Welcome to the new academic year at Dublin Business School. This is our third communication outlining everything you need to know in order to help you Return to Campus.

Previous communications can be found below if you need them. By now, you will have received your timetable but please continue to check for updates as at this time of year, it is very common for timetables to change to cater for a number of fluid factors.

Previous Communication

Click here - 3rd September

Click here -10th September

Further information relating to Covid-19, please click here. 

With the return of more students and staff to campus, we are doing our utmost to ensure that people are as safe as possible at all times.

Please ensure that you wear your face mask (or face visor) in classrooms and corridors for your safety and the safety of others.

PPE

Should you require any surgical masks, face visors or hand gel, these are available from reception.

Managing flow of traffic in buildings

DBS will use our student leaders to assist in managing the flow of students through the buildings to ensure no one is congregating in large groups, or blocking the flow through corridors.

Classes should end between 5-10minutes before the scheduled end time to allow ease of movement. If possible please check the hallways before letting your learners leave to ensure there is no congestion, and if there is, ask them to wait a moment.

Please also be considerate of late arrivals into class as the lifts in Castle House are still limited to 2 persons.

Firstly: Go to http://ical.dbs.ie/ and enter your DBS email address e.g. mine is eddie.ormonde@dbs.ie, you will then receive an email with your individual Calendar URL, required for instructions in step 2.

Secondly: Follow these instructions to add your timetable to your DBS calendar. 

https://celcat.wiki/en/guides/configuration_guides/version_8.1/celcat_icalendar_feed_configuration_guide/google_calendar?s[]=icalendar&s[]=google

You will now see your timetable in your calendar, should you have a change/addition to your timetable this will automatically update in your calendar but please be aware it does take a few hours to update.

This is to alert full time salaried faculty, of a new, more efficient process for claiming (on a monthly basis) hours that are in excess of your contract.  What would have happened previously is that an excel timesheet was circulated each month from academicopstimesheets@dbs.ie, which was specific to that month and that was emailed back to that address for processing that month. 

We will no longer be using those timesheets and instead you will need to complete this google form: here  This form is also located on the staff intranet: here

Non-timetabled claims form are to still be used for claiming items such as supervision, feedback interviews or attendance at open events.  We will be looking to use this google form for all claims going forward but for now it is only for claiming hours that are in excess of your contract. 

Please log into Moodle to ensure all your pages are created before the weekend. Students get very anxious and submit many emails and phone calls asking why they can’t see pages. If you haven’t logged into Moodle, the page won’t exist.

Please check the Moodle staff training page for more info and training videos.

Zoom Rooms, an enhanced hybrid teaching and learning experience is now available in 17 classrooms/labs across Aungier Street and Castle House.  There are guides and videos showing you how to use zoom rooms available at:

There will be a one hour drop-in training sessions in a Zoom Room with Dave Mackey at the following times/locations: 

Thursday 9 Sept 15:00 - 16:00 AS3.4

Tuesday 14 Sept 11:00 - 12:00  CH3.7

Thursday 16 Sept 15:00 - 16:00 AS3.4

Tuesday 21 Sept  11:00 - 12:00  CH3.7

Thursday 23 Sept 15:00 - 16:00 AS3.4

Dave will demonstrate how to use the Zoom Room system and provide an opportunity for staff to practice themselves. 

Please note that training on Moodle, Zoom, Zoom Rooms and other things edtech is ongoing.  Check the events calendar on the Intranet homepage or in your google calendar for dates and times.  

We are really looking forward to seeing everyone back in classrooms and we will be here to help with any questions or issues you have.

We are located on the 2nd & 5th floor of Castle House from 8am - 8.30pm

If you are having issues during class please call us on 01-4177573 otherwise please log a ticket as normal in the Service Desk here

Meeting Rooms

We currently have no rooms available for meeting with staff or students for the next few months.

5th Floor renovation works

Works are progressing and we expect to start using the new classrooms from the 4th October. The door on the hallway will be moved back towards the lift before those classrooms are in operation, keeping the staff toilets inaccessible to students.