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Faculty Question of the Week (February 26, 2026)
Is it possible to bulk-adjust grades in a Quercus quiz for students who have already submitted it, if a question is corrected after their submissions?
Faculty Question of the Week (February 12, 2026)
Why are some teams and their submissions missing in SpeedGrader, even though all teams appear correctly on the People navigation page in Quercus?
The 2025 MAPLE Media Awards
The Education Technology Office has been recognized by the 2025 MAPLE Media Awards.
Faculty Question of the Week (January 22, 2026)
Is there a way to create a 5-point rating scale in a horizontal format in a Quercus survey?
FASE Faculty Perspective: Setting up a recording for a panel discussion
Professor Samin Aref, a faculty member in U of T’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, was interested in creating short-form video content to be shared in his Engineering Economics […]
Faculty Question of the Week (January 15, 2026)
When I set up a Quercus quiz for my in-person final exam to enter students’ grades, why doesn’t it count toward the final grade in Quercus?
Faculty Question of the Week (January 8, 2026)
I lost most students’ Quercus quiz submissions after reopening the quiz to accommodate a few students. Is there a way to restore them?
Quercus Updates (January 2026)
This update: SpeedGrader performance and usability upgrades, Gradebook visibility and scheduling enhancements, and a new grading interface for Crowdmark.
Upcoming MyMedia changes to student-created videos
The MyMedia team is introducing a new cleanup process to support better long-term data stewardship at the University of Toronto. As part of this work, videos uploaded by student accounts […]
Stuff we learned at TESS 2025
Each ETO staff member shared their key takeaways from TESS 2025.
Respondus LockDown Browser Now Available in FASE
FASE is adopting a new tool for securing in-person Quercus quizzes. What is happening? As of December 2025, the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering (FASE) has officially enabled Respondus […]