My Dundee Blog

  • Updates to Feedback Studio (Turnitin)

    • 09/05/2018
      • News
    • Emma

    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…

  • Recent Turnitin Issues.

    • 24/04/2018
      • Service News
    • Emma

    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:…

  • Turnitin Service Alert – Now resolved

    • 27/03/2018
      • Service News
    • Emma

    We have just received the following message from Turnitin. You may have experienced issues viewing submissions within the Feedback Studio. This was down to a service disruption affecting the performance of Turnitin and Turnitin UK. The service was affected between 8 and 10.40 this morning. NOTE: They advise that you…

  • Turnitin iOS app (for staff) – UPDATED

    • 21/03/2018
      • News
    • Emma

    IMPORTANT: Before updating the app, ensure that you have synced all papers that are on the iPad.

    If you are already a user of the app, and have added one or more My Dundee modules to your ‘Class List’ in the app, you can continue to mark submissions on those modules without updating the app (for the time being)

  • My Dundee’s assignments, or Turnitin?

    • 23/02/2018
      • My Dundee
      • Turnitin
    • Emma

    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…

  • Academic Integrity event.

    • 16/02/2018
      • Events
    • Emma

    On Friday 9th Feb, Dundee played host to one of 3 Academic Integrity roadshows run by Turnitin. The day focussed on contract cheating, a phrase coined by Lancaster and Clarke.

  • Students: Understanding your Turnitin Report. UPDATED Sessions – March 7th

    • 19/01/2018
      • Events
      • News
    • Emma

    We have set up 2 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 in size – they’re all in the Main Library. You will need…

  • My Dundee upgrade: Improvements to Turnitin integration.

    • 12/01/2018
      • News
      • Turnitin
    • ctil

    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…

  • Turnitin – Academic Integrity Day.

    • 24/11/2017
      • News
    • Emma

    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…

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