Content authoring tools

Recent discussion on the Sakai mailing lists has highlighted three interesting free content creation systems http://www.udutu.com/ http://exelearning.org/ http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/ Here’s what their websites say: “MyUdutu™ is a FREE web-based tool which provides a user friendly platform to create highly interactive elearning … 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The original article has been removed and has been replaced by the standard copyright notice for display beside public photocopiers and scanners.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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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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Doing URL redirects using WebLearn

Sometimes it is very useful to add a level of indirection to your URLs – this would allow you to publicise a single fixed URL but periodically change what it is pointing to (behind the scenes). This technique is called … Continue reading

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Having problems pasting text into WebLearn from MS Word or Outlook?

If you are on a PC, there is a nice free utility called PureText, which removes formatting from text – it runs in the background and instead of pressing Control-V to paste, you press Windows-V if you want to strip … Continue reading

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Some new lunchtime learning technology sessions this term in OUCS

This Friday lunchtime sees the start of our new Make: courses which highlight the creative use of technology in research and teaching.  We are all looking forward to the first session, Make: Websites – Using MedLearn.  This one-hour presentation will … Continue reading

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Copyright course at OUCS – April 29th

Copyright, Creative Commons and Open Content course – April 29th Are you involved in recording events, placing material on-line, using images for website or creating educational content ?  If so, then this course is for you! Further details and booking … Continue reading

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new URLs for Library Systems

Message from Dave Price: Dear All, In consequence of the OULS name change to Bodleian Libraries, SOLO, OxLIP+ and OU e-Journals have been given new URLs. They are respectively: http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk http://ejournals.bodleian.ox.ac.uk These new URLs are now in operation. The … Continue reading

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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

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Colleges: Supporting students before they arrive with WebLearn

A few colleges have expressed interest in using new WebLearn to support their students before they arrive in Oxford. At the simplest level this could involve hosting an ‘Electronic Welcome pack” in WebLearn; however, now that students receive their login … Continue reading

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