• Questionmark OnDemand Scheduled Maintenance – 21-July-2018

    Questionmark have made the following service announcement that will affect users of the OnDemand Service on the 21st July. This is unlikely to affect our users, but if you are unsure, contact assess@dundee.ac.uk : Questionmark OnDemand EU – Scheduled Maintenance (ondemand.questionmark.eu)  We are writing to inform you about upcoming maintenance…

  • Summer Drop-ins: Getting your Blackboard module ready for 18/19

    CTIL is running twice-weekly drop-in sessions throughout the summer for staff seeking support with getting their Blackboard modules ready for the new academic year. Twice-weekly every Tuesday & Thursday 10am – 2pm Peep-O-Day Lane (1st floor of main library)   No need to book, just come along at the right…

  • Reminder: My Dundee Scheduled Downtime (23rd-27th July)

    Just a wee reminder of the scheduled downtime of My Dundee, starting the 23rd July and lasting until the 27th. The service will be taken offline early on Monday morning and user will not be able to access it until the afternoon of the 27th. This is so we can…

  • My first Wikipedia article

    During the week, I attended a highly interactive workshop during the week in the Engine Shed in Stirling, lead by Sara Thomas, the Scotland Programme Coordinator for Wikimedia UK. While aimed at public library staff, I wasn’t the only person from a University there.

  • Updates to Feedback Studio (Turnitin)

    Those of you who are observant, may have noticed a new slider button at the bottom of Feedback Studio. Turnitin have recently introduced a new high resolution view of the students paper, but this does mean it’s a larger file size, so you may find disabling the high resolution useful…

  • Questionmark OnDemand EU – Scheduled Maintenance

    We are writing to inform you about upcoming maintenance of the Questionmark OnDemand EU platform (ondemand.questionmark.eu) and advise of potential for downtime/disruption to the service. Maintenance window begins: Saturday, 19-May-2018, 7:00 Maintenance window ends: Saturday, 19-May-2018, 13:00 Potential for downtime/service disruption: During the maintenance window, Questionmark OnDemand customers (and participants…

  • Recent Turnitin Issues.

    As some staff have noticed, Turnitin has had a number of short lived, but annoying, periods of down time recently. They have published a  letter from the CEO, looking at the recent issues and, more critically, what they are doing to mitigate issues in the future. In particular they have said:…

  • Questionmark OnDemand Issue – RESOLVED

    This issue has now been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience. Users have reported an issue when trying to access Questionmark OnDemand assessments on My Dundee. Affected students receive a message saying “The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.” This issue has been reported to…

  • Maple TA: Service disruption 3am-4am April 11th

    In addition to the service downtime on the 12th April,  we have been notified by Maple TA that the service will be unavailable between 3am and 4am on the 11th April, as they have to install some security patches.  

  • My Dundee Maple TA Service Disruption – April 12th 2018

    We have been advised from our business transformation team that Maple TA will be down for a short period of time to allow for implementation of GDPR regulations. The designated time for this update is April 12th 2018 between the hours of 8.00 PM – 10.00 PM. The Maple TA…