Best Practices
Don’t forget to hit record!
If possible, it is recommended that you record any live course sessions, to allow access for those who were not able to attend, had technical difficulties, or perhaps were unable to access the tech required to attend. This is, of course, a personal decision – thank you for considering it. Additionally, if you have PDFs or other annotated files, these could be shared with your class as well (pre- allows them to follow along; post- allows them to review).
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How to work with the unexpected: Continuing your course when you can’t make it to class
Looking for support? Review our schedule of Drop In Sessions or book a consultation with a member of the EdTech Staff!
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Talking TEAL: What does your ideal active learning space look like?
On Friday, January 31, the TEAL Community of Practice hosted a TEAL Talk breakfast. A mix of students, faculty, and staff chatted TEAL (technology enhanced active learning) over frittata (yes, it was worth the early hour!), cranberry buns, and coffee.
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Quercus Course Care for End of Term
That’s right, it’s time to think about archiving your existing course and to start preparing your courses for next term. ROSI-generated Quercus Courses have a pre-determined lifecycle which controls when the courses are available and who can access them.
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Top practical strategies to improve your teaching in an active learning classroom
What are practical techniques that other instructors have implemented to address common teaching challenges when teaching and facilitiating in an active learning classroom?
Read MoreHow do you get from here to there?
One of the most common questions that we get in the EdTech Office is regarding how we take an idea and turn it into a finished project. We thought we’d expose this process, using a recent video project for the Engineering and Computer Science Library.
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TA Training: Top 10 Quercus Questions
For first time TAs (well, all TAs really), administering Quercus can be a challenge. With your new role in the course, there’s a lot more functionality to explore (in fact, you have all the same permissions as an Instructor, minus that you cannot add or remove users). This PDF version of the session reviews what we think are the Top 10 TA-asked Quercus questions – but you ranked them! (You can also view the presentation online.)
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Backchanneling Workshop Readings
Supplemental readings for the EdTech 2019 Workshop on Backchanneling in active learning classrooms.
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MY Manual—an introduction to Myhal 150
This manual is a supplementary resource for the session, MY Manual – A user’s guide to UofT’s Jumbotron led by Scott Ramsay and Shai Cohen.
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EdTech Workshop 2019 – Closing Keynote Resource
Supplemental Document for the EdTech Workshop 2019’s Closing Keynote.
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What is the TEAL Fellowship?
This Fellowship will support you as you create a vibrant, relevant, and effective learning experience for your students that not only prepares them to be leaders in their field but also gives them the opportunity to explore the full breadth of their university experience both inside and outside of the classroom.
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TEAL: A Slacker’s guide to active learning
This is a presentation/workshop that was recorded on Friday, May 04, 2018 in SF3201 as part of the TEAL Fellowship Series.
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