WebLearn and Turnitin Report: Jan 2014 – Apr 2014

 Training and Guidance Trinity term’s programme of training has been announced:  http://wp.me/p1K8WQ-SZ Turnitin The TurnItIn Academic service suffered from poor performance throughout the whole of the last week of April; by the end of the week the problems appear to … Continue reading

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WebLearn and Turnitin: Jan 2013 – Apr 2013

WebLearn was moved to v2.8-ox5 at the start of April, the highlights are The OXCAP work within WebLearn has now finished, there a few loose ends to tidy up in Oxford Open Data which influence what data is sent to … 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 and Turnitin Report: Oct 2012 – Jan 2013

Old WebLearn (aka Bodington) really is no more now: it was decommissioned on 18th September and finally turned off during the week of 14 January 2013. There were over 17,000 separate logins to (new) WebLearn on the first day of … Continue reading

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WebLearn report: Oct 2011- Jan 2012

Period: Oct 2011- Jan 2012 Software New WebLearn was upgraded in Jan 2012 – it now stands at v2.6-0x10. For more detailed information please looked at the relevant blog post: https://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/adamweblearn/2012/01/new-weblearn-was-upgraded-on-10th-january-2012-to-version-2-6-ox10/ We will move to Sakai 2.8 at Easter. Improvements … Continue reading

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WebLearn report: May 2011- Oct 2011

Period: May 2011- Oct 2011 Software New WebLearn was upgraded for times between May and Oct 2011 – it now stands at v2.6-0x9.1. For more detailed information please looked at the relevant blog posts: http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/adamweblearn/2011/07/weblearn-upgraded-to-2-6-ox8/ http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/adamweblearn/2011/08/weblearn-upgraded-to-version-2-6-ox8-1-on-22-august-2011/ http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/adamweblearn/2011/10/weblearn-upgraded-to-version-2-6-ox9-on-27-september-2011/ http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/adamweblearn/2011/10/weblearn-upgraded-to-version-2-6-ox9-1-on-18-october-2011/ Old WebLearn … Continue reading

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Euro Sakai 2011 – Amsterdam

11 people from UK HE attended the European Sakai conference (#EuroSakai). Delegates from the UK represented the following bodies: the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, Newcastle, Hull and Leeds and JISC/CETIS. The highlight of the conference was almost certainly the … Continue reading

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A Report Investigating the Effectiveness of the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Service

A report has recently been released about the use of Turnitin in terms of its effectiveness. The White Paper “The Effectiveness of Turnitin and WriteCycle” (White Paper from turnitin.com, 2009) reports on the use of Turnitin worldwide in helping to … Continue reading

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Student access to Turnitin reports

An investigation into the use of Turnitin in UK HE institutions, focusing upon student access to the service has just been released. Martin King, Senior Learning & Technology Officer, Royal Holloway College, University of London, conducted a study on Turnitin … Continue reading

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