All courses for 2025-26 have been created and are available to staff in Blackboard. 

This year’s course template will include some new items which we hope will help both staff and students:  

• An item about Panopto recording and captions (see our caption blog post for more information)  

• A link to the AberSkills web pages  

• Information about AI and Unacceptable Academic Practice  

Putting this information into the course template means that all students see the same information. It also means that staff don’t have to include the information when setting up their courses for the new academic year.   

All AU Blackboard course sites use an agreed template with areas for core information along with agreed content for university-level policies. The course template is agreed by the Quality and Standards Committee annually. Module Coordinators have responsibility for the organisation of materials in their courses. Staff should not delete template content.  

Consult the Required Minimum Presence for what should be included in the course.  

If you need any assistance with Blackboard courses, see Staff Blackboard Guide.   

Once courses have been created, we will run a weekly feed between the Module Management System and Blackboard to reflect any updates or changes.  We have made some changes to course roles this year, and more details are available on our blog post.  

Students won’t come onto courses until registration has been completed in September.