WebLearn and Turnitin – meetings and courses

WebLearn User Group Meeting: Wednesday 21 March 2012, 14:00-16:00 at OUCS (followed by tea and cake) At the next meeting of the WebLearn User Group users from Medical Sciences, the Said Business School and the Department of Continuing Education will … Continue reading

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OxCAP Project: All about XCRI

The OxCAP project is a JISC funded initiative which will provide an XCRI-CAP XML feed of graduate training opportunities at Oxford. When complete, this will mean that graduate students will have a ‘one-stop-shop’ (in WebLearn) of available training modules with … Continue reading

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WebLearn podcast is supremely popular!

Rev Dr James Robson ‘Supporting Tutorials: WebLearn’ is the most popular podcast on Oxford Podcasts this week and has had 60 likes on YouTube. Revd Dr James Robson is a Winner of the OxTALENT 2011 Award for ‘Best Use 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 v2.6-0×10. For more detailed information please looked at the relevant blog post: https://blogs.oucs.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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Supporting Tutorials Using WebLearn

The tutorial system lies at the heart of Oxford’s educational experience, to further this practice LTG have produced a video case study entitled WebLearn: Supporting Tutorials. Supporting tutorial practices through the use of technology can enable both tutors and students … Continue reading

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WebLearn and Turnitin Courses Hilary Term 2012

A variety of taught courses are offered by OUCS free of charge, to support the use of WebLearn and (as from this term) the plagiarism prevention and detection software Turnitin. In most cases, the course books can also be downloaded … Continue reading

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New WebLearn was upgraded on 10th January 2012 to version 2.6-ox10

New WebLearn was upgraded on 10th January 2012 to version 2.6-ox10. We had intended to move to 2.8-ox1 but unfortunately have had to delay this again, this time until the Easter 2012 release. Many apologies for the delay. Improvements Surveys … Continue reading

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Tweet tweet

If you’ve ever fancied using Twitter then this hand guide for Academics from LSE may be useful: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2011/11/Published-Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf

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Open All Hours – New University of Oxford Podcasts portal launched

At the start of November the OUCS Podcasting Service launched a new web portal to showcase nearly three thousand audio, video and eBook items freely available for download (http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk). Replacing the previous directory, the improved site presents a rich set … Continue reading

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Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award 2012

Each year the Sakai Foundation runs a competition to recognise and promote innovation in using Sakai (WebLearn at Oxford) for teaching and learning. The winners have travel expenses and conference registration paid to attend and present their innovations at the … Continue reading

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