• Receiving false ‘Overdue Assignment’ warning in My Dundee? (updated 09/07)

    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…

  • Tip of the Week: Copying text in a Turnitin Submission

    Why can’t I copy text that’s in a student submission in TII? Many staff ask how they can copy text in a student Turnitin submission to paste into the feedback – to give further information, or perhaps they want to copy a URL to follow it up. However, as markers…

  • Turnitin help pages: New URL

    Turnitin are consolidating their help pages. The starting point for most Dundee users will be Blackboard Direct Integration We will be updating our links to reflect the new URL.    

  • Turnitin – Change which QuickMark sets you can see

    While many staff have found the QuickMarks feature of Turnitin invaluable, one comment that many have made is that there are too many default sets. Turnitin have now enabled markers’ ability to customise which sets they can see. A couple of points to help you: Make sure you customise them…

  • Using the iOS app for marking.

    Turnitin have an iOS app, allowing you to mark offline. This was updated (March 15th) – and now has a different (easier) way to add modules from my Dundee. [Note: Turnitin does not have Android / Windows / Mac apps] [Updated again on April 16th] If you have un-synced papers…

  • My Dundee’s assignments, or Turnitin?

    We have two main systems that allow students to upload work to be assessed – Turnitin or My Dundee (Blackboard). While Turnitin remains the preferred option, there are some instances when My Dundee is more suitable. There are a number of reasons for recommending Turnitin generally, including improved similarity checking and a…

  • My Dundee upgrade: Improvements to Turnitin integration.

    At the same time as upgrading the main Blackboard set of tools, we also upgraded the integration that we have between My Dundee and Turnitin. The key improvement for staff is that we now have the ability for staff (not students) to see a list of all of the Turnitin…

  • Accidentally created an extra part in Turnitin?

    It can be very easy to accidentally create a 2nd part in Turnitin – the impact can be a very worrying for staff, as it looks as if all your students have failed! If you look at the top, you’ll see a 2nd tab labelled Part 2. Click on the…

  • Uploading rubrics and grading forms to Turnitin.

    If you want to use rubrics and grading forms with Turnitin there are a number of stages: Add a rubric to your library: This could be through creating a rubric OR uploading one someone else created. In either case, the rubric is attached to you, so you’ll only have to…

  • Third Party Cookies

    Certain features in My Dundee, such as Turnitin or Campus Pack require the users’ browsers to be set to accept third-party cookies in order to maintain functionality.  A cookie is a small file sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer while the user is browsing. They are used…