• Important change on the 4th June: A new way to navigate My Dundee 

    At the start of June, we’ll be updating My Dundee to incorporate Blackboard’s new Ultra Base Navigation. This sleek new interface provides a modern look and feel and will save you time with simpler workflows and easier access to important information. The change will only affect the main navigation of My Dundee: it won’t affect modules or organisations, and won’t require you to do or change anything unless we notify you directly. Please read on for further details.

  • Turnitin help pages: New URL

    Turnitin are consolidating their help pages. The starting point for most Dundee users will be Blackboard Direct Integration We will be updating our links to reflect the new URL.    

  • Tip of the Week: Using + to make an email alias

    What’s an email alias? An email alias is simply an alternative email address. While you may be able to set up a totally different alias via your email provider, it’s also possible to use a + to create multiple different email addresses. What happens? With Gmail all of these messages…

  • Academic Skills Centre Sharing Good Practice Seminar series

    · Three upcoming seminars of interest to anyone involved in distance and online learning · All seminars are at 12.30-1.45pm in the EduZone, Main Library, and include lunch Friday 1 March Developing scholarship and evidence-based practice in digitally distributed learning and teaching – Professor Keith Smyth, University of the Highlands…

  • Coming up… DLF meeting on 5 March 2019, 14.00-16.00 hrs, Dalhousie 2S15

    We are looking forward to welcoming you along to the next meeting of the Distance Learning Forum which takes place on Tuesday 5 March. Here are the topics we’ll be covering: (1) The new interactive learning space at Dalhousie 2S15 As you will see from the subject line above, we’re…

  • Service issue: Turnitin (resolved)

    Update: Turnitin reports that all services are now up and running again (16/02/2019) Message from Turnitin: We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected database issue, users of Turnitin and Turnitin UK may have been unable to log in,  submit or grade papers today. Users accessing Turnitin and Turnitin UK through…

  • Collaborate Ultra – March update

    What’s happening? Collaborate Ultra is regularly updated. The update that is scheduled for March includes (among other things) security updates that may affect users at Dundee Who’s affected? Those who use Collaborate Ultra, and the following browsers Internet Explorer 11 (the default browser for those using Windows 7 – i.e….

  • Tip of the Week: Adding alt text to images in Powerpoint 2016

    While we tend to think of alt text as just a web-related issue, it’s also very important to ensure that there are text alternatives to images in Powerpoint, if they present additional information.  It’s possible to add alt text to images in Powerpoint 2016? Insert an image right click, and…

  • Dev Diaries #7: Digital Campus Roadmap 2019

    The Digital Campus is the collection of platforms, tools and services that make up our elearning provision at the University of Dundee. We’ve coined this particular term to reflect our long term goal of moving beyond the simple delivery of tools to create a connected online environment to support education and education related activities across the university.