• DNS issue affecting My Dundee and related tools

    From approximately 10:30 BST today (20 April 2023), we had reports from some users who were unable to access Turnitin. We have confirmed that this is due to a global DNS error that Blackboard has reported on their status page. Although this is an issue that originate with Blackboard (My…

  • Add tags and search with tags

    What is it? You can tag your videos in YuJa in order to help sort and categorise them, and to mark them as long-term, re-usable teaching assets. What does it do? The tags in YuJa are used for two purposes, the first is the typical use of categorising a video…

  • New Course Role!

    There is a new course role for members of staff called “Staff – Read-only”. This is a role that you should only assign to members of staff. This is not a replacement of “Guest” and therefore should never be assigned to students. This role is very restricted in the view…

  • Adding groups members with a CSV file upload

    What is it? Typically, if you set up groups with the Custom assignment, you will need to manually find each student and assign them to a group. By using a CSV file, you can assign students to groups automatically. What does it do? If you are setting up groups with…

  • Question Banks and Question Pools

    What is it? A Question Bank is a collection of questions that exists in your module that you can use when you create Blackboard tests/quizzes. A Question Pool allows you to select a number of questions from pre-existing Blackboard tests/quizzes or Question Banks. The test/quiz will then draw randomly from…

  • Access your Modules

    What is it? Modules in My Dundee are the digital pages for your module. This will include general course information, course materials, a link to your reading list, and assessment information and submission points. What does it do? What is in each module may vary based on the school, discipline…

  • Submit a document to Turnitin

    What is it? For most text-based assignments, you will be required to submit your work via Turnitin. This is a similarity checking software that examines your work against other work. Similarity is not necessarily bad; for example, if you have quoted material, we would expect that to be the same…

  • Set up a large scale session in Collaborate

    What is it? A large-scale Collaborate session is for around 250-500 total people (including any moderators or presenters). Creating a Collaborate session for more than 250 users is simple, but you must remember to follow the steps below in advance of that session. What does it do? There are a…

  • Turnitin

    What is Turnitin? Turnitin is the primary similarity checker and feedback tool used by the University of Dundee. Instructors use Turnitin as a submission point for text-based assignments (like essays or PowerPoint presentations). Turnitin generates similarity reports that can be accessed by instructors and students. Who is it for? Students…

  • Ally for students

    We all have our own approaches to learning, not every student uses the same revision techniques, speaks the same language or has the same abilities and disabilities. As individual students we all have unique learning needs, so why should we all be expected to learn in the same way? Blackboard…