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...
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Quizzes in Quercus are assignments that can be used to challenge student understanding and assess comprehension of course material. The quiz tool is used to create and administer online quizzes and surveys. Quizzes can also be used to...
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...
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...
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...
Microsoft Teams is a chat-based collaborative work space that brings together people, content, and conversations. MS Teams Meetings can be used to hold classes or record webinars for both synchronous and asynchronous online...
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...
UT Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) Grade Upload tool is used to upload grades produced from optical mark recognition software such as Remark Office and OpScan in to the Quercus Gradebook.
Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Quercus.
LockDown Browser only works with Quercus quizzes.
