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Assessment Set-Up Lab: Check Your Quercus & Crowdmark Settings
Need a second set of eyes on your assignment, quiz, or Crowdmark setup? Sign up for this lab session where we’ll walk through your course settings together. Bring your laptop and any draft assessments – you’ll leave knowing your Gradebook, due dates, and settings are student-ready!
Lessons Learned from the Digital Pedagogy Institute Conference
Maggie and Yun discuss their key takeaways from the 11th Annual Digital Pedagogy Institute Conference. They share how the sessions encouraged them to rethink the role of technology and teaching practices in shaping academic setting.
Faculty Question of the Week (September 10, 2025)
What is the recommended method for TAs to import grades for their individual tutorial sections?
The ETO Studio doors are open this fall
The ETO is hosting a series of drop-in “Doors Open” sessions this Fall term for the FASE community to visit our studio space and ask us any questions about the different setups that we do.
Quercus Updates (September 2025)
This update: Quercus Files area redesign, new dyslexia-friendly font for Quercus users, Piazza UI redesign and new instructor tools, and a new way to access Crowdmark directly through Quercus.
Faculty Question of the Week (August 21, 2025)
How can I give Quercus access to deferred exam students after a course has concluded, while still restricting other students from viewing the course?
MADE for U of T | Ep. 13 | Generative AI in practice
In the 13th episode of MADE for U of T, we hear from artist and new media educator Jon Ippolito about the evolving role of generative AI in teaching, creativity, and the future of media.
Faculty Question of the Week (August 7, 2025)
If I want to create a lightboard video at the ETO, do I need to learn to write backwards and plan out what I want to write beforehand?
Behind-the-Scenes: How We Approach Capturing Backgrounds for Green Screen Productions
Marisa and James show the behind-the-scenes of capturing backgrounds for green screen videos.
Start Strong Learn Together Sessions: Summer 2025 Edition
The ETO is relaunching the Start Strong: Learning Together series this summer to help FASE instructors get their Quercus courses ready for fall. These practical, hands-on sessions cover course setup, assessments, and communication strategies. The sessions are offered both online (via Zoom) and in-person (in the ETO Studio, capped at 10 participants).
Lessons Learned from the Session: Using Crowdmark for Collaborative In-Class Activities at Scale at Crowdmark Community Conference 2025
Yun discusses her takeaways from the session at Crowdmark Community Conference 2025. She shares how it was eye-opening to see Crowdmark being used to support group collaboration during class time.
Faculty Question of the Week (June 26, 2025)
How can I hide my published announcements from students in Quercus after a course ends, without deleting them?