Reading Time: < 1 minutes This post provides a summary of the upcoming changes including those features which we have highlighted due to their impact. This release is subject to change and we will do our best to keep the information up to date before the release to live on the evening of Thursday the 7th August 2025. For more […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the most rewarding parts of being Teaching Organisation Manager in the School of GeoSciences is collaborating effectively with colleagues across the School and the wider University. Supporting assessment is a shared effort, and the more joined-up our communication is, the better we can support both staff and students.  In the School of GeoSciences, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Background There has been a shift in priorities relating to data and storage of end user data over the last decade particularly in relation to services hosted by DLAM, one of the constants has always been around security, as we move forward there is an increasing expectation that we should retain the minimum required amount […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes This post provides a summary of the upcoming changes including those features which we have highlighted due to their impact. This release is subject to change and we will do our best to keep the information up to date before the release to live on the evening of Thursday the 3rd July 2025. For more […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The LOUISA project has recently conducted a second round of user research with students to identify problem areas in the in-course assessment and feedback process. A previous blog post explained how and why this research was undertaken:  Conducting a second round of student research to understand students’ experiences of in-course assessment in Learn The LOUISA […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The LOUISA team engaged with more students to validate earlier findings and ensure representation from a wider range of student groups An initial round of research had been conducted with student interns in summer 2024 to understand the in-course assessment and feedback process for students at the University. Colleagues across all three Colleges analysed the findings, […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes We are glad to share that EDINA completed Noteable Beta Release for summer 2025 this week. Besides the on-demand packages and libraries, such as Quarto CLI, Pylandstats, and ASReml-R, etc., the highlights of the Beta version are the two new features: LTI1.3 grade passing back from nbgrader assessments to Blackboard Learn Ultra course Shared data […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes This post provides a summary of the upcoming changes including those features which we have highlighted due to their impact. This release is subject to change and we will do our best to keep the information up to date before the release to live on the evening of Thursday the 5th June 2025. For more […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog post builds on the second LOUISA Academic User Group (AUG) and Professional Services User Group (PSUG) meeting which took place in February 2025.   It draws on insights from members and colleagues across the University to showcase how colleagues in various disciplines support assessment and feedback through the integration of rubrics and learning technology. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes The 23rd Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference was held just a few short weeks ago, with the theme focusing on the concept of Personalised Learning. The theme’s full title, Personalised Learning: Transformation or Twaddle?, was perhaps more than just a c…