Bruin Learn News & Updates for Winter 2025 Middle-of-Term

  FAQs About Quizzes

• How do I assign a quiz to an individual student? Links to an external site.
• Once I publish a quiz, how can I give my students extra attempts? Links to an external site.
• Once I publish a timed quiz, how can I give my students extra time? Links to an external site.
• How do I view a quiz log for a student? Links to an external site.
• What options can I use to regrade a quiz in a course? Links to an external site.

  Planning for Spring 2025

Spring 2025 course sites are visible on your Bruin Learn dashboard. The following resources can help you build your course sites:

• Video series: Prepare your Bruin Learn Course Site Links to an external site.
• Add and Organize Content

Additional Resources

• Resources for Faculty
• Resources for Teaching Assistants

  Reminder to Submit Spring 2025 Course Reserves Requests 

Instructors: Remember to submit all Spring 2025 Course Reserves requests to UCLA Library by Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Please see the UCLA Library Leganto Guide for further information on Course Reserves, step-by-step instructions on submitting reading lists, and contact information for further assistance.

Bruin Learn Office Hours

Virtual office hours are available Monday through Friday via Zoom, where a team of instructional designers and Bruin Learn Center of Excellence (CoE) staff can help answer your questions about Bruin Learn and Academic Technology Tools.

Canvas Technical Support

Canvas Technical Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  Click the ‘Help’ link at the bottom of the left-hand blue Bruin Learn navigation menu to your left to find the support options available to you. If you do not see the Help menu, please log in to Bruin Learn, first. 

Issues that require additional work to resolve will be escalated to the Bruin Learn Support team.

Local Support

In addition to contacting support via the "Help" icon in Bruin Learn, students and instructors can get in touch with support staff in their Local Units. Visit the Bruin Learn Local Support Contacts page to find the contact information for your local support team, if available. 

Training Materials

Recorded Webinars

Self-Paced Training

Bruin Learn YouTube Channel Links to an external site.

Live Training 

Register for the live training sessions:

Winter Enhancements

Respondus Enhancement - Renaming Respondus

New Features:

• The Respondus link on the course navigation menu will be renamed from “Respondus LockDown Browser” to “LockDown Browser.
• Allows students to access and take these quizzes seamlessly on their iPads.

Hypothesis Enhancement - Hypothesis “Auto Grading”

New Features:

• Gives instructors the option to automatically calculate grades based on the number of notes students add to a Hypothesis assignment and, if desired, send those grades directly to the Bruin Learn gradebook.

iClicker Enhancement - iClicker Events

New Features:

• Allows instructors with an iClicker account to easily run polls without the need to set up a full iClicker course. 
• Participants don’t need an iClicker account to join; instructors simply share a join code via a link or QR code, and participants can respond using a browser on their phone, tablet, or computer—no app installation required.

Publisher Tools Enhancement - 1.3 Update

• The Bruin Learn publisher integrations for Macmillan, Pearson, and VitalSource will be upgraded from Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) version 1.1 to version 1.3.
• The "Pearson MyLab and Mastering" app will be renamed to "Access Pearson." 
• The "Macmillan Learning" app will no longer appear in the course navigation menu but will remain accessible through the modules index menu and the assignment selection menu.

For information on Winter enhancements, please visit the Center of Excellence News & Updates Page.

Peerceptiv Now Available in Bruin Learn

Peerceptiv is now available in Bruin Learn, offering peer review and team member evaluation tools for enhancing collaboration and learning. Learn more by signing up for training or contact Bruin Learn Support for assistance setting up assignments.

Bruin One Access

Starting Fall 2024, UCLA's Bruin One Access program offers undergraduate students all their required textbooks, courseware, and coursepacks for a flat rate of $129 per quarter. This campus-wide initiative aims to improve student outcomes, lower costs, and promote sustainability. Visit the Bruin One Access websiteLinks to an external site. Links to an external site. for more information.

Teaching Assistant (TA) Sites

A new Instructor Hub LTI was developed for Bruin Learn. The initial version focused on Teaching Assistant (TA) Sites, transferring this functionality from the existing MyUCLA web app. TAs, the instructor of record, and sub-account admins can create a companion TA site directly from the main curricular course site on demand.

New Quizzes Resources Hub

The Bruin Learn team has developed the New Quizzes Resource Hub to help instructors and staff learn how to use New Quizzes, a tool for delivering online exams in Bruin Learn. Office hours and live training sessions will be added to the site as they are scheduled.

Bruin Learn Center of Excellence (CoE) Website

Visit the Bruin Learn Center of Excellence (CoE) website for the latest information, tools, services, FAQs, and ways to contact the Bruin Learn CoE.

One of the key features of the new website is the Academic Technology Tools Dashboard which identifies a comprehensive list of educational technology products which are integrated into Bruin Learn or have been requested.