Digital Learning

Course areas for the 2025/26 academic year are now live! Faculty Administrators can begin enrolling Programme and Module Leaders onto their spaces.  This year’s areas come with a refreshed template, designed to support you in building high-quality courses and improving the student experience. Here’s what’s new:  🌟 Fresh Features to Get You Started  🔧 Module…

Sometimes you want to put videos in your Blackboard area’s Panopto space that you don’t want students to see yet. Hiding the videos is not as simple as deleting the links to Panopto from Course Content, as there is also a link that the students can use to access Panopto under ‘Books & Tools’. The…

Did you know you can now convert a Blackboard folder into a Learning Module with the click of a button? Simply click the 3 dots to the right of the folder and select Create Learning Module.

Interactive teaching tools have become essential in keeping students engaged during lectures. We spoke with Dr John Shaw a Senior Lecturer in Psychology here at Edge Hill University, who has been using Vevox to enhance student participation. Here’s what he had to say about his experience.

Muhammad Haseeb Akhlaq. Masters Student – Data Science & Artificial Intelligence As an Intern at Edge Hill University, I have had the unique opportunity to delve into the world of accessibility, particularly focusing on how course content can be made more accessible to all students. The aim of my recent project was to create a…

Have you ever wanted to copy a few items between Blackboard areas part way through a module?

What are Document Pages? Blackboard Document pages enable easy creation of web pages within Blackboard. These pages can contain a range of items including text, images, Microsoft Office documents, multiple choice questions, and embedded YouTube videos.

In recent months, we’ve seen a growing trend in the use of online tools to boost student engagement and collaboration, and it’s easy to understand why! Our institution offers licenses for both Padlet and Vevox. While we’ve already covered Padlet in a previous post, it’s time to highlight the fantastic features of Vevox!  Vevox is…

Improving the student experience, including their experience of organisation and management, is very important. Student feedback shows there are a few things that they would appreciate from your Blackboard areas. In this post we show how you could make some quick changes that would help students. 1. Identify the module leader clearly. If a number…

The September updates to Blackboard will introduce several significant improvements that will benefit academics, students, and course administrators. These updates focus on enhancing instructional design, improving the course content page, and supporting learner progression.