My Dundee Blog

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 pencil, and then delete the 2nd part - make sure you select the correct one ... read more

Turnitin's annual User Summit was held on October 19th in Newcastle. They have noted that they are trying to address more of the needs of UK HE, and the keynote was by Kerr Gardiner , discussing the main themes from his consultation with a range of UK Universities (including Dundee).  Then followed the obligatory technical presentation, on the directions that Turnitin are taking. This addressed most of Kerr's points, which looks like potentially many of the things we'd like (such as more flexibility ... read more

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The project to upgrade Questionmark (the University's primary quiz tool for formative and summative assessment) to the cloud based 'OnDemand' service is continuing after a previously reported delay. The project is on course to move be completed after a controlled transition by February 2018 with formative assessments starting to be moved from the end of November. CTIL will be contacting existing users of the service directly to give more information and arrange training ... read more

Turnitin issued the following service announcement at 3:32pm today. TurnitinUK experienced an outage between 13:50 and 14:55 GMT. The service is now accessible again. UK users accessing our service via an integration may have been affected over this period. Users of the Turnitin.com service would not have been affected. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you are still having issues, please contact our support team at https://go.turnitin.com/e/45292/2nrSz7M-/bb4tk8/752185963 More information Turnitin have a twitter feed for their status ( @turnitinstatus ), ... read more

If you’re going to be sitting essay-based online exams, you’ll be using ExamOnline. Athough ExamOnline is simple to use, it’s a good idea to familiarise yourself with the software before your exam. Knowing what to expect means that you can get off to a confident start on exam day. Drop in sessions will cover how to get logged in how to enter and format your answers how to include hand-drawn diagrams/images/charts etc. how to adjust the display how to submit ... read more

We have set up 3 sessions to help you understand your similarity report from Turnitin. In this session, we'll look at a generic report, so you don't have to bring a report with you. The sessions are limited to 30 people in each one - they're all in the Main Library. You will need to sign up - the links are below. November 9th 2:30-3:30 Sign Up November 14th 2:30–3:30 Sign Up November 23rd 2:30–3:30 Sign up ... read more

Turnitin experienced issues yesterday. The following is their current status update. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Turnitin and TurnitinUK experienced a service issue between 10:40am- 11:32am PDT / 5:40pm-6:32pm GMT / 4:40am-5:32am AEDT. During this time most users (including ones using our services through an integration) would not have been able to log in, submit papers, or access feedback. All Turnitin customers on the following services were affected including: Turnitin (including mobile and Sandbox users) TurnitinUK (including Sandbox users) Integrations iThenticate WriteCheck ----------------------------------------------------------------- Note ... read more

We have a training session for staff available on Community development in My Dundee. We'll be looking at Collaborate Ultra Blackboard discussions and blogs. When it might be appropriate to move beyond Blackboard tools. November 15th 2-4pm. Booking link ... read more

We have arranged 2 Turnitin Training sessions for staff, which are bookable via Eventbrite. Marking Introduction: Primarily for those who’ve not used Turnitin before November 8th 2-4pm: Booking link Advanced marking We are expecting you to be familiar with the basics of using Turnitin, and will look at using rubrics, grading forms & quickmark libraries. November 22nd 2-4pm: Booking link ... read more