Latest posts from the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit blog

Why take part in Fix Your Content Day?

On November 18, Aberystwyth University will join institutions worldwide for Fix Your Content Day 2025, hosted by Anthology. If you are wondering about what this means, or whether to take part, then here are a few reasons to get involved. Every change – big or small – makes a difference to our students. Making Blackboard content […]

Weekly Resource Roundup – 12/11/2025

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 […]

Additional Tools item in Blackboard

When adding items to Blackboard, the Additional Tools item is currently labelled Content Market. Staff should use this to add Turnitin submission points or Panopto links. Settings in Welsh (Offer Ychwangeol) are working correctly. This is a temporary change due to issues with the Blackboard language settings. Note that students submitting Panopto assignments should also use […]

What’s new in Blackboard November 2025

In the November update, we want to draw your attention to a new feature: generate and upload custom Achievements badge. In addition to this, we have also got an automated option to generate messages to students based on their assignment scores. There is an update to tests with the functionality to bulk amend test question […]

Education and Student Experience Award Fund Recipients

Earlier this year, Professor Anwen Jones announced the Education and Student Experience Award Fund at the 13th Annual Education and Student Experience Conference. We are delighted to confirm this year’s winners and the 4 enhancement projects that they will be leading over the coming year: Thank you to all applicants for submitting a proposal and […]

Exemplary Course Award 2026: Applications Open

Applications for the Exemplary Course Award 2026 are now open. The deadline for submissions is 12pm, 30 January 2026. As part of this process, applicants are asked to identify 3 standout practices and assess their course across 4 areas: The application form is available to download from our webpages. To assist colleagues, we have a […]

Weekly Resource Roundup – 3/11/2025

Vevox Update: October 2025

There are some new features available in the latest Vevox (Polling Tool) update that we wanted to draw your attention to. For those unfamiliar with Vevox, the polling software can be used to ask students questions and for them to respond live using their mobile devices. For information on how to use Vevox, see our webpage. […]

Weekly Resource Roundup – 27/10/2025

Turnitin App Retirement

Turnitin has announced the retirement of their Turnitin app at the end of the year, December 2025. The Feedback Studio iPad app will be retired and no longer available. Instructors can continue to access Feedback Studio as usual through Blackboard. This includes mobile devices and tablets. Turnitin are working on developing a New Standard Assignment, […]