The Rich Content Editor can be used with:
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Instructors may want to access course data from Quercus to better understand student course interactions, the effectiveness of quiz questions or assignments, or review academic integrity related concerns. Reports can be generated...
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...
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...
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...
McGraw-Hill Connect is an optional integration in Quercus, that provides instructors and students with access to course materials and learning activities developed by McGraw-Hill.
The Library Reading List application manages course reserves material reserved through the University of Toronto Library’s Course Reserve and Syllabus Service System. This tool creates a single list of all the course materials you...
iClicker (commonly called “clickers”) is a classroom response system currently supported at the University of Toronto.
iClicker Cloud works in combination with presentation software like PowerPoint or Keynote. Instructors use the software...
Microsoft Teams Meetings sessions can be used for online/remote course delivery. This allows instructors to quickly enable remote learning for students by creating an audio or video meeting. Advantages of using MS Teams...
The Quercus Accessibility Checker, integrated within the Quercus (Canvas) Learning Management System, offers several key features to help ensure content is accessible to all users by scanning course content for accessibility issues, such...
The University’s JupyterHub is an open-source, web-based platform that offers an interactive standardized Python and R computing environment without burdening users with installation and maintenance tasks. Instructors and students can work...
The Rich Content editor Icon Maker allows instructors to create simple icons for their courses.