Reading Time: 8 minutesIn May 2025, the User Experience (UX) Service continued a programme of user research for the LOUISA project by testing how easily students could use a prototype course in Learn to complete key tasks relating to assessment and feedback. This research helped prioritise areas for improvement. Previous student research and input from staff helped inform […]

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 minutesBackground There has been a shift in priorities relating to data and storage of end user data over the last decade particularly in relation to services hosted by DLAM, one of the constants has always been around security, as we move forward there is an increasing expectation that we should retain the minimum required amount […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this post, Course Organiser Madeleine Campbell and Learning Technologist Jamie Auld Smith share their experience of implementing an integrated Learn assignment rubric with the aim of enhancing the consistency of essay feedback provided to postgraduate students while ensuring a practical and transparent marking and moderation workflow. Jamie and Madeleine share this work on behalf […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Turnitin integration with Learn assignments allows instructors to use Turnitin’s similarity checker within a Learn assignment making the most of Learn’s flexible grading view and marking features. The similarity checker compares the text in a student submission against an extensive database of websites, academic reference materials and previously submitted work, to produce a similarity […]

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 minutesAs 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 minutesJanuary 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 minuteIn this Spotlight on Learn Ultra post, Stuart Nicol provides an update on the early adoption of Learn Ultra. Stuart is the Head of the Educational Design and Engagement (EDE) section in Information Services Group. Hopefully it will not come as a surpri…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe option to turn on progress tracking is now available to course instructors, however by default it is not enabled. It therefore requires manual intervention to turn progress tracking on for any course, this can be done at any time (and turned off again too) and requires two simple steps, one to select the option […]