Vive l’entente cordiale! Oxford’s learning technologists meet their counterparts in Bordeaux

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Xavier Laurent

Learning Technologists Xavier and Steve from Academic IT have met with their counterparts at the University of Bordeaux to compare notes on the challenges and opportunities in supporting technology enhanced learning. Bordeaux University The original University of Bordeaux was established in … Continue reading →

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The new WebLearn Lessons tool enables a better user experience

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Fawei Geng

WebLearn 10 has brought with it the brand new Lessons Tool. This tool allows one to set up a step-by-step learning exercise which students can be asked to work through in a structured manner. Consider this example: without leaving the … Continue reading →

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WebLearn and Turnitin Courses for Trinity 2013

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Adam Marshall

WebLearn Course books for the formal courses (3-hour sessions) can be downloaded for self study. WebLearn: Fundamentals Thurs 2 May 9.15-12.15 or Mon 3 June 9.15-12.15 WebLearn: Surveys Thurs 9 May 2:00-5:00 Multimedia: Tools for creating interactive online resources Mon … Continue reading →

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WebLearn and Plagiarism Courses Hilary Term 2013

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Adam Marshall

WebLearn and Plagiarism Courses – Hilary Term 2013 A variety of taught courses are offered by IT Services free of charge, to support the use of WebLearn and the plagiarism awareness software Turnitin. Course books for the formal courses (3-hour … Continue reading →

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OXCAP – Oxford’s use of Share Point

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Adam Marshall

Thanks to Alex Dutton for the helping with this post. The OXCAP project is about collecting and distributing information about graduate training opportunities at The University of Oxford. This information is stored in the University’s Open Data Service (ODS) and … Continue reading →

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Data Flow in the OXCAP Project

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Adam Marshall

We thought it may be useful to explain how data about graduate training makes its way from training providers into the SES tool in WebLearn. To do this we produced the diagram below. This shows the 3 different methods of … Continue reading →

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Byte-sized Surveys tool

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Fawei Geng

Questions and Answers that emerged from the WebLearn Bytes – Surveys session on 8 November 2012: Q: Can WebLearn Surveys handle branching, e.g. skip to a certain part of a survey based on a participant’s response? A: No. A possible solution … Continue reading →

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

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Fawei Geng

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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