EdTech Blog
Building Interactive Case Studies in Asynchronous Professional Development Courses
ETO’s Learning Module Designer, Maggie shares best practices for building case studies in asynchronous courses. She will use the example of a case study built for the Environment, Social, and Governance course for the Mining Industry Management Program (MIMP). Explore how interactivity, metacognition, and collaboration can be purposefully built into online modules.
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MADE for U of T | Ep. 12 | Developing Online Courses
A new podcast episode on a new podcast platform (Spotify)! In the 12th episode of MADE for U of T, we hear from LinkedIn Learning instructor and author, Curtis Frye, who shares some of his experience developing online courses, and how his approach has evolved over time.
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Faculty Question of the Week (April 24, 2025)
How can I assign a quiz/survey to different course groups?
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Faculty Question of the Week (April 17, 2025)
How can I change the group membership mid-course without affecting anyone’s work?
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EdTech Tip Sheet: April 2025
In this Issue: Quercus End-of-Term Checklist | New MADE podcast episode | Upcoming conferences
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Faculty Question of the Week (March 20, 2025)
Why can’t my students see upcoming discussions on the Discussions page?
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Faculty Question of the Week (March 13, 2025)
Can students see my feedback in SpeedGrader before grades are released?
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EdTech Tip Sheet: February 2025
In this Issue: Update migrated Stream video links in Quercus | Lighting and Video Quality | TESS2024 | Register for Winter 2025 Institute for Engineering Teaching
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Faculty Question of the Week (January 30, 2025)
Why can’t I upload a file to my course?
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Updating your migrated MS Stream Classic video links in Quercus
What is happening? Review the decision tree for key actions related to updating your MS Stream video links.
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How lighting, audio, & camera settings impact talking-head video quality
ETO’s Education Media Specialist, James, shares behind-the-scenes hardward upgrades that improve our production quality of “talking-head” educational videos. We’ll use a recent example, a video created for Professor Alan Chong from Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP). James will discuss the technical setup for lighting, audio and camera, and how each contributes to the quality of the final video.
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EdTech Tip Sheet: December 2024
In this Issue: Meet Yun | Quercus End-of-term Checklist | Select the tools to use next term
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