Order Non SI-net Course/Organisation Courses and UQ Extend Courses (Ultra)

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

Process for approving a Organisation/non SI-net course

Upon completion of a non SI-net request an email will be forwarded to the Head of your Organisational unit for approval.
Head of the Organisational Unit/delegate receives the request via email. This email is automatically copied to the requesting staff member.
An “approved and any conditions” or “not approved and the reason” return email is to be sent by the HOU to the address supplied in the request email. (It is recommended that the email is copied to the requester.)
On receipt of a return email approving the organisation, ITS Blackboard support will setup the organisation and populate it as requested.
The requester is then notified of the creation of this organisation.
On receipt of a “not approved” email, the email will be forwarded to the requester.

Can quizzes be included in the course?

Yes, Blackboard includes a test tool and results are stored in the course Grade Centre. (Refer Tests and Question Banks)

Can results of quizzes be downloaded / extracted?

Yes, results can be downloaded to a spreadsheet. (Refer Download a spreadsheet from the Grade Centre)

Results can also be uploaded to Workday, but this requires:

Agreement from the Team Leader, HRIS Operations in HR Information Systems.
A request to ITS (via Helpdesk) to provide the feed to HR. HR then will have to configure the system to accept the data feed.

Does the course have to be rolled over yearly?

As per the UQ eLearning Policy, Organisation and non SI-net courses are established with a duration of one academic year. As such, they will need to be rolled over yearly using the Course/Community Site Request Forms.

Courses need to be rolled over so:

The course displays on the Learn.UQ (Blackboard) Welcome page.
Old participants are removed from the course (this is especially important for courses with students enrolled).

Other considerations:

Blackboard training is recommended:
- Learn.UQ Basics for Professional staff OR Learn.UQ Basics
- Learn.UQ: Test, Quizzes and Exams
Ensure multiple staff are familiar with the course design and attend training to protect against staff changes.
Consider contacting your Educational Designer to enhance the quality of the course.

How to request a new blank non SI-net Course/Organisation Site

How to request a copy of a non SI-net Course/Organisation Site

How to request enrolments to UQ Extend courses or non SI-net courses

When you complete the Course Creation form you can request participants are enrolled using the following methods:

Self enrolment
Manual population of staff
- enrol participants yourself (refer Enrol users).
- include a list of participant user names when you complete the Course Creation form.
Automatic population of staff i.e. Specific the group
- All staff
- By Faculty
- By school
Automatic population of students
- By Faculty - requires ADA permission
- Other student groups - requires permission of the Academic Registrar

Note: The staff or students groups enrolled in the course should be as targeted as possible. i.e. Do not request All Staff unless the course is relevant to all UQ staff.

Can non UQ participants enrol in the course?

You can manually create accounts for each non UQ participant. (Refer External Users tool)

How to request enrolments:

Go to https://learn.uq.edu.au.
Click on the Institution page.
Select the Site Request Forms link within Course sites section.

Institution page and site request forms circled

Click on the Enrolment button.

enrolments button circled

Type course code or course title and select the required course from the list.

site list

6. Type the course codes in the Enrolments/merged courses and Other requirements section (optional) and click on the Submit button.

site request form