Building Content in Ultra Course View

Building Content in Ultra Course View

This article is for instructors looking for more information regarding how to build content within their Ultra courses.


Overview

Content is anything within a course that students can interact with. Some basic examples of content include:

  • Learning Modules

  • Documents

  • Files

  • Kaltura Videos

  • Course Assessments

  • Tool links

In Ultra courses, all content is created on the “Course Content” page, which is the landing page of Ultra courses. New content items can be added at the first level of a course, or within learning modules or folders. This article will go over the instructions on how to build content within your Ultra course.


Video Instructions


Building Content on the Course Content page

  1. Navigate to your Ultra Course.

  2. The landing page is called Course Content. This is where all of course content and assessments will be built and organized.

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  3. To add new content, hover your cursor over the plus signs on the left side of the page.

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  4. The line will turn purple and a plus sign will be visible at the left-hand side

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  5. Click the plus sign, and a drop-down menu listing the types of content you can build will appear.

  6. Click Create, then select the type of content you want to add.

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Building Content in Learning Modules or Folders

New content can also be added directly within the collapsible container of a module/folder.

  1. From the Course Content page, click the down-arrow on the right side of a folder or Learning module. This will expand the contents.

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  2. From the expanded module/folder, click the indented purple (+) sign.

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  3. A drop-down menu listing the types of content you can build will appear. Click Create, then select the type of content you want to add.

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For more information or assistance with HuskyCT, please contact the Educational Technology Office at edtech@uconn.edu or (860) 486-5052 (M-F 9am-4pm).