Quercus is available as a mobile application by searching your device’s app store for “Canvas”.
The “Canvas by Instructure” mobile app allows instructors and students to conveniently access their course...
Tool Guides
Canvas notifications is an automatic way to stay on top of activity in your courses as well as contributing to communication with your students. Individual users have the ability to customize their Quercus notification settings to...
Cogniti enables the authoring of generative AI virtual chatbots tailored for students to engage with course content and facilitate their learning. Cogniti incorporates key educational features designed for instructors to gain insight into...
The Microsoft Copilot service is currently available to the public, but the public version does not have full privacy and data protections; instead, the University has access to an enterprise edition, which does conform to the University’s...
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...
When opening a PDF file from within OneDrive or Sharepoint web, various options are available including:
Annotation and markup tools
Extract PDF pages and make a new PDF
Merge PDF pages into a new PDF
Compress your PDF file...
Access and share OneDrive files from your Quercus course.
The Microsoft 365 OneDrive integration in Quercus allows students and instructors to use, create, share, and collaborate on OneDrive files within Quercus.
This integration is...
Microsoft Clipchamp is a video playback and editing tool built into the Microsoft 365 environment.
It offers a range of features, including drag-and-drop editing, customizable templates, and AI-powered tools for tasks like...
Microsoft 365, available to University of Toronto faculty, students, and staff, offers a variety of tools and applications, many of which can be used to support teaching and learning goals. These tools can enhance student...
Microsoft’s Accessibility Checker is a tool available in various Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. It helps ensure that your documents are accessible to people with disabilities by identifying...
Microsoft Immersive Reader is designed to enhance reading comprehension and accessibility within Microsoft applications, including Word, OneNote, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, and more. Immersive Reader supports language learners and...
Many instructors use rich media files (videos and pictures) as part of their teaching. While Quercus does not have the capacity to host many files, we have other institutional solutions that can provide a solution.
We recommend alternative...