My Dundee Blog

  • Academic Integrity event.

    • 16/02/2018
      • Events
    • Emma

    On Friday 9th Feb, Dundee played host to one of 3 Academic Integrity roadshows run by Turnitin. The day focussed on contract cheating, a phrase coined by Lancaster and Clarke.

  • Office Mix – discontinued … but the tools are coming to Powerpoint

    • 07/02/2018
      • News
    • Emma

    We know that a number of staff have been working with Office Mix – however, it is being discontinued. If you have any presentations that were developed using mix, please see Microsoft’s information about migrating your presentations. (You may find that you have to sign in several times to complete…

  • Blackboard Webinar – New Box view.

    • 06/02/2018
      • News
    • Emma

    NOTE: This is aimed at those staff using Blackboard’s assignment tool, not those using Turnitin for marking and feedback. It also does not affect those using Moodle marking tools for some medical courses.  As you may know, Blackboard’s marking tool has changed; this was driven by a change in the…

  • Questionmark On Demand Access Denied Error

      • News
    • ctil

    Unfortunately we are currently experiencing an issue with our instance of Questionmark On Demand at the moment. When logging in using the standard URL (https://ondemand.questionmark.eu/home/607766/) users may be presented with an ‘Access Denied’ error message. We have reported this to our vendor and they have raised this as a fault…

  • Questionmark On Demand Maintenance 17 February 2018

      • Service News
    • ctil

    Questionmark OnDemand EU – Scheduled Maintenance (ondemand.questionmark.eu) We are writing to inform you about upcoming maintenance of the Questionmark OnDemand EU platform (ondemand.questionmark.eu) and advise of potential for downtime/disruption to the service. • Maintenance window begins: Saturday, 17-Feb-2018, 7:00 GMT • Maintenance window ends: Saturday, 17-Feb-2018, 11:00 GMT Potential for…

  • Online training (Staff)

    • 05/02/2018
      • Learning X
    • Emma

    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…

  • Learning X – Innovative assessments.

    • 29/01/2018
      • Events
    • Emma

    Join us in a Learning X, looking at innovation in assessment. We’ll be looking at ideas for staff to use various technologies to support innovative approaches to assessment; for example, if you already get your students to write a reflective piece – how about the option to get them to…

  • Questionmark Assessment – Unexpected Error Issue

    • 24/01/2018
      • Questionmark
    • ctil

    Some users are experiencing a ‘Sorry, an unexpected error occurred. Please try again’ error when trying to launch a Questionmark assessment from within My Dundee. This error is due to the 3rd party cookies settings in the browser. We have provided information below on how to enable 3rd party cookies in some…

  • Questionmark On Demand – Urgent: Emergency Maintenance Tonight (18-Jan-2018) at 23:30 GMT

    • 19/01/2018
      • News
    • ctil

    Please be advised that Emergency Maintenance with potential for disruption to the Questionmark OnDemand EU (ondemand.questionmark.eu) service will occur this evening. The maintenance will occur during the following 30-minute window: Emergency Maintenance window BEGINS: Thursday, 18-Jan-2018 23:00 GMT Emergency Maintenance window ENDS: Thursday, 18-Jan-2018 23:30 GMT Purpose of the Maintenance A…

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