We’ve had a look at all the queries that came into the elearning@aber.ac.uk inbox over September to see what the most common query was. And the answer is … Merged Courses.

So, here’s some useful information about merging courses which can help to answer some of your queries:

1. A merge links two or more courses together in Blackboard. It is an effective way of dealing with separate courses that have the same content, so you don’t have to upload materials to more than one course. More information is available on the blog. Some cases where this might be useful are
   • Modules are taught the same content but there’s a module available for 2^nd and 3^rd years.
   • Modules that bring together different degree schemes and have different module IDs, e.g. dissertation modules.
2. Courses aren’t merged automatically so you will either need to merge them via our new Module Partners tool or by emailing elearning@aber.ac.uk . If your courses were merged last year, you need to merge them again for 2025-26. If you want to check whether your courses have already been merged, you can use Module Partners (or email elearning@aber.ac.uk)  
3. Students will see the module code and title of whichever course they are registered on. If you find that students can’t see content in courses that you think are merged, please check in Module Partners or email elearning@aber.ac.uk to check.

We’ve also had questions about enrolments – information about how enrolments work is available in our Access to Blackboard Courses FAQ.

Note: we produced the summary of our most common support queries using Microsoft Copilot.