Mentimeter: A Free Online Voting System

An easy way to do voting in the classroom is to use an online voting system that will do real-time voting and engage with your students. Mentimeter could be such a tool: https://www.mentimeter.com/. You can register for the free option … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded to Version 2.10-ox9 on 26 January 2016

WebLearn was upgraded on 26th January 2016 to version 2.10-ox9. If you would like more details then please contact the Service Desk. If you would like to suggest further improvements then please do so by contributing to the WebLearn User Voice feedback … Continue reading

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ORLiMS – On-line Reading Lists Success Story

Thanks to Craig Finlay and Helen Worrell from the Bodleian Social Sciences Library for many of the words and figures in this post. Developed by staff at the Bodleian SSL (Social Science Library) in collaboration with the WebLearn team, ORLiMS … Continue reading

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Catching up with WebLearn

Members of WISE pilot groups met up in December 2015 at a WISE Champions community event at IT Services. It was an opportunity for participants in the WISE project to  share ideas and see examples of newly designed WebLearn sites. The … Continue reading

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Do you use peer assessment?

The WebLearn team have released a new step-by-step guide to help staff who wish to use the “Peer assessment” option in the Assignments tool. Benefits Students can comment on and mark each others’ work. Tutors can review the comments and revise … Continue reading

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WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 26 Jan 2016 from 7-9am

We plan to upgrade WebLearn to version 10-ox9 on Tuesday 26 Jan 2016 7-9am. There will be no service during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience that this essential work may cause.

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Writing for the Web video playlist

Many of you know that all Oxford University members have unlimited access to lynda.com, an on-line library of high-quality instructional videos on the latest software tools and skills.  To signup go to http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/lynda With more than 3,700 courses taught by … Continue reading

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WebLearn: ORLiMS Project Seminar – An overview of enhanced reading lists in WebLearn – 8 Feb 2pm IT Services

Where and when: Monday 8 February in IT Services, Banbury Road. Book: http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/detail/OWX   The WebLearn Team and the ORLiMS Project Team would like to invite you to this event to help us reflect on the achievements of the recent Reading Lists … Continue reading

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WebLearn and Turnitin Courses Hilary Term 2016

A variety of taught courses are offered by IT Services to support the use of WebLearn and the plagiarism awareness software Turnitin. Course books for the formal courses (3-hour sessions) can be downloaded for self study. Places are limited and … Continue reading

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Do you have an opinion on proposed changes to Sakai / WebLearn 11?

The survey URL: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/direct/eval-evaluation/12467 closes on 23rd Jan 2016.

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