Gradebook finalisation resources
Before grade finalisation, ensure you have set up both the total percentage and overall mark columns in Blackboard. 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.
You can book a 30-minute consultation with an eLearning Adviser for assistance with Gradebook finalisation.
Watch the Gradebook Finalisation video (Echo360, 5m 44s) to learn more.
Teaching and Learning Week – new sessions now open for registration
New sessions have just been added to the Teaching and Learning Week program! Join ITaLI from 2–6 November for over 20 in-person, online and hybrid sessions, including a new panel session that will explore how staff and students are putting UQ's Transition Framework into practice. We look forward to seeing you there!
Explore the program and secure your seat
Expressions of Interest now open: Echo360 GoReact for Interactive Oral Assessments in 2027
Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are now open for course coordinators interested in adopting Echo360 GoReact to support Interactive Oral assessments in Semester 1 and Semester 2, 2027. Echo360 GoReact provides integrated tools for recording, marking, and delivering feedback on Interactive Oral assessments.
EOIs for future pilots will be shared in due course.
Please submit your EOI by 30 November 2026.
Video case study: Gradescope Bubble Sheets with Dr Rebecca Packer
Dr Rebecca Packer shares how she has introduced weekly in-class Gradescope Bubble Sheets in her large, flipped-classroom course to improve tutorial attendance, increase engagement with the online learning content, and help prepare her students for their end-of-semester exam.
Watch the video (YouTube, 3m 30s)
Practice online digital exams
Practice exams can help students become familiar with the exam process and test their devices, helping create a smoother examination experience. Course coordinators can create a course-specific practice exam or guide students to self-enrol using the Inspera Preparation Test to support student preparation for end of semester exams.
Have you checked your course digital exam ‘as a student’?
Checking your exam ‘as a student’ ensures the test works as expected and that all questions are accessible. View the Inspera Peer Review and Testing guides.
Are you keeping your grades secure?
Teaching staff are responsible for ensuring marks and grades are secure. Our Grades Security guide lists practical steps you can take to improve grades security in your courses.
Applications now open for Summer Semester and Semester 1, 2027 Professional Learning courses
You can now apply for several Summer Semester and Semester 1, 2027 Professional Learning courses. Explore the open courses and their application dates below.
- Teaching@UQ: Summer Semester Intensive (8 Feb – 29 Apr 2027) at St Lucia and Gatton | Applications open 12 October and close 5pm 11 December 2026
- CaPE@UQ: Summer Semester Intensive (15 Feb – 29 Apr 2027) | Applications open 28 September and close 5pm 27 November 2026
- LD@UQ: Monthly intake | Applications close the last Friday of the month
- Curriculum Design at UQ: Teaching Period 2 (1 Feb – 23 Mar 2027) | Applications open 5 October and close 5pm 4 December 2026
- Leading Teaching Project: Semester 1 (8 Feb – 8 Jun 2027) | Applications open 12 October and close 5pm 11 December 2026.
Semester 2, 2026 course teaching feedback surveys
Semester 2, 2026 Student Evaluation of Course and Teaching (SECaT) and Student Evaluation of Tutors (SETutor) surveys open Monday 19 October and close Friday 6 November 2026 (11:59pm AEST), allowing students to provide feedback on their learning experience this semester.
Staff that are listed as a course coordinator, lecturer or tutor in the course profile (Jac) and Schedule+ as per the data preparation guidelines will receive reminders throughout the survey period to share survey QR codes and monitor response rates. Please see the staff user guide for more information.
Watch how fellow UQ teaching staff improve their response rate and encourage constructive student feedback.
Please contact evaluations@uq.edu.au if you have any questions.
Explore the ITaLI Educational Media Production Toolkit
You can now explore the ITaLI Educational Production Toolkit! This new resource offers practical tips, guides, templates and resources for every stage of the production process. The toolkit has been designed for staff who are interested in producing their own educational media and also provides guidance for staff who are interested in collaborating with ITaLI’s Educational Media Production Team.
Learn more and explore the toolkit
What's on
AI in Practice: Lunchtime Insights Series I 13 October 2026, 12–12:30pm
Join presenter Professor Masoud Kamgarpour for a presentation on the ‘(Mis-) Adventures of a mathematician in times of AI’ at the next session in the AI in Practice: Lunchtime Insights Series. The emergence of extremely capable AI has radically changed what Professor Masoud Kamgarpour does as a mathematics professor. In the session, they will give a personal account of how, what and why.
Lead through Learning: Progress and Possibilities I 20 October 2026, 11:30am – 12:30pm
Registration is now open to attend an update on recent progress, emerging initiatives, and work underway through the Lead through Learning Program to support responsible AI use, secure assessment, and the exploration of new technologies across teaching and learning.
Hosted by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience), and the BEL Faculty Deputy Associate Dean (Academic).
Adobe Education Institute (AEI) I 16–18 November 2026
UQ staff are invited to join the Adobe Education Institute (AEI) 2026, a free live training series running from 16–18 November designed for higher education professionals. Sessions cover practical, ready-to-use skills in Adobe Express, Acrobat, and the newest Firefly features in Creative Cloud Pro. You will earn a digital badge for every session you attend and completing the full series earns the AEI Fellow credential.
eLearning online modules (self-paced)
- Learn.UQ Ultra Basics
- Learn.UQ Ultra Assignments (group & video)
- 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.
