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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Colleague<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please note that Myplace is now back up and running – this is earlier than scheduled. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best Wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><br>
Caroline Breslin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Education Enhancement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> learning-technologies
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<b>Sent:</b> 17 January 2014 17:08<br>
<b>To:</b> 'aca-res-staff@lists.strath.ac.uk'; 'myplace-announce@lists.strath.ac.uk'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Reminder of Myplace Downtime on Morning of Tuesday 21 January 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Reminder notification of planned Myplace downtime for essential maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Please note that as per our initial announcement on 10<sup>th</sup> December 2013, Myplace will be unavailable on the morning of *<b>Tuesday 21 January 2014</b>*
to allow essential maintenance and release of new features. Please avoid scheduling critical activity such as online assignment submission deadlines on this day. Myplace will be unavailable from 7.30am until approximately 11.30am.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">New features include the following.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#44546A"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">New settings for online assignments developed in consultation with the University’s Assessment and Feedback Working Group which allow lecturers to
enter planned dates for marking completion and release of marks to students. <br>
<a href="http://support.myplace.strath.ac.uk/display/MS/NEW+*Staff*+Assignment+-+Feedback+Manager">http://support.myplace.strath.ac.uk/display/MS/NEW+*Staff*+Assignment+-+Feedback+Manager</a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#44546A"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">A gradebook wizard to help staff create a standard gradebook layout for classes – feedback from staff has indicated that it is useful to create consistent
gradebooks across classes for categorising and weighting marks as appropriate to calculate a class total for students and registry marks return. <br>
<a href="http://support.myplace.strath.ac.uk/display/MS/NEW+*Staff*+Strathclyde+Standard+Gradebook+%28SSG%29+Wizard">http://support.myplace.strath.ac.uk/display/MS/NEW+*Staff*+Strathclyde+Standard+Gradebook+%28SSG%29+Wizard</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Note that Planned Myplace downtime is announced in advance via staff and student mailing lists and details are maintained on our support site via the top<span style="background:white">
Myplace menu under About–>Planned Downtime:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://support.myplace.strath.ac.uk/display/MS/*General*+Planned+Myplace+Downtime"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://support.myplace.strath.ac.uk/display/MS/*General*+Planned+Myplace+Downtime</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">If you have any queries about the downtime or Myplace in general, please contact the IT Helpdesk. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Library level 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Monday - Friday 09:00 - 20:50<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Saturday 09:00 - 16:50, Sunday 12:00 - 16:50
<a href="mailto:helpdesk@strath.ac.uk"><span style="color:#44546A;text-decoration:none">helpdesk@strath.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Telephone: X4000 (option 1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><a href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/ithelpdesk/"><span style="color:#44546A;text-decoration:none">http://www.strath.ac.uk/ithelpdesk/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Best Wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Caroline Breslin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Education Enhancement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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