Updated: This is now working as expected. If you have further questions, please contact help4U We are aware of an issue affecting Collaborate Ultra, and are working to investigate the reason, and to restore the service. At present, starting Collaborate Ultra results in an error message….
Class Photos in eVision
This guide shows Instructors an alternative solution to view images of students in a given cohort. The most common reason for doing this is to assist staff in identifying students in large tutorial groups. [Updated 18/02/2020] Step 1: Login to eVision and select the “Resources” tile (also available via Staff Content drop-down menu). Step 2: Select…
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….
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 integrations were also affected. We…
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. many staff) Safari 10 on…
Turnitin – Change which QuickMark sets you can see
While many staff have found the QuickMarks feature of Turnitin invaluable, one comment that many have made is that there are too many default sets. Turnitin have now enabled markers’ ability to customise which sets they can see. A couple of points to help you: Make sure you customise them from within Feedback Studio –…
Digital Landscapes: Resident or Visitor?
Natalie and I recently ran a workshop at Dundee and Angus College, with a group of staff from across the college – it was largely based on Dave White’s workshops looking at digital residents and visitors. Initially, we revisited Prensky’s digital native/immigrant work with them; like so many, they were very familiar with the terms,…
Delayed emails suddenly appearing from Blackboard/My Dundee
Delayed emails sent from My Dundee are belatedly arriving to users and are often marked as spam by Outlook. Update (09/01/2019): The long term solution has been put in place and we do not anticipate further issues. Update (11/01/2019): Although the solution is now in place for this, users continue to receive old messages. This is…
(resolved) ‘Student Attainment’ tool no longer available in My Dundee
This functionality has now been partially restored throu a new development in EVision. See https://learningspaces.dundee.ac.uk/ctil/2019/03/07/class-photos-in-evision/ for details What’s Happening? A tool called ‘Student Attainment’ has been used in the past by some instructors to see ID photos of the students enrolled in their modules has stopped working since the upgrade (for clarity, these photographs are taken…
eVision Link Issue (resolved)
We had a few people report issues with the links on the front page tab in My Dundee, mainly eVision. When clicked, some links displayed various errors rather than taking you to the intended site….