Blackboard course accessibility tools
From 24 November 2025, new accessibility tools will be available in all UQ Ultra courses. These tools help you identify and improve accessibility issues and provide students with automatically-generated alternative formats for their course materials. This means students can access content in the way that best supports their learning.
Students will see a range of alternative formats they can choose from, including HTML, ePub, electronic braille, audio, Beeline Reader, tagged PDF, OCRed PDF and Immersive Reader.
February eLearning workshops
The ITaLI eLearning team are offering a range of practical workshops during February to help staff prepare for Semester 1, 2026. Topics include Turnitin (updated), Blackboard Ultra, EchoPoll, Microsoft Teams, Ed Discussion, Inspera Exams and Learn.UQ Accessibility Tool.
For information on each workshop, dates and how to register, visit the eLearning workshops event page.
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Available resources for supplementary and deferred exams
Help students prepare for supplementary and deferred exams by ensuring learning resources and recordings remain available to students in the course sites.
Finalise results in Ultra Gradebook
Staff are encouraged to set up both the total percentage and overall mark columns ahead of grade finalisation. The total percentage column calculates each student’s overall percentage mark and serves as a check to ensure the correct UQ grade is displayed in the overall mark column.
Upload grades to SI-net
Once grades have been finalised in Gradebook and are ready to be uploaded to SI-net, 2 tools are available to make the process faster and more reliable:
Preferred method:
Alternative method:
Control the release of results (Ultra)
Controlling the release of results allows staff to decide when marks are made available to students after assessments are completed. In Ultra courses, this process is called posting marks. Some tools, such as Turnitin, Blackboard tests and Inspera, include additional settings for releasing feedback alongside posted marks.
Control the release of results (Original)
During marking or moderation, you may not be ready for students to see their results. To manage the publication of results from Turnitin, Blackboard assignments, Blackboard tests and Inspera you need to adjust both the individual tool settings and the Grade Centre column settings (hide from students on/off).
Digital Essentials – Employability module
The Employability module (within the Digital Essentials series) introduces students to creating a professional online presence, ePortfolio and online networking. It is designed to be embedded into courses so that students are provided with timely information as they need it.
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What's on
Explorance APAC Summit Tour 2026 UQ Premier Event I 3 February 2026
You can now register for the Explorance APAC Summit Tour that will be held at UQ, St Lucia on 3 February 2026. This event brings together regional education leaders, decision-makers, and professionals to explore and discuss topics related to student engagement, wellbeing, institutional research, teaching and learning, IT and quality assurance that help drive advancement towards institutional excellence. Use the code UQSTAFF26 at registration to access discounted ticket pricing for UQ staff.
eLearning online workshops (Zoom)
- Learn.UQ Ultra Basics | 25 November, 10am–12noon
- Learn.UQ Ultra Assignments | 25 November, 10am–12noon
- Learn.UQ Ultra Tests | 26 November, 10–11:30am
- Turnitin | 27 November, 10–11:30am
- Learn.UQ Ultra Gradebook | 28 November, 10–11:30am
eLearning training (self-paced)
- Learn.UQ Ultra Basics
- Learn.UQ Ultra Assignments (group & video)
- Learn.UQ Ultra Tests
- Learn.UQ Ultra Gradebook
- Turnitin
- Inspera Assessment – Exams
- Inspera Assessment – Quizzes
- Inspera Assessment – Marking
Other events and courses
- CaPE@UQ Summer Intensive I Applications close 1 December 2025
- Teaching@UQ Summer Intensive 2026 I Applications close 12 December 2025
- Teaching@UQ Semester 1, 2026 I Applications close 12 December 2025
- Coordinating@UQ Semester 1 Intensive 2026 I Applications close 12 December 2025
- Curriculum Design at UQ Teaching Period 2, 2026 I Applications close 12 December 2025
- Higher Education Academy PSF2023 Information Session I 11 December 2025, 2–3:30pm
Teaching and learning support
eLearning support
For technical support with central eLearning tools, email eLearning support.
eLearning Advisers
To receive pedagogical advice from UQ's leading teaching technology experts on using our central eLearning tools, including how to select and configure learning technologies, book a Zoom consultation with an eLearning Adviser.
Workshops
Workshops (via Zoom) and self-paced online modules are available for a variety of systems and tools. eLearning advisers are available to deliver custom workshops in your school or faculty. Organise a custom workshop.
Learning Designers
Learning Designers provide pedagogical support to academics in curriculum and assessment design, collaborating on learning experiences and activities, and integration of evidence-informed teaching and learning practices.
For faculty or school-level support, please refer to the list of Learning Designers in your area.
Educational Media Production
The ITaLI Educational Media Production Team works closely with academics and Learning Designers to produce educational videos, audio content, graphics and animations that support teaching and learning initiatives across UQ. If you have a project that could benefit from video, animation or graphic design, you are invited to submit an Expression of Interest.
