Academic Toolbox Renewal

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Training Schedules

University of Toronto Quercus Training

Held at various locations.  Faculty are welcome to attend at a workshop of their choice.
Any U of T member (staff, instructor) can register.  These workshops are co-sponsored by U of T Faculties and Divisions and the Centre to Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI).

Quickstart Quercus

Quercus (Canvas) has been selected as U of T’s new academic toolbox and will replace the Portal (Blackboard) September 01, 2018.  Quercus provides online access to course materials and a variety of tools to enhance teaching and learning activities with a clean and easy to navigate interface.  This introductory, two-hour workshop will provide instructors, teaching assistants and course administrators with essential information to begin building a Quercus course. Workshop facilitators will walk-through key features and tools through demos and hands-on activities, and share best practices on how to effectively use these tools when designing Quercus courses. Topics covered include organizing a Quercus course, enrolling course staff, posting content, sending announcements, and communicating with students.

Content Migration Clinics

 

Divisional Training

Applied Science and Engineering, Faculty of

 

Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of

 

Arts and Science, Faculty of

 

Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in (OISE)

 

Law, Faculty of

 

Management, Joseph L. Rotman School of

 

Nursing, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of

 

Pharmacy, Leslie L. Dan Faculty of

 

Public Health, Dalla Lana School of

 

University of Toronto Mississauga

 

University of Toronto Scarborough

 

Toronto School of Theology

 

If training sessions for your division are not included here please reach out to your key contact.

 

Training and Information Session Summary

Train the Trainer (Centrally lead for key technical leads-in person & webinars): November through April Sub-Account Training (Centrally for Ed Techs): April Early Adopter orientations (Centrally in person & webinar): First round November to December, second round March to April Quercus Information sessions (Centrally lead at each division): February to April, June and August Content Migration workshops (Centrally lead at each division): March through September Quercus Course Building Essentials (Both Divisional and Central lead): March through September Utilizing Quercus Functionality (Both Divisional and Central lead): May through September

Information Sessions

Information sessions were offered to all divisions during the Winter of 2018.  The presentation included information about the project and a short demo (PDF version of slides).

Departmental visits are ongoing.

Information Sessions and Departmental Visits