AI Tutor Pro is a Generative AI student study tool developed by Contact North | Contact Nord.
This student-facing tool is designed to be a studying aid for students.
Instructors can use this tool to test out the results with their...
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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...
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...
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...
Online discussion with and between students in a course can be a very powerful and effective teaching tool. Quercus Discussions can be used to support online (asynchronous) discussions. Instructors can create prompts for student...
A wiki page allows a group of people to capture and share ideas. It can be used for small group or whole class collaboration per an instructor’s criteria.
An instructor can set up the desired structure ahead of time, as a...
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.
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...