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Quercus Updates (April 5, 2019)

April 5, 2019

This week: BB Collaborate Scheduled Maintenance & Adding extra students to Assignment.

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Quercus Updates (March 29, 2019)

March 29, 2019

This week: UTORid Display Name Issue Resolved & giving extra quiz attempts.

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Quercus Updates (March 22, 2019)

March 22, 2019

This week: DocViewer Issue Resolved & removing a student from a group.

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Quercus Updates (March 15, 2019)

March 15, 2019

This week: New TechSmith Snagit Guides & embedding a video and file size.

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Quercus Updates (March 8, 2019)

March 8, 2019

This week: eMarks Schedule Maintenance & adding People using their UTORid

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Quercus Updates (March 1, 2019)

March 1, 2019

This week: Turnitin Bug Fix & how to add a non U of T user to Quercus.

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What is the TEAL Fellowship?

February 6, 2019

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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Get Involved In The canvas Migration at Engineering

November 27, 2018

The University of Toronto has officially announced that we will be moving from our existing Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard (known at U of T as the Portal) to a new Learning Management Engine (LME), Instructure’s Canvas (intro video here!).

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Quercus Migration To Do List

July 9, 2018

We’re hitting the home stretch – it’s almost time to say our final good bye to Blackboard. As we approach the end of August, there are some things you’re going to want to check off your To Do List.

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Q Migration: Process and Timeline

June 22, 2018

This is not an official project timeline by any means – it is just an overview of how you might consider breaking up the next year, as we migrate from Blackboard/Portal to Canvas/Quercus.

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After you’ve Migrated: Let’s Build!

June 13, 2018

If you attended an Quercus Migration session, you’ll know that that session focused largely on supporting your decision on how to export your existing content from Blackboard.

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TEAL: A Slacker’s guide to active learning

May 17, 2018

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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