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. Delegated Grading improvements Sorting controls in Students view for assessments graded anonymously Enhanced grid view Total & Weighted Calculations Category information […]

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. Image insertion option for Ultra Documents, Journals, Discussions, Assessment attempts, and Course Messages Matching question updates: partial credit auto-distribution and other […]

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. Partial credit auto-distribution for correct answers for Multiple Choice questions Deselect answer choice for Multiple Choice question Send Reminder from Gradebook […]

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: Unsplash for Learning Module and Course Images You can now use Unsplash to source open license […]

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: 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 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 […]