• (Resolved) Issue taking Questionmark OnDemand tests on My Dundee

    Update 28/02/2018: This issue has now been resolved and Questionmark tests are running again. Users have reported an issue when access Questionmark OnDemand tests on My Dundee. Effected students receive a message saying “Sorry, an unexpected error has occurred, please try again”. This issue has been reported to UoD IT who…

  • Advance Notice: Safe Assign Maintenance (Thur March 8th 8am – 2pm)

    We have been informed by Blackboard that Safe Assign will be unavailable between 8 AM and 2 PM (UK time) on March 8th. Please see below for the full message from Blackboard. On March 8, 2018 from approximately 3 AM EST to 9 AM EST, Blackboard will be performing scheduled…

  • My Dundee’s assignments, or Turnitin?

    We have two main systems that allow students to upload work to be assessed – Turnitin or My Dundee (Blackboard). While Turnitin remains the preferred option, there are some instances when My Dundee is more suitable. There are a number of reasons for recommending Turnitin generally, including improved similarity checking and a…

  • Advance notice: Turnitin Scheduled maintenance. (Sat 17th March – 4pm-10pm)

    Turnitin  have announced a service period on Saturday March 17th between 4pm and 10pm (UK time) The following is the message that we received from them: Scheduled Maintenance We’re just dropping you a note to let you know that the following Turnitin services will be unavailable on March 17, 2018:…

  • Qwickly JOT assignment

    Qwickly Jot is an assignment tool available in My Dundee. Using Qwickly Jot you can create assignments with diagrams, charts, maps and more for students to write on directly in Blackboard. This type of assignment isn’t marked by the tool – it’s one that the lecturer has to mark. Qwickly…

  • New Tool: Qwickly Jot Assignment.

    Some staff will have seen the Qwickly tool on the My Dundee landing page, which is useful for making modules available, and posting announcements to multiple modules. We now have the Qwickly Jot Assignments – which will let staff upload images for students to mark up. There is more information (and…

  • Questionmark OnDemand Issue (resolved)

    Update (21/02/2018): This has been resolved. We are working with the vendor to identify the cause in order to improve future stability. Update (20/02/2018): This has been declared an major incident by UoD IT. You can follow the issue on the IT Blog. We’re experiencing issues with the Questionmark OnDemand…

  • Academic Integrity event.

    On Friday 9th Feb, Dundee played host to one of 3 Academic Integrity roadshows run by Turnitin. The day focussed on contract cheating, a phrase coined by Lancaster and Clarke.

  • Office Mix – discontinued … but the tools are coming to Powerpoint

    We know that a number of staff have been working with Office Mix – however, it is being discontinued. If you have any presentations that were developed using mix, please see Microsoft’s information about migrating your presentations. (You may find that you have to sign in several times to complete…

  • Blackboard Webinar – New Box view.

    NOTE: This is aimed at those staff using Blackboard’s assignment tool, not those using Turnitin for marking and feedback. It also does not affect those using Moodle marking tools for some medical courses.  As you may know, Blackboard’s marking tool has changed; this was driven by a change in the…