Reading List Improvements

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Adam Marshall

Overview This post outlines the improvements made to Reading Lists within WebLearn. This was made possible by virtue of the successful completion of the JISC funded Sir Louie Project. (Thanks to Angela Carritt for help with this post.) It is … Continue reading →

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Sneeky Peek at Sakai 2.9

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Adam Marshall

Sakai 2.9 isn’t due to be released until May 2012 but I though a quick taster of the exciting times ahead may brighten up everybody’s day! The indomitable Dr Chuck (Severance) has been running a project with some of his … Continue reading →

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Embed Oxford Podcasts in your site

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Adam Marshall

We have developed a new tool (Oxford Podcasts) which now makes it very easy to embed items from the rapidly growing Oxford Podcasts collection into a WebLearn site. (The Oxford Podcasts website contains exactly the same material as Oxford’s iTunesU … Continue reading →

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New Version of WebLearn Released

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Adam Marshall

New WebLearn was upgraded on 1st February 2011 to version 2.6-ox6.1, this includes the delayed  upgrade to the surveys tool. There are more detailed release notes for those who want to know more! Improvements Survey tool improvements: one no longer … Continue reading →

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WebLearn team report Oct 2010 – Jan 2011

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Adam Marshall

Software New WebLearn was upgraded on 11th January 2011 to version 2.6-ox6. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. Unfortunately due to technical difficulties, it was not possible to upgrade the surveys tool. We apologise for … Continue reading →

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Can I remove the ‘users present’ display on a site?

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Adam Marshall

The display of the ‘users present’ information can be suppressed by the central WebLearn team. If you would like take advantage of this facility then please get in touch with us stating the site URL and the name of the … Continue reading →

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WebLearn’s Mobile Phone Interface

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Adam Marshall

I thought it would be useful to explain the mechanics behind the WebLearn (Sakai) mobile phone interface (m.ox). Mobile Oxford (or m.ox) is based on a piece of open source software called Molly which relays (or ‘proxys’) requests from a … Continue reading →

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