Latest posts from the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit blog
Resuming Panopto Recordings
Have you ever pressed stop on a Panopto recording rather than pause? Or realised there was something you forget to say in your recording? Did you know you can resume any finished Panopto recording, and add more to it? You can do this from any computer that has the Panopto recorder on it – it […]
Annual Learning and Teaching Conference: External Speaker Announcement: Professor Lee Elliot Major OBE FAcSS and Beth Brooks
Following the announcement of our conference keynote, we’re pleased to confirm our next external speakers. On Tuesday 8 July, Professor Lee Elliot Major OBE FAcSS and Beth Brooks from the University of Exeter will be joining us to showcase their pioneering work with social mobility in the South West. Bookings for the conference are already […]
Materials available: Mini Conference: Employability and the Inclusive Curriculum
On Tuesday 8 April, we co-hosted our latest Mini Conference with colleagues from Careers and Employability Services. We hosted 50 attendees from across the University and had 5 sessions. Materials from the conference are now available on our webpages. The conference started with a welcome from Professor Anwen Jones, Pro Vice Chancellor for Education and […]
Weekly Resource Roundup – 9/4/2025
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 Course Creation 2025-26
We will be creating the new blank Blackboard courses for 2025-26 on Monday 2nd June 2025. Once courses have been created, we will run a weekly feed between the Module Management System and Blackboard to reflect any updates or changes. Students won’t come onto courses until registration has been completed in September. If you want […]
What’s new in Blackboard April 2025
In the April update, we are particularly excited about a new feature called the Learning Object Repository. There is now the ability to print Blackboard Documents, and updates to the grading and feedback workflow for staff and students. New: Learning Object Repository The new Learning Object Repository is an institutional repository designed to centralise resources […]
Changes to Blackboard Course Roles
Over the next few months, we are making the following changes to the course roles in Blackboard. Additional Lecturer and Additional Tutor will no longer be available (from June 2025). Teaching staff should be added using the most appropriate role via Module Management (which will feed directly to Blackboard within an hour). Anyone with […]
Weekly Resource Roundup – 1/4/2025
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 […]
Minor change: Teaching Room Machines
We have experienced an issue with the Panopto Recorder that has affected some people from having folders to record into. We believe that we now have a solution to this issue, which we have tested in a number of rooms. We are now rolling out this fix to all teaching room machines. User profiles will […]
Annual Learning and Teaching Conference: Keynote Announcement
We are delighted to confirm our keynote for this year’s Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. Bookings for the conference are already open. Dr Neil Currant will be joining us for an in-person keynote presentation and masterclass workshop on the second day of the conference, Wednesday 9 July. Neil will be discussing the important role of […]