Getting started with Learn.UQ (Ultra)

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You can access your Learn.UQ courses for the current semester, as well as any previous courses you have had access to in previous semesters.

1. Go to https://learn.uq.edu.au.
2. Enter your UQ username and password into the login fields and click on the Login button.  
3. If prompted, complete Multi-factor authentication (MFA).
4. Once logged into Learn.UQ (Blackboard), you will see to the Courses page.
5. To access a course, simply click on the course code/title (e.g. [ABCD1234] Introduction to eLearning).

Note: If you do not see your course in the list, you may need to submit a course request.

A new Learn.UQ course needs to be created each semester, as each Learn.UQ course is linked to the specific semester’s offering in SI-net, and only the students from that specific semester are enrolled into that Learn.UQ course.

A course will be created automatically once the Course Profile is published (Years 1-5). The course coordinator named in the Course Profile will be enrolled into the course as the Instructor, and will recieve an email letting them know the course has been created with instructions on how to access it.

A non SI-net Learn.UQ (Blackboard) course can be requested to deliver community or training courses.

To request either SI-net or Non SI-net Learn.UQ and/or UQ Extend course in advance and the content from a previous semester’s course, go to the Institution Page in Learn.UQ, click on Site request forms, and follow the prompts:

Learn more about course requests

Yes, all students are automatically populated into your course site from SI-net overnight. Therefore, please allow up to 24 hours for your students to appear and have access, even after they have appeared in SI-net.

If you require additional student populations (e.g. combining undergraduate and postgraduate cohorts) you will need to submit a Course/Organisation Site Request Form. For step-by-step instructions, refer to the Order SI-net Courses and UQ Extend Courses guide. 

Note: You can also enrol teaching staff, administration staff and guest lecturers into your Learn.UQ course. For more information, refer to the Enrol users guide.

By default, Learn.UQ courses are not available to students when created to allow you to prepare your course for the semester before students can access it. You will need to make the course available to students once you are ready. For more information, refer to the Make a Course Available guide.

Please note: It is a UQ Senate requirement that students be able to access their online course material for a minimum of 12 months following the completion of the course teaching period. Therefore your course(s) should not be made unavailable to students once the semester has finished.

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The Content area is the main landing page within a Learn.UQ course and is where you will add all of your course content. 

It is strongly recommended that all courses follow the course template guidelines which provide teaching staff with advice on how to implement a consistent course site design and structure across all courses. For more information, refer to the Course template guide.

Please note: As per the eLearning policy & procedure (Section 3.12), “Staff should consider the best practice guidelines made available by the Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation on the UQ eLearning website.” 

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Announcements: Announcements can be used to welcome students and notify students about course events, changes, corrections, new course resources, assignment due dates. For more information, refer to the Announcements guide.

Messages: Messages are a useful way to keep in contact with your students and make their educational experience more personalised. For more information, refer to the Messages guide.

Teaching spaces across UQ's campuses are fitted with lecture recording equipment and are automatically recorded through Echo360 based on the timetable. Course Coordinators are required to make full lecture recordings available to students within about 48 hours of the lecture, and keep them available for the duration of the semester and exam period. For more information, refer to the Lecture Recordings guide. 

Please note: As per the UQ policy and procedure, only recurring activities which are specified in the timetable as a "lecture" are recorded and if the same lecture is repeated, only the first is recorded.

Learn more about lecture recordings

Online assessment submission and marking tools facilitate efficient and reliable assessment submission for students, and more efficient assessment marking for teaching staff. Assessments are immediately available to teaching staff for marking, and once marked, are quickly available to students for reflection. For more information, refer to the Assessment Tools guide.

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Gradebook provides an area within your Blackboard course to store student marks. Student scores from Assignments, Tests and a range of other assessment tools are stored in the Gradebook automatically. It has built-in security and monitoring, fewer manual transfer errors and the ability to review mark changes. For more information, refer to the Gradebook guide.

Learn more about grades management tools

Active learning tools can be used to engage students and promote deeper understanding in both online and face-to-face sessions. Collaborative tools allow students to interact and connect with each other in an online platform. For more information, refer to the Active & collaborative learning tools guide.

Learn more about active & collaborative learning tools

A range of student activity and progress reports are available in your Learn.UQ course to help monitor student engagement and progress. For more information, refer to the Student Activity and Progress Reports guide.

Course Insights is a learning analytics tool that provides academics with student data to make meaningful interpretations and to positively inform teaching strategies. For more information, refer to the Course Insights guide.

Blackboard course accessibility tools are integrated within Learn.UQ to assist staff in understanding and addressing accessibility issues in their courses, including a high-level course accessibility report, accessibility scores for new and existing course content, as well as guidance on improving accessibility. For more information, refer to the Course Accessibility Tools guide. 

Learn more about course accessibility tools

eLearning Workshops for centrally supported tools are delivered via Zoom and a range of self-paced online modules are also available. Custom workshops are also available on request. If you are new to Learn.UQ, it is recommended that you complete the Learn.UQ Basics self-paced online module.

eLearning Adviser Consultations are available to help staff implement eLearning solutions for the most common teaching and learning problems, using centrally supported eLearning tools. 

Staff eLearning guides are available to help staff implement centrally supported eLearning tools.

Learn more about professional development

The eLearning Service Status provides useful information to students and staff about any issues that are currently being experienced with UQ's eLearning Systems.

The Spotlight provides useful spotlights on issues that may impact students.

For more information, refer to the eLearning Service Status and Spotlight guide. 

Learn more about eLearning Service Status and Spotlight