News and Updates

News of new developments across digital education systems, software upgrades or updates, along with any associated maintenance and downtime are shared here - and summarised on the Downtime and Maintenance page to help you keep track. The official Twitter account for IT at the University of Leeds, @ITServicesUoL is also recommended for service status updates, along with the service status page on the IT website.

You can also get these updates directly to your inbox by subscribing to the mailing list. Monthly summaries which provide an overview of the new features, bug-fixes, and improvements made to Digital Education Systems can also be found on the Monthly Digital Education Systems Updates page.

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The January update to Minerva introduces updates to Messages, Tests, Gradebook and Discussions.

Colleagues in OD&PL are offering PebblePad training sessions week commencing the 9th of January 2023.

Gradescope has scheduled maintenance from Saturday 14th January 2023, 17:00 to Sunday 15th January 01:00 GMT. During this period there will be interrupted service.

Discover how to set up a PebblePad workspace and assignment from a Minerva module or organisation, allowing the capture of your Minerva student cohort and enable grades to pass back to the Minerva Gradebook

Explore some of the integrated assistive technology of the Office 365 package. This includes, Teams, Word and PowerPoint This remote event is open to all students and staff.

On Monday 12th December, there will be 10 minutes of potential downtime from 7am whilst PebblePad implement their latest release.

The December update to Minerva introduces updates to drag and drop, reporting on student progress, question banks, and more, along with a new anticipated feature: module links.

The November update to Minerva introduces updates to Tests, Gradebook and content items.

The issue affecting display of the Turnitin submission inbox has now been resolved, due to the vendor applying a fix. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused as a result of this issue.

On Monday 31st October there will be 30 minutes of potential downtime from 7 am whilst PebblePad implement their latest release.

New and experienced academic personal tutors may be interested in the session on how to build authentic tutor/tutee relationships.

There appears to be an issue with the page trying to resize inbox columns when it is above a certain pixel size. Colleagues may see the inbox window rapidly flickering and will be unable to unable open any of the submissions.

To resolve an issue where some staff users have reported that they are not able to see the Microsoft Teams link in Minerva modules, the vendor will be carrying out maintenance.

The issue affecting file uploads in Minerva is now resolved.

There is currently an issue where users may not be able to upload files within Minerva intermittently.

The October update to Minerva introduces the staff view of progress tracking functionality in Ultra Course View modules. There also improvements to Tests and the rendering of Math Formulas.

Mediasite is experiencing performance issues including missing functionality and permissions issues.

There is a known issue affecting the roster sync of students between Minerva modules and the Turnitin assignment inbox. Staff may see the following error message when attempting to open the assignment inbox. "The membership service encountered some errors. Click here for details Error fetching memberships URL" The issue may affect assignment in modules where...

Staff can now create Microsoft Class Teams directly within Minerva Ultra Course View modules and organisations.

The new LeedsforLife systems – PebblePad, StREAM@Leeds and Microsoft Bookings with me – will support APT in their roles. There are currently three training options available.

The ability to create Microsoft Class Teams will be made available to staff on Tuesday 20th September.

Information on resources and support to assist staff and students in the transition to Minerva Ultra Course View.

A recent Minerva update now means you can create Groups Sets and add members via CSV upload.

The next series of PebblePad training sessions start week commencing the 5 September

The September update to Minerva introduces new features and improvements to existing functionality with a focus on assessment and accessibility features. New features Assessment Grade overrides are now included in Grade History downloads. Blackboard Rubrics can be copied from Original (used for 21/22 modules and earlier) and Ultra Course View modules. New Ally alternative format...

Gradescope have introduced a new look to the Create Assignment workflow. Create Assignments has moved to a separate page to provide instructors more screen space and allow more space for upcoming section management features. Gradescope guidance has been updated to reflect this change.

The issue affecting Grade Centre columns for Turnitin assignments in Original Course View (21/22 modules and earlier) first reported in July and resulting in the column being un-hidden from students after making changes to the assignment settings within the Turnitin interface has been resolved.

Details of the August update to Minerva. Introducing new features and improvements to existing functionality with a focus on Tests.

Since the new LeedsforLife systems (PebblePad, StREAM and MS Bookings) were launched in autumn 2021, many of you have been in touch to tell us about some changes you’d like to see.

The unexpected service issue affecting Turnitin has now been resolved.

Turnitin have reported an unexpected service incident issue with their service. For continued updates, you can track the issue using Turnitin’s service status: https://turnitin.statuspage.io/

New simulation labs have been released in Labster this month covering organic chemistry and anatomy and physiology.

Saving Turnitin assignment settings causes an issue where the Grade Centre column is made visible. Please be aware when saving Turnitin settings while a fix is being developed.

The July update to Minerva introduces new features and improvements to existing functionality with a focus on assessment, grading, module content and accessibility. Some issues with copying content have also been resolved.

Slight change to PebblePad log-in

Turnitin will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance from midnight to 8am (BST) on 9 July. You can find out further details via Turnitin's service status page

To resolve an issue where data feeds did not run on the 24 June, the vendor will be carrying out maintenance.

There will be 30 minutes of potential downtime from 7am whilst PebblePad implement their latest release (2022.6).

Turnitin will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance from midnight to 8am (BST) on 9 July. You can find out further details via Turnitin's service status page

Turnitin has introduced new functionality where Grade Centre columns are unhidden when the Feedback Release Date is reached.

From the 27th of June, all users will notice that Microsoft Teams meeting recordings are no longer automatically saved to Microsoft Stream, they will be saved to the either OneDrive or SharePoint. The way you create, start, and take part in Teams meetings will not change. Essentially, this change affects: Where a meeting recording is...

Minerva will be unavailable for up to 30 minutes on Tuesday 14th June at 3am (BST) for essential maintenance.

The University’s Reading List tool is changing ahead of the 2022/23 academic year. Support sessions and demos are available for tutors to update their reading lists using the new system. The new Leeds Reading List system is available in Minerva Ultra from Thursday 9 June, with all previous reading lists transferred over to the new system....

Ultra Course View modules will be available from Thursday 9 June, along with support to assist in the transition over the summer period.

Instructors can now improve the accessibility of content within Collaborate sessions by creating captions for recorded modules.

Information about the upcoming move to Ultra Course View, with details on training resources and support.

Resolved - Minerva issues reported 17 May

In an attempt to resolve the recent issues with Minerva, our vendor will apply a fix overnight. The fix will be applied on Wednesday 25 May 02:00-05:00 BST.

Combined student and assessor-initiated submissions to be added to PebblePad.

Minerva is continuing to experience performance issues. In an attempt to resolve these issues, our vendor will apply a fix overnight. The fix will be applied on Saturday 21 May 02:00-05:00 BST.

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