EdTech Blog

The 2025 MAPLE Media Awards

January 23, 2026

The Education Technology Office has been recognized by the 2025 MAPLE Media Awards.

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Faculty Question of the Week (January 22, 2026)

January 22, 2026

Is there a way to create a 5-point rating scale in a horizontal format in a Quercus survey?

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FASE Faculty Perspective: Setting up a recording for a panel discussion

January 19, 2026

Professor Samin Aref, a faculty member in U of T’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, was interested in creating short-form video content to be shared in his Engineering Economics […]

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Faculty Question of the Week (January 15, 2026)

January 15, 2026

When I set up a Quercus quiz for my in-person final exam to enter students’ grades, why doesn’t it count toward the final grade in Quercus?

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Faculty Question of the Week (January 8, 2026)

January 8, 2026

 I lost most students’ Quercus quiz submissions after reopening the quiz to accommodate a few students. Is there a way to restore them?

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Quercus Updates (January 2026)

January 7, 2026

This update: SpeedGrader performance and usability upgrades, Gradebook visibility and scheduling enhancements, and a new grading interface for Crowdmark.

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Upcoming MyMedia changes to student-created videos

December 18, 2025

The MyMedia team is introducing a new cleanup process to support better long-term data stewardship at the University of Toronto. As part of this work, videos uploaded by student accounts […]

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Stuff we learned at TESS 2025

December 18, 2025

Each ETO staff member shared their key takeaways from TESS 2025.

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Respondus LockDown Browser Now Available in FASE

December 10, 2025

FASE is adopting a new tool for securing in-person Quercus quizzes. What is happening? As of December 2025, the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering (FASE) has officially enabled Respondus […]

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Faculty Question of the Week (December 4, 2025)

December 4, 2025

What are my options to facilitate student interaction in Quercus?

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