Course requests

How is a Learn.UQ (Blackboard) or a LearnX/edX (Edge) courses requested?

SI-net

A SI-net course is a standard teaching course based on offerings in SI-net - a UQ Student Administration System.

To request a SI-net course:

Publish your ECP (Electronic Course Profile), a blank Learn.UQ course will be created for you by ITS within approximately 2 days (Years 1 to 6 only).
OR
Submit a request using the Learn.UQ Site Request form found on the Learn.UQ Institution page.
OR
In some schools and faculties, Professional staff may submit a request on your behalf.

Non SI-net

A Non SI-net/Organisation course is a course used for the purposes of student support or administration improvement (e.g.induction, research, staff development, bridging courses).

To request a non-SI-net/Organisation course:

Submit a request using the Learn.UQ Site Request form found on the Learn.UQ Institution page.

Other Considerations

Course Copy: You can request ITS to copy over the content for you by using the Course/Organisation Site Request Form found on the Blackboard Staff tab. Alternatively, you can copy the contents of an old course into your new course yourself, if you are an Instructor/Teaching Assistant in both courses.

Test course: You can request a test or sandpit course on our test server Staging that has no student access.

Instructions

Glossary of terms

Glossary of terms

Copy: Create a duplicate of an existing course.

ECP: Electronic Course Profile.

edX (Edge): A platform used for learning modules that are not related to coursework degree programs for non-UQ students.

Learn.UQ (Blackboard): Learn.UQ uses the learning management system, Blackboard. Every undergraduate course (Years 1-5) offered at UQ has a Learn.UQ course for its students. Each Learn.UQ course runs for one semester only (unless requested to be year-long) and is automatically populated with the students enrolled via SI-net into that course.

LearnX: A platform used to create learning content for coursework degree programs to achieve a more interactive online learning experience.

Merge (combine): Merging courses populates course users from two or more courses into one main course site. Content will only be reflected in the parent (main) course, not the child (merged/combined) course. E.g., St Lucia and external offerings or Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses.

MOOC: A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course freely available to anyone who wants to participate. MOOCs usually are free, have very large class sizes, vary in length, and vary in workload and time commitment.

New: Create a new course, without content (shell).

Non-SI-net course: Non-SI-net course sites may be used for the purposes of student support or improvement of administration within the University, but must be related to teaching, learning, research, staff development and induction activities.

Note: A Copy with Merge (combine) request is simply one request to copy content from a previous course offering with a request to merge one or more courses.

Organisation course: Organisation sites may be used for the purposes of student support or improvement of administration within the University, but must be related to teaching, learning, research, staff development and induction activities.

SI-net course: SI-net course sites relate to a coursework course offered at the University into which students enrol via SI-net (hereafter SI-net courses).