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Quercus Rich Content Editor Icon Maker
  The Rich Content editor Icon Maker allows instructors to create simple icons for their courses.

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Reassessing Assessment
U of T faculty members reflect on their experiences creating assessment in an online teaching environment. Resources can be found at the bottom of the page. Safieh Moghaddam, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Associate Chair, Linguistic…

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Captioning Recorded Videos
Captions make recorded course videos more accessible and inclusive. Ontario’s Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) sets expectations for accessibility in teaching and learning, and captioning recorded materials is one im…

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Willo Labs
The Willo Labs integration is no longer available. The vendor has discontinued this service. If you had used Willo Labs in the past to integrate your publisher ebook and/or courseware into your Quercus course, please contact your

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How to Hold a Vote to Modify Methods of Evaluation
From Supporting Course Resiliency: Best Practices for Teaching Staff Understand the framework for modifying methods of evaluation Become familiar with the policy governing grading practices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD8r4q0rTd4 Even…

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Instructor Resource: 5 Tips to Help Students
Supporting Your Online/Remote Learning Instructors and Learning Strategists care about your transition to the University of Toronto online/remote environment and want to assist you in your learning during these challenging times. More detai…

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Resilient Course Design
Resilient course design is a framework for understanding how to design courses that account for variability in conditions. A resilient course design can reduce workload later in the term by preemptively putting in place processes for handli…

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WileyPLUS
  WileyPLUS is an optional integration in Quercus.   The WileyPLUS tool provides direct single sign-on access to WileyPLUS online content directly from a Quercus course.

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Quercus Mobile Apps
Quercus is available as a mobile application by searching your device’s app store for “Canvas Student” The Canvas Student mobile app allows instructors and students to conveniently access their course content, an

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Quercus MasteryPaths
  MasteryPaths in an option that can be enabled in Quercus. It allows instructors to customize

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Hypothesis
Hypothesis is a collaborative (or social) annotation tool that allows instructors and students to annotate webpag

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Collaborative Annotation Tools
Collaborative annotation (or social annotation) tools are available to support community learning and collaboration on digital content.  These tools make it possible for multiple collaborators to comment or annotate in the same document and…

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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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