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Archive & removal of 7-year-old content from My Dundee
We are beginning work to tidy up all modules and associated content in My Dundee that is 7 years old and over. This work is being carried out to lower our data footprint in Blackboard Learn and conform to university data policy. This is a new process that will be repeated on an annual basis as part of improved backend administration procedures. Read below to find out more about what we are doing and why….
Collaborate attendance issue
What to do when students have unmarked attendance after a Collaborate session…
My Dundee monthly update (Ver. 3900.0.0)
Blackboard Learn, the platform that My Dundee is based on, was upgraded* to version 3900.0.0 last night. Key changes include (taken from Blackboard help pages): Embed Office 365 documents: In this release, students and instructors can embed Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files as well as Microsoft Stream videos from SharePoint into the rich text…
Collaborate Urgent Maintenance: Tonight, 00:00-04:00GMT
Blackboard will be performing system maintenance on Collaborate that may affect anyone using the service during this time. The work will be done over a 4 hour period between 0000hrs (midnight) and 0400hrs (GMT) (Friday 6th Nov 2020). IMPORTANT NOTE: We also strongly recommend avoiding using Collaborate Ultra throughout these maintenance windows due to the database maintenance…