Tool Guides
Welcome to the Academic Toolbox
This is the search page for specific individual tools available in the U of T Academic Toolbox.
Within the search area below, you can select Toggle Filters to sort the Tool Guides based on integrations type or place in the Academic Toolbox category. Our Tool Finder provides a menu of tools in various pedagogical categories.
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View our Teaching with Technology resources to assist your decision.
WileyPLUS is an optional integration in Quercus that provides direct single sign-on access to WileyPLUS online content.
The Canvas Teacher mobile app allows instructors and course staff to access course content and receive course communications on a mobile device.
The Canvas Student mobile app allows instructors and students to conveniently access
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The Microsoft 365 integration allows students and instructors to collaborate on the same OneDrive file within Quercus.
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The Microsoft 365 integration allows instructors to assign and collect assignments Microsoft OneDrive files within Quercus.
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- assignments ,
- course design ,
- M365 ,
- manage course ,
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- Office 365 ,
- OneDrive
Further information and resources for instructors, academic administrators, and students, is available on the course evaluations website:
The Assignments page in your Quercus course menu will display several forms of assessment in one location
Support is direct with the vendor, Gravic. Please see their web site for a free demo and tour of Office OMR at gravic.com
The software license is free to departments
Zoom is a cloud-based video communications tool that allows you to set up virtual video and audio conferencing, webinars, live chats, screen-sharing, and other collaborative capabilities.
As of August 2022, Quercu
The University of Toronto has licensed TechSmith Snagit as the institutional lecture recording solution to provide screen and audio recording. Resulting videos are saved locally on the computer where they were recorde
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Add your course learning outcomes as Outcomes on Quercus so that they can be included in rubrics when grading student assignments, discussions or quizzes. This provides an easy way to assess student achievement of th
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