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 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: 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 […]

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: Improved attempt switching when grading student submissions with multiple attempts Blackboard have improved the way you […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes As part of the Learn upgrade, all courses must move into Learn Ultra before the start of AY 23/24 teaching. More than 160 courses have already made the move as part of the Learn Ultra Early Adopter programme. Over the coming weeks, we will be publishing a series of blog posts from the Early Adopters […]

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: Exemptions You can now provide exemptions to students for particular items, students are not required to […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes January 2023 – 3900.56 Release 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: See and edit marks for anonymous submissions prior to posting In […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes As part of the move to Learn Ultra, the project team is working closely with all Schools and Deaneries to migrate courses to Learn Ultra for the start of teaching AY 22/23. A sizable number of courses have already moved to Ultra Course View this academic year, with content successfully migrated over summer 2022 and […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes December 2022 – 3900.54 Release 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 None of the changes this release have an impact on Original courses. Highlights for this update […]

Reading Time: < 1 minutes November 2022 – 3900.52 Release 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 Items marked with an asterisk * apply to both Ultra and Original Courses Highlights for this […]