EdTech Blog

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Nice to meet you, Sandra!

October 18, 2021

Sandra Duong joins the EdTech Office (ETO) as our new Educational Technologist. At the ETO, Sandra will be our first point of contact when you contact us.

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Quercus Updates (October 7, 2021)

October 7, 2021

This week: Importing SCORM packages into Quercus, This Week’s Faculty Question: How can I export a roster of the student groups in my course?

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Quercus Updates (September 23, 2021)

September 23, 2021

This week: Plagiarism Detection Tool (Ouriginal) known issues, This Week’s Faculty Question: Is there an alternative to the UT Advanced Group Tool for getting a list of emails for the students in my course?

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Introducing MADE for U of T

Introducing M.A.D.E. for U of T

September 22, 2021

Connecting educational media makers and designers across U of T.

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Introducing Eric & Ryan!

September 17, 2021

The ETO’s Content Production team has two new staff members – Eric McMullan and Ryan Spooner. The ETO is back on campus for in person filming! Can you tell we’re excited?

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Quercus Updates (September 16, 2021)

September 16, 2021

This week: Update to Assign to field (Assignments, Quizzes, and graded Discussions),This Week’s Faculty Question: How do I set up the Quercus calendar so students can easily see the monthly calendar just for my course?

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Teaching with Zoom

September 1, 2021

This blog post provides the recording and session files from the Teaching with Zoom session by Inga Breede on August 31, 2021.

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Ouriginal replaces Turnitin!

August 27, 2021

From the August 27, 2021 Academic and Collaborative Technology Memo (see University of Toronto’s Plagiarism Detection Tool memo for full version):

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Supporting Accommodations for Students

August 18, 2021

Do you have students in your course that you’re accommodating online until they can arrive on campus?

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MathMatize Your Classroom: A Webinar by Prof. Jonathan Herman

August 16, 2021

MathMatize is a new online math-learning platform co-developed by Prof. Jonathan Herman. This reviews his Lessons Learned Webinar.

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