Reading Time: 5 minutes In 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: 2 minutes   Attending the first round of the Academic User Group (AUG) and Professional Services User Group (PSUG) meetings in late 2024 was a fantastic opportunity to connect with colleagues across disciplines, Schools, and Colleges. As a Learning Technologist, collaborating on assessment (re)design is a key part of my role, and these sessions provided valuable insights […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The 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 minutes To support colleagues with the move to Learn Ultra, additional Migration Assistants were brought onboard in the run up to Semester One to provide expertise around moving very large and complex courses. In this post, Migration Assistant Paula Sivandan shares some advice for streamlining complex courses. The launch of Learn Ultra for the 2023-24 academic […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Chris McKenzie, Senior Lecturer and Programme Director within CMVM, moved his fully online programme ‘MSc in Pain Management’ into Learn Ultra in the 22/23 academic year as part of the Early Adopter programme (opens in a new tab). “We decided to go all in and redo the whole MSc in Pain Management programme for the […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ahead of the roll-out of Learn Ultra to the wider University, Information Services Group (ISG) worked with a number of colleagues to make the switch to Ultra early as part of the Early Adopter Programme, (opens in a new window). Their experiences provide useful tips for other colleagues. In this blog post, Celeste McLaughlin, Head […]

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: 8 minutes The latest phase of Learn Ultra research investigated the staff and student experience, with a focus on Learn Ultra courses, to guide the next phase in the upgrade.  A programme of multi-method user experience research sought to investigate ways in which Learn Ultra had enhanced staff and student experiences, and to identify areas where there […]

Reading Time: 9 minutes To ensure the ongoing implementation of Learn Ultra remains as user-centred as possible, staff and students were engaged in user experience research between May and October 2022.  In a continuation of the Learn Foundations project approach, a programme of user experience research – involving various methods – was carried out with staff and students to […]