My Dundee Blog
Announcing the Integrated Video Project
In recent years, we have made significant gains in enhancing our video capabilities to better support student learning. From lecture capture and hybrid delivery to the production of rich asynchronous video content, the university has been committed to leveraging technology to improve the learning experience. However, we acknowledge that there is still much work to be done, and so i'm pleased to announce the launch of the Integrated Video Project. This initiative aims to build on our existing progress and take our video services to the next level, with a focus on producing a more capable and reliable service for ...
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22/23 Module creation!
We are at that time of year again - all SEM1, SEM2, and SEM12 (year-long) modules will be created on the 20th of June. CTIL has been in contact with schools to confirm a few minor updates to the templates. The default changes are: Updated URLs for links (e.g. accessibility statement, student guides for Turnitin, etc.)Academic Integrity statement moved locations and the wording was slightly adjusted to be clearer for studentsModule handbook links are now optional following changes that went ... read more
Teaching Spaces Update: From Hybrid to Lecture Capture
Having delivered on its key objectives, the Hybrid Teaching Spaces project is drawing to a close and handing on day-to-day support of the new facilities on to UoDIT. However, this isn’t the last you’ll hear from us as we’re shifting our focus to delivering universal lecture capture, so read on for some key information about ongoing support for hybrid and what to expect from the new lecture capture project over the summer ... read more
Resolved- Turnitin issue
Update: (10/05/22 at 14:40) Turnitin have resolved the issue. They have confirmed that it occurred between 10:22 and 14:05 BST. Turnitin have reported that they are currently experiencing service degradation. This includes delays in generating or showing similarity reports, and they are also reporting degraded service for Turnitin submissions. If you are experiencing any issues, please let your module lead know immediately and also log a call with Help4U. As Turnitin currently have the service as degraded rather than down, ... read more
Make your Module accessible
19th May 2022 is this years “Global Accessibility Awareness Day“. CTIL are organising some drop in sessions and workshops from Monday 16th to help staff ensure their Module Materials are accessible to all students ... read more
Resolved – Important Turnitin issue
Update: 29/04/22 at 12:21 BST - Turnitin have resolved the issue and we can confirm that service is restored. The issue appears to have occurred between 10:04 and 11:34 BST. Users were able to access Turnitin from approximately 10:45 BST, but there were still service issues including delays for generating similarity reports at that time. This morning we had reports of users unable to access Turnitin for a brief window of time and significant service degradation after that. They are ... read more
Resolved: Turnitin issue – degraded performance
Update: (06/04/22 at 14:50): Turnitin have confirmed that there was overall service degradation between April 4th 17:30 - April 6th 12:40 BST. This consisted of overall slowness, issues saving comments and Quickmarks, and an “Pool "ev-app-yang-POOL" error message. Within that time frame, from approximately 11:-00 - 13:00 BST, there was downtime when Turnitin was unavailable. They have now reported that these issues have been resolved. Update: (06/04/22 at 13:05): Turnitin has been restored. The downtime lasted from approximately 11:00 - ... read more
Hybrid Update #12: Capture & Stream + Dual-Mode Rollout
Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are all well and beginning to take a bit of a break with Easter on the horizon. You haven’t heard much (or anything!) from me via blog post as I tend to hide behind the scenes working on the operational side of the Hybrid Teaching Spaces project. I am hoping to make up for the lack of posts with some good news today. Capture and Stream Equipment Rollout As most of you will be ... read more
Changes to Enterprise Survey set up
If you or your school uses Enterprise Surveys, please read this process update closely and share it with any relevant person in you school! What is it? This is a tool provided by Blackboard (My Dundee) to deploy anonymous end of module surveys. Check out our guide for more information! What do I need to know? Before now, we have encouraged staff to use the Institutional Hierarchy to set up 'nodes' (containers) for terms and any sub-categories that they would ... read more
We are Here to Help!
In order to best serve the community, we have created a booking system to help you with your hybrid teaching and digital education service needs! This system, called Here to Help, is currently being piloted and is now available. There are currently two options within this service, one to help with teaching in a hybrid room for the first time and one to help with using our digital education tools. Live teaching help You can use this to book an ... read more
Resolved – Important Turnitin issue
Update (15 March 2022) Turnitin have now resolved this issue, and the Feedback Release Date will determine when marks and feedback are released to students, as it should. You can review Turnitin's Status Update here. In the new release of Blackboard which is due to go live today, 03 March 2022, there is an issue with Turnitin grades being released early. What is it? If you are using a non-anonymous Turnitin submission point, grades are being released immediately from the ... read more
