Ultra Course - Documents
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The "Document" item provides Instructors the ability to create multimedia content and resources for their students. |
Ultra documents are designed to support smooth integration of text, image, video, hyperlinks, and other multimedia elements. While file attachments, links, etc can be added to the course content area as independent objects, as a general guideline embedding these objects within an Ultra document will give you more options for tracking and managing student engagement with the course materials.
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Creating a Document
Formatting the Document
Document Settings and Description
The Ultra course view is designed to make scrolling through content faster and more intuitive than original course view. To do this, Ultra limits the visual size of each item within the layout of the content area. By default, an Ultra document displays only a title and header icon when viewed in the course content list. This is a significant change from how items were viewed in original courses, where the entire contents of an item were displayed within its parent folder. In Ultra courses, documents must be opened to display their full contents. You can add a short text description to display in the document header by using the gear icon in the upper right to edit the document settings. The description is limited to 750 characters of plain text - paragraph breaks, bulleted lines, etc will not display properly.
The document settings also include the option to enable class conversations. This option creates a limited, ungraded discussion attached to the document. Users will see a purple alert icon next to the document title in the content list to indicate that conversations are enabled. This is a useful tool for allowing students to leave questions or comments about a reading, lecture, file, etc that is shared within a document. This document has conversations enabled - click the speech bubble icon in the top right to view and respond to the conversation.
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The "Goals & standards" feature is a program/curriculum-level planning tool and is not in active use by any college or department at SU. |