Teaching and Learning Week 2025
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Teaching and Learning Week 2025. The week saw over 1150 attendees, facilitators and presenters join us in celebrating teaching and learning at UQ. Recordings of the Opening Address by Professor Tracey Bunda, the Indigenising Curriculum Showcase and the AI and I? Who’s Writing This PhD Thesis?! session are now available to watch online.
Congratulations to the UQ Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning 2025 recipients. These outstanding educators were celebrated for their contribution to enhancing student learning. Explore the full list of winners and watch the videos via the ITaLI website.
Our top tips for grade finalisation
As we approach the end of Semester 2, check out our top 7 tips for finalising grades (Ultra) and Original
The following video provides a step-by-step guide on finalising your results using Gradebook (Ultra) (Echo360, 10m 49s).
Watch the video (Ultra) >>
Watch the video (Original) >>
How to check late Inspera exam submissions
Staff can view and sort late submissions in Inspera exams and submit a test attempt that is in progress on behalf of a student.
View Inspera Help Center guide >>
Inspera exam student viewing
Guides are available to assist staff delivering Inspera exams to provide viewing sessions for students.
Find out more (login required) >>
Early bird workshops – Ultra and Turnitin (updated)
The ITaLI eLearning team are offering a range of practical workshops during November to help staff prepare for Summer Semester, 2025 and Semester 1, 2026. For information on each workshop, dates and how to register, visit the eLearning workshops event page.
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Increase student engagement with EchoPoll
EchoPoll is a live polling tool available to all UQ staff. It seamlessly integrates with PowerPoint, enabling real-time results that display directly within your presentation slides. UQ EchoPoll is easily accessible through Single Sign-On.
See the staff guide (Ultra) >>
eProfessionalism – Digital Essentials module
The eProfessionalism module (within the Digital Essentials series) helps students develop the knowledge and skills they need to succeed post-graduation. The module is embedded into courses to make it more accessible for students.
Applications now open – Teaching@UQ and Coordinating@UQ 2026
Build your teaching skills with Teaching@UQ and Coordinating@UQ. These courses are part of the Teaching Foundations suite, which helps you creatively connect curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment to foster active student participation and learning. They provide opportunities to apply foundational learning theory in practice while supporting you to create engaging and effective learning environments. Teaching@UQ is designed for UQ staff with teaching responsibilities, while Coordinating@UQ is aimed at those with course coordination responsibilities.
Apply online for Teaching@UQ (Summer Intensive and Semester 1) or Coordinating@UQ (Semester 1 Intensive) by 12 December for delivery at St Lucia and Gatton.
Teaching Foundations also includes CaPE@UQ, LD@UQ, and the RPL Module. Visit the course pages for more details about these streams and how to apply.
Learn more about Teaching@UQ >>
Learn more about Coordinating@UQ >>
What's on
eLearning online workshops (Zoom)
- Learn.UQ Ultra Basics | 25 November, 10am – 12pm
- Learn.UQ Ultra Assignments | 25 November, 10am – 12pm
- 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.
