EdTech Blog
Allison Van Beek is the new ETO Director
On July 05, 2022, Tom Coyle, Vice Dean, Undergraduate, FASE announced that Allison has accepted a new role at the Education Technology Office! Read Tom’s announcement below.
Thinking about Crowdmark this year?
Let us know if you are planning to use Crowdmark – you don’t even need to know which class you’ll be teaching – by submitting a Crowdmark interest form.
Announcing the 2022/2023 Academic Toolbox
As instructors begin their planning for the 2022-2023 academic year, Academic and Collaborative Technologies (ACT) wanted to provide a reference guide sharing which tools are available (with support) as part of the University’s Academic Toolbox.
Drop in for a chat about chatting!
While teaching remotely (e.g. via Zoom or Teams) during the pandemic, many instructors observed an increase in student participation via the ‘chat’ function. Thanks to this functionality, more students actively asked and answered questions when classes were online than when classes were held on campus.
ETO Summer School
Summer is a time for reflection and learning at the ETO. Here is what our team is reading, taking on, and learning as we get ready to support you with your courses and projects in Fall 2022.
Faculty Question of the Week (June 23, 2022)
How can I send the results of a Crowdmark exam to only one student?
Faculty Question of the Week (June 16, 2022)
How do I weight my course assignments based on my syllabus using Quercus?
MADE for U of T | Ep. 04 | Laura Mingail
In Ep. 04 we hear from Laura Mingail on using emerging forms of storytelling and technologies.
Do you use Overleaf? (Survey Results)
The goal of this survey was to explore whether a tool of this type would be useful to the Faculty. In total, 199 people responded to the survey.
Lessons learned from presenting at an online conference
ETO member, Inga, shares her experience of presenting at her first online U of T conference. She details how she prepared, what she did during the presentation, and connected with participants post-session.
Stuff we learned from UofT Conferences
We each pulled out memorable moments from the conferences to share.
Faculty Question of the Week (May 19, 2022)
Why don’t the grade totals in Quercus match my own calculations?