Reading Time: 3 minutesSome simple changes to assessment processes have made a big difference for the British Sign Language Stage 1 courses in the Centre for Open Learning (COL). By adopting a standardised submission process aligned with LOUISA workflows and reviewing their assessment schedule in collaboration with the teaching office and local learning technology team, course organisers have improved the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn late April we had the opportunity to attend the 24th annual Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference, affectionately known as #durbbu, hosted in historic Durham. This year’s theme, Little Things that Make a Big Difference, was a pleasant shif…

Reading Time: 3 minutesOne 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 minutesAll 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 minutesAccessibility 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: < 1 minuteAs 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: < 1 minute  I have recently been involved in the Learn Ultra Project that has been tasked to upgrade Learn Original, the University’s centrally supported virtual learning environment (VLE). Being part of a team that is focusing on the Ultra Base Navigation menu …