EdTech Blog
Weekly Quercus Updates (October 24, 2019)
This week: Quercus Issues (Various), Bb Collaborate Scheduled Maintenance & Retrieving Student Email Addresses Via Quercus
How can we make Quercus better for you?
We’re looking for your recommendations for expanded Quercus functionality!
Weekly Quercus Updates (October 10, 2019)
This week: Bb Collaborate Outage (DNS Issue) & “Previously when using Turnitin, students would not be able to see their grades when the assignment was muted. With the new manual Grade Posting Policy, can students see their Similarity Report before posting their grades?”
Weekly Quercus Updates (October 3, 2019)
This week: Quercus File Upload Error & “I have created a quiz in Quercus that I would like some student statistics on. Is there a way to determine when a student started a quiz, and how much time students spent on each question?”
How do you get from here to there?
One of the most common questions that we get in the EdTech Office is regarding how we take an idea and turn it into a finished project. We thought we’d expose this process, using a recent video project for the Engineering and Computer Science Library.
Quercus Updates (September 26, 2019)
This week: Quercus Loading Issue & How can I see my students’ names in a Conversations (Inbox) message?
Quercus Updates (September 20, 2019)
This week: Quercus Email Address Issues & How do I see my groups in Speedgrader?
TA Training: Top 10 Quercus Questions
For first time TAs (well, all TAs really), administering Quercus can be a challenge. With your new role in the course, there’s a lot more functionality to explore (in fact, you have all the same permissions as an Instructor, minus that you cannot add or remove users). This PDF version of the session reviews what we think are the Top 10 TA-asked Quercus questions – but you ranked them! (You can also view the presentation online.)
Quercus Updates (September 13, 2019)
This week: Quercus Quiz preview Issues & How do I make my modules available for students?
Quercus Updates (August 29, 2019)
This week: Quercus Email Notifications & How can I create surveys with required submissions?
Quercus Updates (August 22, 2019)
This week: Quercus Loading Issues & How to create Group Assignments
Quercus Updates (August 15, 2019)
This week: Quercus Loading Issues & How to Archive your Course