The latest updates on developments across digital education systems are detailed below along with service information on our dedicated Downtime and Maintenance page.
You can also find status updates from Digital Education Systems on Bluesky at desystemsleeds.bsky.social and at the IT service status page for wider University IT updates.
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Some users may find that they are currently unable to access Turnitin assignments. Most will see an error that says 'invalid or missing state' when they try to click on an assignment. This issue has been reported to Turnitin and we will provide an update when it is fixed. In the meantime, please try using...
On Tuesday 22 February Minerva experienced issues from approximately 16:05-16:45. A second related incident occurred at 18:20-18:30, although users may have noticed slow performance immediately after this time period. Our vendor has identified the root cause of the issue to be the module catalogue link in the module menu. Therefore, this link has been disabled...
Our vendor has now applied a fix. We believe this has resolved the issue but will continue to monitor the service. Apologies for any inconvenience caused by this disruption.
Minerva is currently experiencing performance issues. We have escalated this with the vendor as a matter of urgency. Please accept our sincere apologies for this issue with the service. We will post an update as soon as possible.
After liaising with the vendor, it is advised that adaptive release settings used on Turnitin assignments must not have a start date that is after the due date in the assignment settings. If the start date set in Minerva is set to be after the assignment due date, then the following error message will appear...
The issues accessing files in Minerva have been resolved.
On Monday 21st February 2022, there will be 30 minutes of potential downtime from 7 am whilst PebblePad implement their latest release (2022.2). Two changes are being made. The first will enable you to contact students via the Submissions tab in ATLAS. Choose all students or a selection and send a bulk or individual message. ...
Some users may currently having problems accessing Turnitin from Minerva.
New PebblePad training dates are now available with sessions starting next week on Monday 14 February with Introduction to PebblePad
Turnitin service disruption on Tuesday 8th February.
As a student at the University of Leeds, you have access to StREAM@Leeds, which helps you to keep track of your engagement, in a similar way to a Fitbit, to help you make the most out of your time at Leeds.
The data extracts issue with Reading List updates, Academic Integrity, and Security Essentials results has been resolved.
Work will take place to delete 08/09 to 13/14 modules from Minerva on the 7th of February.
There is an ongoing issue with extracting Academic Integrity, Security Essentials Training & Reading Lists data from Minerva.
Padlet has a fresh new look! Padlet has updated its Homepage (dashboard). Though it may look different most of the functionality remains unchanged. Users with a Padlet account will now be able to create folders to save their Padlet's to, making it easier to find what you are looking for if you've got lots of...
PebblePad will have a short period of downtime between 07:00am and 07:30am on Thursday, 21st October (the downtime is likely to be around 10 minutes). Who is affected? All staff and student users of PebblePad will not be able to access the system during this time. Why is this downtime happening? PebblePad is being updated...
Minerva will be unavailable on Friday 7th January at 3am for 1 minute to carry out essential maintenance.
Work will take place to delete 08/09 to 13/14 modules from Minerva on the 7th of February 2022.
LinkedIn Learning will be unavailable Thursday 16 Dec, 10:00-17:00. You won't be able to access LinkedIn Learning during this time.
Changes to the design of PebblePad ATLAS.
Some users have reported 404 or resource not found errors when opening files in Minerva. Please read the post for further information and suggested workarounds.
There will be essential maintenance taking place on the Lecture Capture and Media Management System. During this period the Mediasite Service should be considered 'at risk' but users should still be able to playback recordings.
The next phase of the Minerva upgrade project, focusing on improvements to teaching areas, has now begun. Find out more about the changes that are happening and the support available ahead of the 2022/23 academic year.
Find out about the Digital Tools Guide for students - an introduction to the digital learning tools that are available at the University of Leeds.
PebblePad will have a short period of downtime between 7:00am and 7:30am on Thursday, 21st October of around 10 minutes for all users.
The Digital Education Systems website has now officially launched. It provides task-oriented help and guidance for staff and students on the use of digital learning and teaching systems and virtual classrooms.
Instructors are now able create direct links to assignments. The benefit of linking to an assignment directly is that a column within the Grade Centre is created automatically, and the due date appears in the activity stream for students.
This site contains a growing number of self-help guides, FAQ’s and links to related content for users of the Academic Personal Tutorial (APT) workbook which is hosted in PebblePad.
The Digital Education Systems Update newsletter for September 2021 introduces new tools that have been implemented and summarises recent changes to tools and systems.
Minerva will be unavailable from 5.00 pm on Friday 6 August until Wednesday 11 August while the upgrade takes place. During this time you won’t have access to content.
Padlet are changing the way that posts are added to a Padlet. The change is being rolled out and all users should see the new post composer by the 15th of August.
Minerva is being upgraded to the latest version of Blackboard at the beginning of August. Minerva will be unavailable from 5.00 pm on Friday 6 August until Wednesday 11 August while the upgrade takes place.
Around 90 teaching rooms will be equipped with live streaming capability across campus from September 2021.
Teams meetings will continue to save to Stream during 2021 as Microsoft is allowing us to defer the change to 2022.
Mediasite Desktop Recorder will be retired on Friday 27 August and replaced by Mediasite Mosaic. This new application provides access to multiple recording options, and can also be used to bulk upload videos created in other applications to Mediasite. Colleagues are encouraged to start using Mosaic before Mediasite Desktop Recorder is retired – full instructions...
Mediasite will be upgraded on Saturday 28 August, between 12am and 4am. During this period the Mediasite Service should be considered at risk but users should still be able to playback recordings. Content uploads are not advised as they may take longer than usual to process. You may also need to reload the Media area...
Minerva will be upgraded to the latest version of Blackboard over the summer period, we have scheduled sessions for staff where key changes will be demonstrated.
Minerva will be unavailable from 5.00pm on Friday 6 August until Wednesday 11 August while upgrade takes place. Access to other University systems, such as Outlook, OneDrive and Student/Faculty Services, will be unaffected.
OD&PL are offering two workshops on Creating and Sharing Content. Colleagues who have not yet migrated to Mediasite Mosaic may find these short workshops helpful.
The University of Leeds has procured two new Digital Education systems to support students and staff; an ePortfolio system (PebblePad) and a Learning Analytics system (StREAM@Leeds). These systems will contribute directly to a completely refreshed approach to Academic Personal Tutoring at Leeds and help us to address attainment gaps, student retention and student success. Initial...
Leeds has chosen Solutionpath as its institutional provider for Learning Analytics. The platform will radically transform the Academic Personal Tutoring experience for both students and staff, providing more contextualised and nuanced student support. The five-year partnership, starting in early 2021, will support the delivery of our vision to enhance Academic Personal Tutoring as part of Leeds...