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Building ECE241 for Online Learning

March 23, 2021

You make the content, we do the building! Let’s explore how the ETO provided technical support to create the Quercus course for ECE241 – Digital Systems.

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How to Motivate and Retain Online Learners

March 19, 2021

Dr. Curtis Bonk gives ideas on how to motivate students online, hosted by Contact North.

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Weekly Quercus Updates (March 18, 2021)

March 18, 2021

This week: MathJax Enabled for Quercus, Page Refreshes between Gradebook and Individual View, This Week’s Faculty Question: I created a Quercus Quiz with a combination of multiple-choice and short-answer questions.

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Six Key Takeaways from the 2020 UofT ETRAC Student Survey

March 12, 2021

Explore 6 Key Takeaways from the Educause Technology Research in the Academic Community (ETRAC) U of T Student Survey!

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Weekly Quercus Updates (March 11, 2021)

March 11, 2021

This week: BB Collaborate Update, This Week’s Faculty Question: I want to share some new resources with my students and am planning to send them an announcement in Quercus.

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March EdTech Events

March 5, 2021

Upcoming events: Click to register for Online tools for effective and efficient feedback (postponed) | EdTech Workshop 2021

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Weekly Quercus Updates (March 4, 2021)

March 4, 2021

This week: Canvas Deploy Notes, This Week’s Faculty Question: I’d like my students to submit a short video as an assignment? What are the best tools for them to record and share their video?

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Weekly Quercus Updates (February 25, 2021)

February 25, 2021

This week: Canvas Release Notes, BB Collaborate Release Notes, This Week’s Faculty Question: I’m experiencing connection and audio issues in my BbCollaborate session. What can I do to address them?

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Teaching with Quercus – Managing Online Discussions of Difficult Topics

February 23, 2021

Discussing difficult subjects is challenging in both face-to-face and online/remote teaching contexts, but when done well, can result in a meaningful learning experience for you and your students!

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CTSI: Office 365 for Teaching and Learning Series

February 23, 2021

The Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI) is a University of Toronto organization that provides support for pedagogy and pedagogy-driven instructional technology for all teaching staff. Check out their Quercus Support Resources for all of their Quercus videos and workshop recordings.

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Weekly Quercus Updates (February 18, 2021)

February 18, 2021

Canvas Deploy Notes, Training, Documentation and Communication,This Week’s Faculty Question: I need to assign a quiz only to a specific group of students in my course. How can I do that in Quercus Quizzes?

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