Ultra course conversion checklist

Check the content of your course against the copied version. For information on the location of resources in Ultra, refer to the Template guide.

If you require access to a previous version of your course, email help@elearning.uq.edu.au

The Due date and Feedback Release date for previously used submission links need to be updated. It is particularly important to ensure the Feedback Release date is set in the future, otherwise students results will be released while marking is in progress. Refer to the Edit a Turnitin assignment guide.

Check all Test settings, including due dates. For instructions on editing Test setting, refer to the Edit a Test guide.

Check the formatting of all test questions using the student preview tool. Refer to the Complete a Test as a Student guide.

Discontinued question types included in deployed tests were automatically removed when copied.

Jumbled Sentence

This questions type was added to Ultra in the June 2025 update. If your course was copied before this date your will need to recopy the relevant Blackboard test containing this question type. refer to the Copy a test or question bank guide.

Note: Jumbled Sentence questions require students to select words or phrases from a menu to complete a sentence. 

Opinion Scale/Likert

It is recommended these questions are replaced with a Multiple Choice question with all answers set as correct. Or alternatively for tests that consist of only this question type consider using Microsoft forms, refer to the Microsoft Forms guide by Microsoft.

Ordering

It is recommended these questions are replaced with a Matching question where the numbered steps are the prompts.

Only deployed Tests and associated pools were copied from the previous course.  For instructions on copying additional tests and pools from Original course sites, refer to the Copy a test or question bank guide.

Items that use Adaptive Release in the copied Original course should be reviewed and checked in student preview mode to ensure there are no issues with student access. The adaptive release functionality in Original courses has been replace by Release Conditions in Ultra. Refer to Content Availability and Student Preview guides.

Note: Adaptive release, allowed instructors to create a set of rules to control how content was released to students in their courses. The rules could be related to availability, date and time, individual usernames, membership in course groups, review status of another item in the course, and Grade Center items such as scores, attempts, and calculated columns.

Check the formatting of Blackboard rubrics (not Turnitin), including the number of rows and descriptors. Refer to the Rubric management & setup guide.

All course links are removed in the copy process and will need to be replaced. Refer to the Create a weblink or course link guide.

It is the responsibility of UQ teaching staff to ensure that they have the rights and permissions needed to place content on Learn.UQ. 

Course coordinators make copyright-protected learning materials (readings) available to UQ students via the Library’s course reading list system, Talis Aspire, which students access via the Course Reading List link in the Course Resources folder. Refer to the Reading lists and textbook guide by UQ Library.