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Team Up!
  Team Up! is a web-based group assessment tool made to encourage group/team work, peer teaching, engagement with course materials, and active learning. The assessment tool is designed to make students work together to

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Teaching Tools Criteria Checklist
Are thinking about adopting a new teaching tool for use in your class? This checklist contains important questions to ask before you decide to adopt any teaching technology; the answers will help you determine the safety and accessibility o…

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Quizzical
  Quizzical is an on-line, multiple-choice question writing and testing tool. Students are selected at random to author questions and can be required to meet criteria for taking quizzes.  Student authored questions may be di

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Piazza
  Piazza is a platform for instructors to efficiently manage class Q&A. Students can post questions and collaborate to edit responses to these questions. Instructors can also answer questions, endorse student answers, and

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PeppeR
  PeppeR is an online discussion tool where students can engage in in-depth inquiry supportive of their efforts to share information, identify key ideas, and progressively work to improve those ideas.

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peerScholar
  The peerScholar peer assessment tool enables students to provide constructive feedback on each others’ work and facilitates critical reflection on how they might improve their own work. peerScholar targets meta-cognit

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Access Pearson
  Access Pearson is an optional integration in Quercus that provides instructors and students with access to course materials and learning activities developed by Pearson. “MyLab and Maste

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Opencast
The Opencast Content Capture System (OCCS) allows for lectures to be recorded live within a classroom and stored, edited and shared within a Quercus course. Opencast software is for automated content capture, processing, managing

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Accessibility Guidelines for Teaching and Learning
Introduction: What is Accessibility? Accessibility is about creating inclusive learning environments that support the participation of all students, including those with visible and invisible disabilities. Accessibility ensures that everyo…

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Online Course Design Guidelines
The following guidelines provide a roadmap for instructors during the course design process or as a “self-evaluation” tool to assist instructors in revision of an existing online course using the rubric and suggested examples. This research…

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ProctorU: Privacy and Security Information Notice for Students
Selected University of Toronto departments have contracted with ProctorU® and have taken steps to protect the privacy of the recordings and other personal information in keeping with Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIP…

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Online Proctoring
Online proctoring (eProctoring) offers students the possibility of writing exams off-campus, while assuring academic integrity is maintained. In order to accomplish this, students may write an assessment in an online environment, supervised…

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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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