Reading Time: 3 minutes Having moved his complex course Practical Geochemistry and Data Analysis into Learn Ultra early as part of the Early Adopters programme, Dr. Alex Thomas, Senior Lecturer of the School of Geosciences, outlines some of the highlights of his experience with Learn Ultra. I’ve been calling the old version of Learn ‘old and busted.’ So, there’s […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dr. Alex Thomas, Senior Lecturer, School of Geosciences moved his year-long course Practical Geochemistry and Data Analysis into Learn Ultra early as part of the Early Adopters programme. Here, he explains the process of moving and rebuilding his course into Learn Ultra. Where to start? The course I moved into Learn Ultra as part of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes This post provides a summary of the upcoming changes including those features which we have highlighted due to their impact. For more in depth technical detail additional details are available on the release page Highlights for this release include: Add Exemptions via the gradebook grid view In the past, instructors could apply an exemption from […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m delighted to say that we’ve just made Ally available for new courses going forward. Ally is an accessibility tool which is tightly integrated into Learn. It provides: a choice of alternative formats of content for students (or staff!) which it creates on-demand (i.e., it takes your document and creates an alternative format with it […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes All courses taught in the 23/24 academic year need to be delivered using Learn Ultra. Before the start of teaching, courses need to be moved into their new Learn Ultra course instances. Course instances are the digital spaces in which you build your Learn Ultra courses. We do not recommend you try to copy whole […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Accessibility Each year since its inception, the Learn Foundations internship programme has included, in addition to the more high-profile course migration process, two further pieces of work on course mapping and on course accessibility across the University. These are not supplementary processes, but central aspects of our work to better understand and support the Learn […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lecturer in Glass, Jessamy Kelly, moved her taught postgraduate course The Business of Craft and Design to Learn Ultra in Semester two, AY 22/23, as part of the Early Adopter programme. Here, she shares some of the new and improved features of the VLE, and how they have improved course delivery. Pronunciation and pronouns “One of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute This post provides a summary of the upcoming changes including those features which we have highlighted due to their impact. For more in depth technical detail additional details are available on the release page Highlights for this release include: Course Content Title Search You can now search course content titles to find these items on […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the last year or so, in preparation for our ongoing institutional transition to the new Learn Ultra VLE, a large team of Early Adopters have been graciously offering their time and effort to trial (and feedback about) courses run fully in the new environment. While our University community may have grown more used to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Instructional Designer Lizzy Garner-Foy discusses the opportunity to improve course structure in Learn Ultra. Through the Early Adopter programme, we have gained an in-depth understanding of the ways Learn is used across the University. Through close collaboration with Schools and Deaneries, we have explored, experimented, and improved approaches to course design and course […]
