Locating Researcher Training at Oxford University

The Researcher Training site in WebLearn has recently been expanded to advertise training opportunities provided by all the academic divisions and departments as well as central services such as the Bodleian Libraries, IT Services (ITLP), Careers Service, Language Centre and … Continue reading

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Making the Most of Search

As you may or may not know, WebLearn’s search tool has been completely rewritten. This rewrite has introduced a number of powerful new features that have been hitherto hidden from the user. As part of the funding given to OUCS … Continue reading

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WebLearn and Turnitin: Apr 2012 – Oct 2012

I forgot to post this last October, better late than never! The headline news is that Old WebLearn (aka Bodington) is no more: it was decommissioned on 18th September and its demise seems to have cause very little impact indeed. … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded to version 2.8-ox4 on 8 January 2013

New WebLearn was upgraded on 8th January 2013 to version 2.8-ox4. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. Improvements Brand new Search tool: site names, site descriptions and reading lists now indexed Many improvements to Student … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded to Version 2.8-ox3 – 25 September 2012

WebLearn was upgraded on 25th September 2012 to version 2.8-ox3. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. Improvements OXAM now housed within WebLearn many improvements to the Assignments tool in the area of Turnitin integration, eg, … Continue reading

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Release Notes – WebLearn – Version 2.8-ox2 – 21 August 2012

New WebLearn was upgraded on 21st August 2012 to version 2.8-ox2. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. Improvements Arrange site now allows you to delete the site, this should remove the problem of there being … Continue reading

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WebLearn improvements after the upgrade from v2.6 to v2.8

There have been a number of new features and improvements in WebLearn as a result of the recent WebLearn upgrade. Three new features at site level: Short URL If you click on a link icon on a page, a pop-up … Continue reading

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Updated details about non-Oxford user accounts and password

I have updated the old blog article about How non-Oxford users reset and change their WebLearn passwords. This covers the shift away from emailing passwords and towards presenting an account activation or password reset link. This change occurred with the … Continue reading

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WebLearn now has a Short URL facility

We have had many complaints about the length of URLs for items stored within Resources. A common problem is that the URLs get split when included in email messages. The URL of a site (or tool within a site) can … Continue reading

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Using Templates to Create New Sites

Post by Fawei Geng & Adam Marshall The recent upgrade to WebLearn version 2.8 has seen the introduction of a number of site templates. These templates can be used when creating a site from scratch and will impose structure and … Continue reading

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