Latest posts from the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit blog
Call for Proposals: 14th Education and Student Experience Conference, 8-10 September 2026
We are now inviting proposals for the 14th Annual Education and Student Experience Conference, Tuesday 8-Thursday 10 September 2026. Submit and view the call for proposals online. Please complete this form no later than 22 May 2026. The theme for this year’s conference is: Co‑Creating Inclusive Futures: Flexible, Diverse, and Competency‑Driven Learning The main strands […]
What’s new in Blackboard March 2026
In the March update, we want to draw your attention to the following Blackboard enhancements: Anonymous Grading by Question in Blackboard Tests Instructors can now grade anonymous by question in addition to grading anonymously by student. When grading anonymous test submissions in Question View, the interface replaces the student’s name, avatar, and ID with an […]
Turnitin Emergency Maintenance – 07.03.2026
Turnitin will be unavailable between 16:00 and 20:00 on Saturday 7 March 2026 for scheduled maintenance. During this time, you will be unable to submit or grade any assessments. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Panopto Scheduled Maintenance 21.03.2026
Panopto will be unavailable between 22:00, Saturday 21 March 2026 and 01:00 Sunday 22 March 2026 for scheduled maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Peer Assessment Tools available in our virtual learning environment
We recently ran our E-learning Enhanced: Using Turnitin for Peer Assessment training session and wanted to highlight the different tools that are available for Peer Assessment across our Digital Education Platform. Peer Assessment activities have several benefits to students: For Liu & Carless (2006), “peer assessment and peer feedback … enables students to take an […]
Blackboard User Group: Exemplary Course Award Presentation
We had the pleasure of recently presenting at the Blackboard User Group on the Exemplary Course Award that we run here at Aberystwyth University. Blackboard run their own Exemplary Course Programme which we use as the basis for our award. The session title, Celebrating Excellence, Shaping Practice: Aberystwyth University’s Exemplary Course Award Programme, charted the […]
What’s new in Blackboard February 2026
In the February update, we want to draw your attention to the following Blackboard enhancements: Use automations to remind students to check their feedback Automations are a relatively new feature in Blackboard. The latest feature allows you to automatically send a reminder message to students who have unread feedback after an instructor-defined number of days. […]
Call for Proposals: Mini Conference: Neurodiversity Network Conference
We are pleased to announce our next Mini Conference taking place on Tuesday 14 April 2026. In collaboration with the Department of Psychology, Student Accessibility and Wellbeing, and the Digital Education Team (Student Journey), we are looking for 15-minute presentations on the following topics: Please fill out this form to submit your proposal. Please indicate […]
What’s new in Blackboard January 2026
Happy New Year! In the January update, we want to draw your attention to the following Blackboard enhancements: Minor Update to the Blackboard Interface There is no downtime associated with this update, and Blackboard will continue to function normally during this period. These changes include: In addition to this, to maximise screen space, Blackboard will […]
Turnitin Scheduled Maintenance 07.02.2026
Turnitin will be unavailable between 16:00 and 22:00 on Saturday 7 February 2026 for scheduled maintenance. During this time, you will be unable to submit or grade any assessments. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.