A Sandbox course is a space created for an individual instructor to experiment with Quercus, the Canvas-based teaching and learning environment.
This Quercus course is setup with an enrolment of 1, yourself, so you are free to experiment...
Tool Guides
The Rich Content editor Icon Maker allows instructors to create simple icons for their courses.
The Rich Content Editor (RCE) is the editor used in Quercus that allows you to enter text, links, images, files, and other forms of content.
The Rich Content Editor can be used...
The Redirect tool allows instructors and course staff to add custom links to the course navigation menu. The custom links can be created for external web resources or other Quercus pages. This tool will save students from having to...
Quercus course content can be presented in two ways: Pages and Modules.
Modules can link to Pages, and Pages can link to Modules.
Modules are a way to organize course content. Pages give flexibility on how to display course...
MasteryPaths in an option that can be enabled in Quercus. It allows instructors to customize or differentiate learning based on student performance. Instructors identify different activities for each learning path to help students...
Instructors may wish to add TEACHING ASSISTANTS or other individuals to their Quercus course. Quercus allows you to select from a number of course roll types, each with different levels of access. Course roles include: student,...
Groups can be used used to form smaller groups within a class to facilitate collaboration on group assignments, wiki pages, discussions and any activity that would benefit from having a smaller group of participants.
Groups can also...
Instructors can download a class list for their administrative records. This will also allow them to manage grades offline.
Cross-listing allows Instructors to combine the enrolments from multiple sections into a single course. Instructors who teach multiple sections of the same course (such as multiple lecture, tutorial, practicum, or lab sections) may wish to...
Copy Content from another Course in Quercus
Reuse existing content from one of your courses to another.
The import feature is available to Teacher, TA, Course Staff, Designer and Librarian roles.
The Library Resources integration provides quick access to commonly used library links, including the library’s article and catalogue search. Request a customized course research guide by contacting your liaison librarian.