This guide will outline how to add members to your Learn Ultra course in different roles.
For more information see the Anthology Blackboard Learn Ultra guidance on how to enrol users.
In almost every case students will be enrolled onto and removed from your Learn Ultra course via an automatic integration. If you believe that a student should be or should not be enrolled upon your course please contact the CIS Service Desk in the first instance before enrolling or un-enrolling them yourself.
Adding a member to your course
In your Learn Ultra course:
- select ‘View everyone on your course‘ in the left-hand menu beneath ‘Class Register‘
- click on the ‘+‘ icon in the top right-hand side of the page. Select ‘Enrol People‘
- search for a user to enrol, either using their name or their username within Learn Ultra (if known)
- select the role that you would like to give the user from the drop-down list
- select ‘Save’.
Learn Ultra course roles explained
Your role in a Learn Ultra course define what you are able to do within it. Most of these roles come as standard with Learn Ultra (read more in Anthology’s guidance here) however the Module Administrator role is custom to Durham.
| Role | You get… | Suitable For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instructor | Complete control over a course | Module conveners, academics on a team-taught module | |
| Module Administrator | Complete control over a course | Learning and Teaching Administrators | While materially the same as an Instructor, the Module Administrator role makes it simpler for students to discern who their teachers are within a Course while giving administrators the power they need to do support learning, teaching and assessment activities. |
| Teaching Assistant | Most of the capabilities of an instructor | Teaching assistants, instructional designers | Not used heavily. The Course Builder and Marker roles have additional scopes that are better suited to demonstrators and markers. |
| Course Builder | The ability to build content (with limits) | Teaching Assistants, Demonstrators, Instructional Designers | This role cannot view or mark pieces of submitted work. |
| Marker | The ability to mark work | External examiners | This role gives somebody the ability to access scripts but not alter course content. |
| Student | To access and interact with the course | Students | Usually also suitable for students auditing a module. |
The Primary Instructor role does not have any additional powers, but it does make it easier for students to spot the Module Convener on a team taught module.
There is no Guest role in Learn Ultra courses.
Removing staff and students from your Learn Ultra Course
You cannot remove someone with the Instructor role from a course. You must first change their role to Student and then they can be removed.
You are strongly advised not to remove registered students from your course without careful consideration. Removing a student will permanently disassociate their account with any interactions within the course such as assignment submissions.