TEL For Staff

Take a look at our New Staff page. It will highlight a number of ways in which the TEL team can help you.

Login to Blackboard at vle.aston.ac.uk using your Aston username and password.

On the Welcome page, under the My Courses title you can see a list of modules available to you.

The Library has provided an Academic Staff LibGuide explaining the services available to staff and includes a section on editing and using Module Reading Lists.

You can also contact your Subject Information Specialist for help by taking a look at the Information Specialist contact page for more information.

You can record lectures in all pool teaching rooms.

Please take a look at our Recording Guide.

Take a look at A New Term for guidance on what to do at the start of each term.

For guidance on using Blackboard tests for credit-bearing assessments please contact the Quality Officer for your school. Details can be found on the Quality team website. Expand the “Who we are” section.

• Creating Tests
• Question Types
• Test Results

Before you deploy a test you are encouraged to contact the Technology-Enhanced Learning Team by emailing telsupport@aston.ac.uk.

By default, your Blackboard module is unavailable so you will need to Make Your Module Available to your students.

Turnitin

• Accessing Submissions
• Interpreting the originality report
• Grading submissions with feedback

Blackboard

• Grading Assignments
• Anonymous Grading