One of the more common questions we’ve been asked in the CTIL team is how to incorporate hand drawn content – such as equations, graphs etc. I saw a tweet from James Clay, leading to his post on just this issue – using a tablet as a separate whiteboard. To summarise his post – Start a…
Online Exam Update: Students
This email was sent out to all students in My Dudnee 26/04/2020. read 26 April 2020 Online Exam Update: Students Centre for Technology & Innovation in Learning Dear Students Tomorrow is the official start of our first ever fully online exam diet. For many of you, your schools will be managing…
Exam Diet Update 26/04/2020
Dear Colleagues Our first 100% online exam diet starts tomorrow with over 250 registered exams being delivered through My Dundee in the coming weeks. This is no small task for the academics, administrative staff, support services and – most importantly – students involved, so I wanted to update you all on what’s going on. As…
CTIL Update 27/03/2020
This message was emailed to all Instructors 27/03/2020 read online 27 March 2020 CTIL Update 27/03/2020 Centre for Technology & Innovation in Learning Dear Colleagues The reliability of services is more important than ever, so I want to give everyone an update on two of our key services that are currently under…
Support for online teaching delivery during Coronavirus
This message was emailed to all My Dundee Instructors 25/03/2020 …
YuJa support Chrome 80 version (Mashup tool My Dundee)
YuJa support for Chrome 80 version (“The Cookie Crumbling Update”) YuJa made several changes to accommodate the new Chrome 80 release, which introduced several breaking changes to most major third-party web applications. This all went well, however some UoD staff were experiencing problems when adding YuJa content from the mashup tool within My Dundee, this…
Netflix in the classroom
As an instructor, you may have found yourself wishing you could show a film from Netflix in your classroom. Until recently, Netflix has not allowed their content to be shared in public spaces, even for educational purposes. Netflix have now opened up some of their original content to be screened in the classroom. Netflix has…
Turnitin Issues
Update: We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. We’ve fixed it! Due to unforeseen circumstances, you may have been unable to view Similarity Reports in Turnitin and Turnitin UK today. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. We encountered a disruption between the following times: PST Feb 17th 02:41…
YuJa is now able to record internal system audio
YuJa Update In the latest YuJa update they introduced some interesting new features. One that we think you will all find useful is the capability to record internal system audio. This can be invaluable when creating guides and walk-throughs. The additional feature also enables you to add a second audio source so that you could…