• Resolved – Important Turnitin issue

    Update (15 March 2022) Turnitin have now resolved this issue, and the Feedback Release Date will determine when marks and feedback are released to students, as it should. You can review Turnitin’s Status Update here. In the new release of Blackboard which is due to go live today, 03 March…

  • Resolved – Turnitin Issues

    Update: All issues resolved as of 14:45 GMT on 08/2/22. Today (08/02/2022), Turnitin experienced a brief window when users may have experienced one of the errors below. Between approximately 11:30 and 11:50 GMT, users could not upload assignments (students directly uploading assignments and staff uploading assignments on behalf of students)….

  • School contacts

    We have collected some key contacts for each school so that you can tell at a glance where you may need to go for help! If you have any updates for this list, please let us know at ctil@dundee.ac.uk , and we can get it corrected!

  • Resolved: YuJa Service Incident

    Update: 21/01/2022 at 3:30 PM GMT – YuJa have confirmed that the issue is resolved and we have tested and confirmed this as well. If you have any further issues, please let us know ASAP by logging a call in Help4U. 21/01/2022: We have had reports from approximately 1 PM…

  • Turnitin new feature – exclude templates

    Turnitin has recently added a new feature you can use when you create your assignments. In the Optional settings area of the set-up, you can find a section for Exclude assignment template. You can either upload a file or add text directly by using the ‘Create Custom Template’ button. We…

  • Turnitin Service Incident 15/12/21

    Turnitin has confirmed that they experienced an unexpected service incident on 15/12/21 from 15:22 to 16:10 GMT. We apologise for any stress or confusion this may have caused if you tried to access Turnitin during this time. You can see information on this issue on their status page. We have…

  • Digital Education Newsletter Vol 8 Iss 1

    CTIL Updates We have undertaken a review of organisations in order to identify and remove any that are unused and inactive. 263 organisations met our criteria and will be deleted from My Dundee on 20/12/2021. These will be kept in a separate archive for one year (until 20/12/2022). If there…

  • Removal of unused Organisations in My Dundee

    To help keep things tidy, we’ll be removing old and unused organisations from My Dundee. Read more to find out if this will affect you.

  • Issue – some files not opening for students

    What is it? We have been in contact with Blackboard about an issue were some files which have been uploaded (e.g. PDFs, PPTXs, DOCXs, etc.) are showing error messages when students try to access them. For instructors, you will still be able to open the items in normal view or…

  • Digital Education Newsletter Vol 7 Iss 2

    CTIL Updates We have some very exciting news to share, we have hired a new Digital Education Support Officer. Welcome to Shehnaz Arshad! You will begin to see her name pop up with increasing frequency in your Help4U calls as she learns the ropes of Blackboard, Turnitin, and our variety…