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Welcome to the Learn Ultra Feedback Program!

By joining this program (formerly called Insiders), you will be made aware of each opportunity to participate in our feedback sessions, including focus groups, usability testing, surveys, etc.

We run a weekly focus group and the session is limited to ten people. Anyone can take part, a basic knowledge of Ultra would be an advantage but a willingness to participate and share feedback is the key requirement.
Please sign up by registering for a focus group listed on the right side. As these focus groups are limited to ten individuals, please only register if you plan to attend. We will try to share the discussion topic ahead of the meeting. You will receive an email with the online location.

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Feedback session topics?

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@Claire Gardener Thanks for providing the next several session dates and times for the focus group/feedback sessions. At one point you had specific topics for each session. Lately there is no mention of specific topics and I am unsure ...

Karly Good Category Ultra Insider Program Nov '24

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Nov '24

Hi @Karly Good

Thanks for your feedback. Not announcing a topic does help to remove bias in our focus groups. We do ...

Nov '24

@Claire Gardener If it is focussed on course content then most people are probably going to be able to contribute, ...

Grades view for Late submissions

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I would like to see in the Grades view some kind of alert that a student submitted a test past the due date. In older Bb there was an exclamation point. In this version, there is nothing. You have to click into the gradable items, click the ...

Mary Graziano Category Ultra Insider Program Sep '24

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Sep '24

Dear Mary
I would encourage you to look at the ideas exchange: ...

Sep '24

@Ciska Snyman just like everything in Bb-many clicks, registering again?! So very annoying

Request to add instructional staff to groups

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TA’s and professors cannot currently be added to groups along with students. I would like to be automatically copied on emails my TA’s send to their lab (which is part of my course) and the best way to do this is to add me to the group. I would ...

David Thompson Category Ultra Insider Program Sep '24

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Sep '24

Dear David
We just use Student Preview in this instance but I do agree with you, you should go add it to the Ideas ...

Request for references supporting restriction of ...

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I teach chemistry and find that within chemistry there are natural hierarchies inherent to the material that are deeper than three levels. Thus, I feel that there is a tension between the hierarchical simplicity of 3 levels, and the ...

David Thompson Category Ultra Insider Program Sep '24

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Sep '24

Dear David
We have enabled 4 levels at my institutions, this works well for us for those that use it.
An example:

My ...

Request for more click-efficient group assignment ...

The programming for creating the groups is cumbersome for large classes. Every student requires a click on the 3 dots, then a selection, and then the screen jumps to the group. To add the next student, you have to scroll back up and repeat ...

David Thompson Category Ultra Insider Program Sep '24

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Request to add the same staff member to multiple groups ...

Currently, if a person is a member of one group, they cannot be added to a second. However, I have TA’s that TA multiple sections, so I want to be able to simultaneously add them to multiple groups. I would like to request that faculty be ...

David Thompson Category Ultra Insider Program Sep '24

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Request for ability to add content tabs, and for an ...

I postponed the switch to ultra as long as I could, but now have been forced to move and have done so. I do not mind the new features but have been very frustrated that so much faculty autonomy has been removed. It definitely feels like a ...

David Thompson Category Ultra Insider Program Sep '24

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Adding questions to a deployed test pool.

I wanted to write some new questions for a test pool that I have linked to a test. When I hit "add question" under the test in BB ultra, it opened all of the test pools I have deployed. I just wanted to add a new question to the test and have it ...

David Hall Category Ultra Insider Program Aug '24

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Gradebook Management

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It would be great to have some of the features of Gradebook Management (as in Original Learn) such as column organization, Grading periods and color coding. These make the grade book much more personalized for individual ...

Daniel DiStasio Category Ultra Insider Program Jul '24

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