We have received a number of report of students receiving false notifications about overdue assignments from their modules in My Dundee. This is only affecting a small number of students but we are looking into this issue as a matter of urgency. -Update 09/07/2019- This continues to be an issue…
What’s happening With the move to the Ultra Navigation, some users have reported that the previous bookmarks that they had for specific My Dundee pages are taking them to the old style “front page” of Blackboard. When a user gets into this area, they’re able to get into courses etc,…
[This post was updated to include general guidance on outdated browsers in response to some users experiencing issues with the new My Dundee interface on older browser versions) What’s happening With the recent upgrade to My Dundee, we have had a number of users reporting the issue that My Dundee…
Getting too many emails from My Dundee? These notifications aim to give you daily information of the changes made to your modules, new content, grades, or any other useful information, but if you’re finding you’re getting a little too much, read on to learn how to manage your notification settings….
To support our commitment to a more inclusive campus, we’ve introduced a new tool called Ally into your My Dundee modules to help improve the accessibility of your module content. Ally doesn’t change how anything works in your module and doesn’t affect your module files. This new tool has been…
How to prepare for the end of life of Flash
This message was emailed to all My Dundee users on 9 May 2019 Just to remind you that on Tuesday 4 June, My Dundee will be getting a new look. This will apply a new, intuitive interface to the main navigation elements of My Dundee without affecting modules – you…
Updates for both iOS and Android users Students may have noticed that grades in the Marks area of the Blackboard app are colour coded; however, the colour coding doesn’t match Dundee grading scales – they’re based on US grading scales – which means that marks have to be above 92%…
Turnitin in report that there were issues overnight. The areas affected were: Turnitin Paper Submissions, Turnitin Feedback Studio Grading Access. They state: “During this time, you may experience issues when trying to submit and may also find that Similarity Reports are unavailable. We invite you to track the progress of…
CTIL was recently tasked with helping our colleagues at Academic Skills Centre (ASC) to help create a short set of revision guides named ‘Revision Bites’, to help students not fall foul of some of the common ineffective study techniques and take advantage of proven effective study strategies. The resource comprises a number of…