We are looking forward to welcoming you along to the next meeting of the Distance Learning Forum which takes place on Tuesday 5 March. Here are the topics we’ll be covering: (1) The new interactive learning space at Dalhousie 2S15 As you will see from the subject line above, we’re…
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…
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….
While we tend to think of alt text as just a web-related issue, it’s also very important to ensure that there are text alternatives to images in Powerpoint, if they present additional information. It’s possible to add alt text to images in Powerpoint 2016? Insert an image right click, and…
The Digital Campus is the collection of platforms, tools and services that make up our elearning provision at the University of Dundee. We’ve coined this particular term to reflect our long term goal of moving beyond the simple delivery of tools to create a connected online environment to support education and education related activities across the university.
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…
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…
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…
This functionality has now been partially restored throu a new development in EVision. See https://ctil.dundee.ac.uk//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…
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.