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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This is a <span style="color:black">reminder that Myplace </span>will be unavailable on Wednesday 20 August 2014 (from 8am until 4pm) to allow the 'session change' for the new academic year, i.e. making the 2013-2014 server an archive and making 2014-2015 the live server. Notification has been sent to the all-students mailing list and a red banner will appear at the top of Myplace one working day in advance to warn users. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Note that information about all <a href="http://support.myplace.strath.ac.uk/display/MS/Planned+Myplace+Downtime">planned unavailability</a> is always available on our support site linked from the top 'About' menu on Myplace, and takes into account dates such as exams/resits and the beginning and end of term which varies by department/school.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">As with previous years, we are running <a href="https://bookings.strath.ac.uk/courseDetails.asp?course=M14W">Myplace Workshops</a> over the summer period to present a summary of new features, including the <a href="http://classes.myplace.strath.ac.uk/mod/forum/view.php?id=606915">change to the use of Turnitin for online assignments</a>. Staff will also have the opportunity to work on their own classes with support staff on hand. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Other related training courses will continue to run as normal; Getting Started With Myplace and TALON (Teaching and Learning Online). All <a href="https://bookings.strath.ac.uk/searchResults.asp?provider=Learning%20Technology%20Enhancement%20Team">Myplace training</a> can be booked online now.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Please contact the <a href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/ithelpdesk/">IT helpdesk</a> if you have queries about any of the items above or any other aspect of Myplace.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Best Wishes<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Caroline Breslin<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Caroline Breslin
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Learning Enhancement Manager<br>
(Faculty of Engineering Contact)<br>
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Education Enhancement<br>
Room 2.61, McCance Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><img border="0" width="364" height="95" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFB0CA.52225DA0" alt="THE LOGO 2013"></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered
in Scotland, Number SC015263<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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