My Dundee Blog
Extracting Grades from Grade Centre
You may need to extract the grades from the Grade Centre for entering to eVision. Note that at present, it is still necessary to manually enter the data, we are not yet able to upload data electronically to SITS. 1: The grade centre is accessed from the Course Management section of the left hand menu. In most cases, select the Full Grade Centre. (Unless you have set up smart views already) From here, you’ll see the grade centre, with all columns ... read more
Qwickly
What is Qwickly? Qwickly is a new tool that allows instructors to quickly post announcements on all the modules they’re involved with, and, at the start of term, make all modules available. Adding the Qwickly block to your account. On your MyDundee homepage, click “Add Block”, then search for “Qwickly”, and add it. You should now see it on your home page. More information Qwickly website Kentucky University’s information on Qwickly Note: There are a number of versions of Qwickly – ... read more
Blackboard Instructor
This is the app for instructors. Unlike Mobile Learn, there are separate apps for instructors and students, so staff who are also students on some modules will need to download both apps. (Though note that the site is now more responsive than it was, so you may be able to achieve what you want to do in the browser on your tablet / phone) More information Blackboard's full set of help documentation Contact eLearning@dundee.ac.uk if you have other queries ... read more
Staff Drop in Sessions: My Dundee and Turnitin
Get ready for the start of term! Drop in sessions for staff setting up My Dundee and Turnitin from August 28th to September 8th ... read more
Blackboard App for Instructors
Blackboard have now released their app for Instructors. This is a summary of the key points, for further instructions, please see Blackboard for Instructors (help page) Students - there is also a new app for students, more on that soon ... read more
My Dundee and Turnitin Training
CTIL are offering some bookable training sessions for My Dundee and Turnitin in the run up to the start of term ... read more
Turnitin: Service Announcement (resolved)
The following notice came in from Turinit: Service Announcement Planned Turnitin Maintenance: Saturday August 5, 2017 7am – 1pm PST / 3pm – 9pm BST / 12am – 6am (Sunday 6) AEST (click here for your local time zone).Turnitin will be undergoing essential maintenance and will be unavailable. All Turnitin customers on the following services will be affected including: Turnitin (including mobile) TurnitinUK Integrations iThenticate WriteCheck The following services will not be affected: Revision Assistant Where applicable, please be aware ... read more
My Dundee: Module Refresh (resolved)
We are currently rolling over modules in MyDundee. Just to remind you, this is the process by which we create new modules, either rolled over from the previous year, or empty ones, for those that prefer to significantly update their modules. This does take some time, as we have to extract data from information that school offices have supplied, check its validity, then generate upload files (our new system administrator, Andy Dalrymple, has created a great form which makes this ... read more
My Dundee Upgrade 2017 (Update)
The My Dundee upgrade week is approaching (July 17th) and we're going to give the platform a new look ... read more
