WebLearn and Turnitin courses Michaelmas Term 2015

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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WebLearn Phishing Attack (of sorts)

Quite a few people have received a strange message (given below) about the need to reactivate an expiring WebLearn account. I would like to assure you that this is NOT a legitimate message: users should NOT click or follow the … Continue reading

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ORLiMS launch – try our new Online Reading List Management System

Guest post by Tom Dale (Social Sciences Library) edited by Adam Marshall ORLiMS – the new Social Sciences Online Reading List Management System – is going live this week. Work undertaken during the University’s  Innovation Fund ORLiMS project means new-look … Continue reading

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Staff IT Innovation Challenge 2015-2016

From Stuart Lee, IT Services [N.B. There will be an open briefing session on the challenge 12.30-1.30 on the 27th October. Book at: http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/detail/INO1] Challenge(s): The University Strategy seeks to increase innovation across our key activities (learning, teaching, and research). In … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded on 6th October 2015 to version 2.10-ox7

WebLearn was upgraded on 6th October 2015 to version 2.10-ox7. If you want more details then please contact the WebLearn Team. If you would like to suggest further improvements then please do so by contributing to the WebLearn User Voice … Continue reading

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WebLearn unavailable on Tuesday 6th October 2015 from 7-9am

We plan to upgrade WebLearn to version 10-ox7 on Tuesday 6th October 2015 from 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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Sakai Virtual (Online) Conference 2015 – November 4, 2015 from 2pm GMT

More information: http://virtconf.apereo.org/ Twitter: #SakaiVC15 Participation is Free for Oxford Staff and Students IT Services will will be taking out an institutional registration meaning that any Oxford University member will be able to attend without needing to pay or register. … Continue reading

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Web-Learning from History

Learning Technologists Steve and Xavier from the WebLearn team have given a presentation at the recent UAS Conference, along with colleagues in the History Faculty to demonstrate the Faculty’s revamped WebLearn site. Key features of the new site include: A simple structure, easily navigated by all … Continue reading

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New Version of WebLearn Released (2.10-ox6) on 23 September 2015

If you want more details then please contact the WebLearn Team. If you would like to suggest further improvements then please do so by contributing to the WebLearn User Voice feedback service. Improvements Schedule / Calendar Tool The Schedule tool … Continue reading

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WebLearn unavailable on Thursday September 24 from 6.30-7pm

WebLearn will be unavailable between 6:30pm and 7:00pm today (24/Sep/2015) – please ensure that you save all work before this time. This outage is necessary in order to fix a problem with the Lessons Tool. We are very sorry for … Continue reading

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