• My Dundee Upgrade: Change of Dates (student version)

    The upgrade of My Dundee has been changed to 20th December 2018 – 7th January 2019 This is a change from the previously communicated 14th to 21st December. During this period staff and students will continue to have access to their modules on My Dundee, though there will be significant restrictions…

  • My Dundee Upgrade: Change of Dates (staff version)

    The upgrade of My Dundee has been changed to 20th December 2018 – 7th January 2019 This is a change from the previously communicated 14th to 21st December. During this period staff and students will continue to have access to their modules on My Dundee, though there will be significant restrictions…

  • Of Stories, Social Media and a bit of Lego

    As many of you have seen from the Dev diaries, CTIL are very busy undertaking the work required for this major project. However, I was able to take some time out last week to attend 2 sessions run by OPD. Tuesday’s session was looking at the University approach to Social…

  • DUSA questions for the DLF

    At our meeting on 25 September Sofia Skevofylaka and Stewart Squire of DUSA gave a short presentation about what the Students’ Association does for students in general, including DL students.   They have approximately 500 class representatives – there should be one for every class.  Not all DUSA’s services are currently…

  • Notes from the DLF meeting on 25 September 2018

    Sofia Skevofylaka and Stewart Squire of DUSA gave a short presentation about what the Students’ Association does for students in general, including DL students.  See separate blog posting about this input. Hamish Loveday of CTIL spoke to us on the topic ‘My Dundee: Change is coming’ Blackboard SaaS (software as…

  • Dev Diaries #3: A new look for the Future

    Welcome to our third dev. diary post. This week we’re going to have a look at Blackboard’s Ultra Experience that will, once enabled, bring a brand new user experience to My Dundee for both instructors and students. We’ve also got a final reminder to notify us of any planned learning and teaching activities requiring access to My Dundee during the migration week.

  • New Library teaching collections for nursing, law and design

    All University of Dundee staff and students have access to a wide range of academic resources, brought to you by the Library & Learning Centre (LLC). Each year the Library works to negotiate enhancements and additions to our collections, and these can often include online journal access, ebooks, video content, images…

  • Forthcoming events from the Academic Skills Centre (ASC)

    Monica Matthews, Academic Skills for Staff Co-ordinator, has asked me to circulate the following news about forthcoming events from ASC: You are invited! The Academic Skills Centre will be focussing on Distance Learning in this year’s Sharing Good Practice Lunchtime Seminar Series, which kicks off on 31 October (fancy dress not required!) with…

  • ‘Distance learning looks set to go far’ (1998)

    Caroline Brown, University of Dundee Archivist, recently brought our attention to a story in a UoD Newsletter dating back to 1998,  suggesting, as she pointed out: ‘some things never change!’  

  • Student Competition – Students against Contract Cheating.

    You have probably seen news reports recently of students engaging in “contract cheating” – particularly as there is currently pressure on the Government to ban the essay mills that supply the essays. In order to raise students awareness of the implications for themselves if they engage in contract cheating, October…