Latest posts from the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit blog
Weekly Resource Roundup – 10/9/2025
September October November Resources and publications Other Please see the Staff Training booking page for training offered by the LTEU and other Aberystwyth University staff. I hope you find this weekly resource roundup useful. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact our team at lteu@aber.ac.uk. Social Media: BSky, X.com.
What’s new in Blackboard September 2025
In the September update, we want to draw your attention to a number of test and question updates, including the ability to add question titles. In addition to this, there are enhancements to group tests, time consistency, and enhancing documents with block styling options. New: Add and manage question titles in tests, forms, and […]
Weekly Resource Roundup – 4/9/2025
September October Resources and publications Other Please see the Staff Training booking page for training offered by the LTEU and other Aberystwyth University staff. I hope you find this weekly resource roundup useful. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact our team at lteu@aber.ac.uk. Social Media: BSky, X.com.
Vevox Polling Tool Training
Over 180 colleagues across the University made use of Vevox, our polling tool, last year. Close to 4000 polls were created across nearly 1000 sessions, with over 27,000 participants. Vevox allows your participants to use their mobile devices to respond to a series of questions. You can use this for many activities in the classroom: […]
Welcome to the Academic Year 2025-26: Updates to Blackboard for returning students
A warm welcome to new students joining us and those who are returning to study at Aberystwyth University. In this blogpost, we will outline the changes that have been made to your digital learning environment, Blackboard, ready for the start of the academic year 2025-26 If you need help using Blackboard, see our Student Guide […]
Weekly Resource Roundup – 28/8/2025
August September October Resources and publications Other Please see the Staff Training booking page for training offered by the LTEU and other Aberystwyth University staff. I hope you find this weekly resource roundup useful. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact our team at lteu@aber.ac.uk.
Name pronunciation and pronouns available in Blackboard
Staff and students can now use the Pronunciation section of the Blackboard Profile page to record their name. They can also select the pronouns they use. For further information, see our FAQ.
Panopto
Panopto has now been set-up ready for 2025-26. Automatic Captions Automatic captioning has now been set-up for all 2025-26 folders in Panopto. The language for captioning matches the language of your Blackboard course template. For bilingual courses we recommend creating a sub-folder to hold the recordings for one of the languages of your course delivery […]
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 […]