is to help update people dealing with intellectual property rights in universities, colleges, museums, libraries and … Continue reading →

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Converting MS Word to HTML

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Adam Marshall

Pasting text into WebLearn’s WYSIWYG HTML editor which has been copied from either Microsoft Word or Outlook is a hit and miss affair. Pasting directly (via the ‘Paste’ button) is not recommended. Pasting using the ‘Paste from Word’ button does … Continue reading →

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Develop ‘Learning Objects’ for free with GLO Maker

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Adam Marshall

GLO Maker is an authoring tool to design and develop learning objects (called ‘GLOs’). GLO Maker is a powerful and user friendly tool to create new learning objects, or adapt and repurpose existing learning objects. An author can prepare images, … Continue reading →

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IMS LTI video

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Adam Marshall

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

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Adam Marshall

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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