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Mitigating Circumstances

The University’s Assessment Policy describes how mitigating circumstances should be considered. Guidance notes for students and staff, along with the University’s application form for consideration of mitigating circumstances are provided through the link below. Students are advised to read the guidance notes on mitigating circumstances before completing and submitting an application form for consideration of mitigating circumstances…

Webinars from Blackboard

Blackboard (the software powering My Dundee) run webinars covering a range of items of interest to users. In the past, these tended to be aimed at support teams, however, they have now started to run some aimed at those who work directly with the learners. There are 2 series that are running in the next…

Online training (Staff)

We are starting to think about how we might offer online training, primarily for Distance learning staff, but could also be of interest to those who work on campus, and can’t get to face to face sessions. It is likely to be via Blackboard’s Collaborate  Ultra tool (so you’ll get the chance to be a…

IRRODL – Latest Issue.

Staff may already know about the IRRODL (International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning ), but for those that don’t, the latest edition was published (online, and open) today. Many of the articles catch my eye, but the one I’m most interested in is The Impact of Whatsapp Use on Success in Education Process…