Latest posts from the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit blog

Weekly Resource Roundup – 10/6/2025

As leader of our PGCTHE programme, I keep an eye out for resources to help staff teach effectively. These include webinars, podcasts, online toolkits, publications and more. Topics include active learning, online/blended teaching, accessibility/inclusion, and effective learning design based on cognitive science. Below I’ve listed items that came to my attention in the past week. In the […]

Generative AI guidance and advice: Update

Library and Learning Services, Academic Registry, and UndebAber are collaborating on Generative AI guidance and advice. Following approval at the recent Education and Student Experience Committee, we are pleased to share these resources with you ready for next academic year. This statement outlines the principles and approach that AU intends to use for Generative AI […]

What’s new in Blackboard June 2025

In the June update, we are particularly excited about a new question type: jumbled sentence. There are enhancements to Discussions, Knowledge Checks (Documents), and Student Activity Logs that we would like to draw your attention to. New: Question type: Jumbled Sentence This question type has been highly requested since our move to Blackboard Ultra, […]

Generative AI assessment statements available in Blackboard Learning Object Repository

We’re pleased to announce that Generative AI Assessment Statements are now available in the Blackboard Learning Object Repository. This is part of the work that Library and Learning Services are undertaking in collaboration with UndebAber and Academic Registry. The aim of this work is to make it clear to students the expectations regarding their engagement […]

Course Creation 2025-26

All courses for 2025-26 have been created and are available to staff in Blackboard. This year’s course template will include some new items which we hope will help both staff and students: Putting this information into the course template means that all students see the same information. It also means that staff don’t have to […]

E-learning Policies Review (2025-26)

We revisit and revise all the policies relating to e-learning tools annually. All the changes are approved by the Quality and Standards Committee. The new policies are now available, and here are the details of the main changes. If you have any questions about the new policies, please get in touch with us using elearning@aber.ac.uk […]

Weekly Resource Roundup – 30/5/2025

Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Providing accessible learning materials helps everyone to learn. Using some basic tools and making some small changes to your documents can make a big difference to students with disabilities. Today (15th May) is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, so it’s a good day to see what you can do to improve the accessibility of materials in […]

Weekly Resource Roundup – 13/5/2025

Handwriting guidance

We know that some staff use handwritten documents in lectures – these may be for working through calculations, or to demonstrate a process, or to draw a graph. When you upload these to Blackboard, they tend to have a low Ally score as they aren’t accessible for some users. Here are some ways that you […]