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Quercus Assignment
The Assignments page in your Quercus course menu will display several forms of assessment in one location

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Gathering Formative Feedback with Mid-Course Evaluations
Mid-course evaluations are generally informal, qualitative evaluations (but can include quantitative questions) created and administered by the instructor sometime near or shortly before the mid-point of the course. These evaluations may ad…

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Assessing Course Development
Assessing Course Development and New Teaching Practices Assessing the success of a new course, assignment, or teaching strategy can provide valuable information for your own teaching development and for formal evaluation of your teaching. T…

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Guidance for Potential Risks in Remote Teaching
This resource has been developed to help guide instructors’ preparations and decision-making when designing a course for online/remote delivery and taking into account students who may have different learning and access needs based on techn…

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Dean, Chairs and Academic Leaders: Tips to Enhance a Department’s Teaching Culture and Climate
This tip sheet draws on many faculty experiences included in the CTSI report Faculty Mentoring for Teaching Report (pdf). How to be a "Champion of Teaching" Ensure there are formative opportunities for instructors to receive feedback on t…

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Tips to Enhance Your Department’s Teaching Climate and Culture
This tip sheet draws on many faculty experiences included in the CTSI report Faculty Mentoring for Teaching Report (pdf). Communicate and Connect Around Mentoring for Teaching Ask your Chair about formal and informal teaching mentors avail…

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Quick Guide to Online Learning
See below for quick reference to key components to consider when setting up your online or remote learning environment. For more information on online learning topics and/or educational technology tools: use related topic links on the righ…

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Quercus Quick Guide
U of T Quercus: Integrated Tools to Facilitate Teaching and Learning The University of Toronto’s academic technology toolbox is powered by Quercus.  Quercus is based on the Canvas Learning Management Engine by Instructure, which offers ad…

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Tool Guide Menu
Tool Finder Are you wondering which tools to choose to achieve learning goals for your course? Use our Tool Finder to see guides for the various tools in our Academic Toolbox.  You can also reach out for guidance on using the tools that bes…

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Past CTSI Workshop Recordings
This page contains recordings of workshops from the Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation (CTSI) and their associated resources, covering various aspects of teaching and learning, as well as Quercus and the Academic Toolbox. Some of ou…

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Quercus course templates and example courses
View Quercus Course Templates We have created course templates to provide instructors and instructional staff with a framework for using the Quercus tools to build their own course sites. View the course templates using the links below, and…

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Course Roles and Permissions
Course-level roles are roles with permissions that allow a user course-level access. Usually users with these roles cannot see more than what is in their Canvas courses. Note: All user permissions trickle down through an account. Additional…

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Institutional Resources 

Undergraduate Research Hub: a resource for faculty, librarians, staff and students to help them navigate undergraduate research at U of T. For faculty, topics include recruitment, management of student researchers, funding opportunities and opportunities to support students in research.

Experiential Learning Hub: a resource for faculty, librarians, staff and students to help them navigate experiential learning at U of T. It shares a typology for the different types of EL found at U of T along with resources for faculty, staff and librarians as they plan and implement an EL initiative.

Folio: is a new system that helps students elevate their University of Toronto experience; from exciting events and enriching clubs to personalized peer mentorship, supports to enhance their academic journey and experiential learning programs. Students are able to explore activities that align with their skills and interests, and seamlessly track their achievements via their Co-Curricular Record.

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