Course sites and course profiles availability
Please ensure Learn.UQ (Blackboard) course sites and course profiles are available to students at least one week before your first teaching activity, as outlined on the Course Design – Policy site. Course sites must contain a welcome message as a minimum requirement. The remaining online course requirements should be met by the first teaching activity.
Student preferred names in Blackboard
The next stage of the Student Preferred Names Initiative will introduce the use of students’ preferred names in Blackboard and connected sub-systems such as Turnitin. From the start of O-Week, Semester 1, the first name displayed in Blackboard will be sourced from the preferred first name field, if set by the student in mySI-net.
Accessible formats are available for Learn.UQ course content
Students can now automatically-generate alternative formats for course content uploaded to Learn.UQ with no additional work required by the Instructor. Students can choose from a range of formats depending on the file type, including HTML, ePub, electronic braille, audio, Beeline Reader, tagged PDF, OCRed PDF and Immersive Reader.
To help course coordinators explain alternative formats to students, sample Learn.UQ announcement text and a PowerPoint slide deck for use in your first lecture are available.
Ready to Tutor Week is next week
Ready to Tutor Week will run from 24–26 February and will feature a series of events designed to help tutors prepare for the upcoming semester. Sessions will explore working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students, academic integrity for tutors, SETutors and other ways of evidencing tutoring expertise and more.
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Active and collaborative learning tools
UQ's active learning tools can be used to engage students and promote deeper understanding in both online and face-to-face sessions. The centrally-supported active learning tools include EchoPoll, PadletUQ, H5P, The Chase, Ed Discussion and Microsoft Teams.
Consultations with an eLearning Adviser
The eLearning Systems and Support team offer eLearning Adviser consultations to assist course teaching and administrative staff with implementing effective eLearning solutions. Our experienced advisers will guide you in utilising centrally supported eLearning tools.
How well do you know your cohort?
Course Insights, UQ's own course-level learning analytics dashboard, is available to all course coordinators via Learn.UQ Blackboard (Original). The enrolment section provides demographic information to inform teaching strategies.
Course coordinators can also access student headshots through my.UQ to familiarise themselves with student faces prior to classes.
Respect at UQ training module
Students commencing at UQ in Semester 1 in 2026 and students who completed the training in Semester 1, 2024 will be required to complete the mandatory Respect at UQ training module by 5pm on Sunday 15 March 2026. Please be aware that students who have not completed the module by this time will have their Learn.UQ access restricted until they complete the module, during which time you will be unable to mark any assessment work submitted by affected students within your course.
Ready to Teach Week recordings
Thank you to everyone who attended Ready to Teach Week Semester 1, 2026. Over 767 attendees joined ITaLI throughout the week to get ready for Semester 1. Sessions covered inclusive teaching, presenting for educational media, using AI to build robust MCQs, an update on UQ’s academic integrity work and more. Most sessions were recorded and are now available to watch online.
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What's on
What's Working? AI Assessment Transformation in Practice I 3 March, 2026, 10–11am
Join presenters Dr Taryn Bashford, Lecturer, School of Communication and Arts and Dr Frances Shapter, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Science for a collaborative conversation that will explore how UQ academics are changing their assessment practices in response to AI. Academics will share current examples of assessment transformation in practice and the challenges and opportunities they have encountered along the way.
Staff and Student Views of Integrity in the Age of GenAI I 17 March 2026, 1–2pm
Staff and Student Views of Integrity in the Age of GenAI will be held on 17 March 2026 during Integrity Week. Building on insights from a large-scale student survey, the session will share new findings from co-design workshops, called CoLabs, where students and staff worked together to rethink academic integrity in education.
eLearning online workshops (Zoom)
- Learn.UQ Ultra Basics | 17 February, 10am–12pm
- Learn.UQ Ultra Assignments
- Turnitin
- Learn.UQ Ultra Tests
- Microsoft Teams for Teaching and Learning
- Learn.UQ Ultra Gradebook | 18 February, 10am–12pm
eLearning training (self-paced)
- Learn.UQ Ultra Basics
- Learn.UQ Ultra Assignments
- Learn.UQ Ultra Tests
- Learn.UQ Ultra Gradebook
- Inspera Assessment – Exams
- Inspera Assessment – Quizzes
- Inspera Assessment – Marking
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.
