• Dev Diaries #4: New Features

    Welcome to the fourth post in our Dev Diaries series. Today i want to introduce Blackboard Ally, a new accessibility tool for My Dundee that we’re planning to introduce next summer. I also want to highlight a few new features that will be introduced as part of the upcoming upgrade….

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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!’  

  • Room bookings now confirmed for DLF City Campus meetings

      29.11.18 (Thursday)       14-16.00 hrs   City Campus, Dalhousie 1G06 Student engagement online – how we do it and how we can do it better; Responsibility of learners for their own learning Adviser of Studies handbook 04.12.18 (Tuesday)        14-15.00 hrs Online via Collaborate Ultra; join…

  • Dev Diaries #2: Upgrade Roadmap

    With the announced migration of My Dundee to a brand new home in the cloud, CTIL and UoD IT have begun rehearsing and testing the process ready for the actual move at the end of the year. We’ve also started to work through the migration impact forms we’d previously announced and are busy planning what interim provision will be available during the migration week.