Latest posts from the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit blog
Welcome new staff joining Aberystwyth University, 2025-26
A warm welcome to new staff joining Aberystwyth University. In this blogpost we aim to provide you with information related to technology in learning and teaching, our training provision, support channels, and events that we run. All the information that you need is on our webpages. We write a blog full of the latest updates, […]
Weekly Resource Roundup – 20/8/2025
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 […]
Blackboard Ally
Blackboard Ally continues to be a popular part of Blackboard with more staff and students making use of it during academic year 2024-25. The number of downloads into alternative format more than doubled last year –over 62,000 documents were downloaded into alternative formats. And over 4000 users used this option. Staff also made more use […]
What’s new in Blackboard August 2025
In the August update, we want to draw your attention to the table of contents feature being added to Learning Modules. In addition to this, there are enhancements to documents with block styling options, and increased accessibility across student gradebook and student overview pages. New: Adding Table of Contents to Learning Modules for students […]
Turnitin Scheduled Maintenance 09.08.2025
Turnitin will be unavailable between 16:00 and 22:00 on Saturday 9 August 2025 for scheduled maintenance. During this time, you will be unable to submit or grade any assessments. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Generative AI in Learning and Teaching: Case Study Series
We are working on a series of case studies to share practices of using Generative AI in Learning and Teaching Activities. In this series of blogposts, colleagues who are using Generative AI in their teaching, will share how they went about designing these activities. We’re delighted to welcome Dr Gareth Hoskins (tgh@aber.ac.uk) from DGES in […]
13th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference Materials Available
Between the 8-10 July, the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit hosted the 13th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. The materials from the conference are now available on our webpages. We would like to thank all of our contributors and attendees. The sessions were of such high quality. We’re already heading into planning our 14th Annual Learning and Teaching […]
What’s new in Blackboard July 2025
In the July update, we are particularly excited about an improvement to mathematical notation with MathJax and a way to measure student engagement with Blackboard Announcements. There are enhancements to navigation in Group Assignments, adding captions to images in documents, and enhancing instructor efficiency in the activity page. Update: Render mathematical formulas with MathJax We […]
E-learning Training Series: Semester 1, 2025-26
We are delighted to announce our training series for the forthcoming semester. All training can be booked online using your Aberystwyth username and password. Our training booking system is now automated, so you will receive your calendar invitation within an hour into your calendar. Please join these sessions from your Outlook calendar. If you have […]
Learning Object Repository Policy
In April, Blackboard introduced the Learning Object Repository [LOR] – we wrote about this in our monthly update blog. We also recently added Generative AI Assessment statements into the Repository for staff to use. We have now written an LOR Policy for colleagues who are interested in adding content to the Repository for others to […]