• Distance Learning Forum meeting Thursday 5 December

    We are looking forward to seeing you at our next DLF meeting, which takes place on Thursday 5 December, 14-16.00 hrs, in Dalhousie 2S14.  This promises to be an illuminating, indeed exciting event… Firstly, we have Lindsay Donnelly, IT Communications Lead from UoDIT, giving us a short presentation on the recent…

  • Brief notes from the DLF on 1 October 2019

    Here are my brief notes from the last DLF meeting. Dates for diaries for next DLF meetings: Thursday 5 December 2019 14-16.00 hrs Dalhousie 2S14 Tuesday 10 March 2020 14-16.00 hrs Dalhousie 2S15 Thursday 14 May 2020 14-16.00 hrs Dalhousie 2S15 Hope to see you at one or all of…

  • Best Tools for Student Journals

    We have several tools which are ideal for students’ reflective work, from discussion boards, to journals, to wikis. Read about them below to decide which tool is right for the needs of your assignment.

  • Decommissioning of Panopto Service

    As previously announced, Panopto is being decommissioned in favour of our new Video service: YuJa. We had already removed access to Panopto (30/08/2019) and the service will now be closed completely on 19/10/2019. This should not affect any users as they should already have moved to YuJa, so this notice is just for information.

  • LinkedIn Learning

    The University of Dundee Library & Learning Centre subscribes to LinkedIn Learning (formerly called Lynda.com). LinkedIn Learning offers online video training in a wide range of subject areas, from software packages, to web design, training & education, career development, entrepreneurship, handling stress and anxiety, study skills, and many others. The…

  • Removal of non-standard staff accounts in My Dundee

    At the end of this semester (Sem 1, 19/20), we will be disabling all non-standard staff accounts on My Dundee. This is part of our continuing effort to meet our security obligations and ensure My Dundee remains a secure environment for our users.

  • DLF on 1 October 2019 in eduZone (Library and Learning Centre) 14.00-16.00 hrs

    We hope you all had a great summer. With the new academic term fast approaching, we’d like to invite you to our next Distance Learning Forum. The DLF was created as a network of those involved in our (now mainly online) distance learning courses. It provides a space to discuss…

  • EBSCOhost Educational Databases

    The ICE Virtual Library, hosts all the content from the ICE publishing division of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), providing information for researchers and practitioners worldwide in the fields of civil engineering, construction and materials science.

  • Important: Turnitin, My Dundee and Notifications 

    What’s the issue? Students and Staff are receiving false or misleading notifications about Turnitin assignments. These notifications are being generated from two different scenarios: Old, long past the post date, assignments from old modules. Resit assignments that were only intended for a select few students, yet are issuing notifications to…

  • Turnitin Issues [Resolved]

    We’ve been receiving reports users enable to access Turnitin through My Dundee, whether for marking or submitting. Turnitin is an externally provided service so we have raised it with them and will update this post when we know more.