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November Newsletter
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- Publication date 29/11/2019
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Best Tools for Student Journals
We have several tools which are ideal for students’ reflective work, from discussion boards, to journals, to wikis. Read about them below to decide which tool is right for the needs of your assignment….
Decommissioning of Panopto Service
As previously announced, Panopto is being decommissioned in favour of our new Video service: YuJa. We had already removed access to Panopto (30/08/2019) and the service will now be closed completely on 19/10/2019. This should not affect any users as they should already have moved to YuJa, so this notice is just for information….
Removal of non-standard staff accounts in My Dundee
At the end of this semester (Sem 1, 19/20), we will be disabling all non-standard staff accounts on My Dundee. This is part of our continuing effort to meet our security obligations and ensure My Dundee remains a secure environment for our users….
Turnitin Issues [Resolved]
We’ve been receiving reports users enable to access Turnitin through My Dundee, whether for marking or submitting. Turnitin is an externally provided service so we have raised it with them and will update this post when we know more….
New video service + retirement of Panopto and Kaltura
After a recent procurement process we are pleased to announce the implementation of a new video service called Yuja. This service will be made available for the start of the new academic year, providing an easy way to record, edit, manage and distribute video assets for education. With the arrival of Yuja, we will be…
Announcing the retirement of Panopto and Kaltura
With the introduction of Yuja as our new video service, Panopto (pilot) and Kaltura will be retired. It is important for existing users of these services to understand how we are managing these retirements and what will happen to any content you may have stored in them. Summary Date Action Notes 16/08/2019 Deadline for users…
Activity Stream not loading properly on My Dundee
Some users have been continuing to experience a problem where the Activity Stream page does not load properly on My Dundee. This issue will be resolved in a future release from Blackboard, planned for early August. What’s happening? This issue occurs when you try to open the Activity Stream on My Dundee; the page tries…
Problems accessing My Dundee & Turnitin on NHS computers
A number of users have reported experiencing issues using My Dundee and Turnitin on NHS computers. We believe this is a result of using old versions of web browser. What’s happening? When trying to access My Dundee, including accessing it in order to mark Turnitin assignments, some users are having issues such as the Course…