This information applies only to the Ultra Course View.
On this page, learn about:
- Navigating inside a course (video)
- Your course environment
- Course content title search
- Course links and web links
Ultra courses are designed to be accessible to all users. For more information about accessibility, including how keyboard navigation works in Ultra, visit our Accessibility Overview page.
Watch a video about Navigating inside a course
The following narrated video provides a visual and auditory representation of some of the information included on this page. For a detailed description of what is portrayed in the video, open the video on YouTube, navigate to More actions, and select Open transcript.
Your course environment
You can open frequently used pages with the navigation bar. Select the Content, Calendar, Announcements, Discussions, Gradebook, Messages, Groups, and Achievements tabs to use them. Your institution may not use all the pages, so unused pages will be hidden.
The Details & Actions section has course information and tools with these options:
- Roster: Access basic profile cards for your classmates. All course members appear in the roster. You can't remove yourself.
- Course Description: Provides a high-level summary of your course's goals, expectations, and pedagogical approach to the course.
- Progress Tracking: Check your progress relating to your course content, assignments, and tests. This may or may not be turned on for your course.
- Class Collaborate: Use an open Class Collaborate session as a convenient launch point for scheduled and impromptu meetings. This may or may not be turned on for your course.
- Attendance: If your instructor uses the attendance feature, you can access your records.
- Groups: Review or join course groups your instructor has created.
- Announcements: Access course announcements your instructor has posted.
- Books & Tools: Access the tools available in your course and your institution.
Course content: All of your course content is in the main part of the page. Select an item, such as an assignment, document, or link, to access that content. Select the Exit button to navigate back to a previous spot in your course. Select a folder or learning module to access the content nested inside it. Progress tracking keeps track of what content you've completed and what you still need to complete.
More on content in your courses
New activity: There's a new activity indicator for whenever there's new activity in a discussion, journal, or conversation on a course item. The new activity indicator appears as a purple speech bubble.
Course content title search
You can search for items by title on the Course Content page. Select the Search course content button, which appears as a magnifying glass, to expand the search field.
In the search field, enter a few letters of the keyword related to the item of your search.
The course search function lists the titles of matched items as you enter letters. Select the item from the list to access the corresponding content.
Select Show all item results at the end of the list for the details of all matched items. Select the item that you want to access.
To do another search, exit the search field to clear your previous entry. You can also delete the search field contents and enter a different keyword.
Select Clear search to clear the detailed list of search results. You'll return to the Course Content page.
The search display functions in a different way when the browser is not in full screen.
Course links and web links
Course links
You can refer to content contained in other sections of your course with course links. For example, your instructor may want you to revisit an earlier reading assignment before a quiz. Instead of having you search through old folders and modules to find this reading, your instructor can create a course link for easy access.
The course link has a link button associated with the target item.
Web links
You can refer to websites contained outside of your course with web links. For example, your instructor may direct you to an external dictionary or thesaurus to use during a writing assignment.
When creating web links, your instructor can choose whether the linked content opens in another window in your browser or in a panel within the course.
A web link is on the Course Content page with a link button.
Some content won't display on a panel in the course. A banner warns you that some content may not be displayed unless opened in a new window. You can choose to open the content in a new window or close the banner.
