Project Communique: Feb. 5, 2018
Good morning everyone! Hope you are doing well and have started a fantastic February! You are receiving this email as you have been identified as…
Author Archives: Avi Hyman
Camp Quercus
Camp Quercus was a day-long event organized by the Toolbox Renewal project team for all lead divisional training and educational technology contacts to connect with peers…
Roles
The Technical Working Group, which has representation from around the University, has been busy discussing the idea of “roles” – teacher, student, admin, guest, and…
Project Communique: Jan. 19, 2018
Hello everyone, Hope you are doing well. You are receiving this email because you have been identified as the Toolbox Renewal Initiative Key Communication…
Project Communique: Jan. 18, 2018
Hello everyone, Hope you are doing well and have started a fantastic year! You are receiving this email as you have been identified as the…
In the News
Some interesting articles about Quercus in the student press this week: “The new academic toolbox will have new tools and better flexibility than Portal. The…
Project Communique: Jan. 11, 2018
Hello everyone Happy New Year to all. Hope you enjoyed the holidays! You are receiving this email because you have been identified as the Toolbox…
2018 Starts
Welcome back to school. The Quercus roll out is off to a good start. We have more than 40 active courses with approximately 3500 students…
Holiday Sandboxes
As you may have recently seen, our new academic toolbox, Quercus, is now live! All instructors can log in, and when they do, they will…
Contest Winner: QUERCUS
The Academic Toolbox Renewal Steering Committee is pleased to announce the winner of the naming contest for the University of Toronto’s new teaching and learning…
2017 Milestones
While the consultation and contract negotiation phases took longer than expected, once we knew what the engine would be for our new Toolbox, we set…
Orgs
One topic that has come up in many of our meetings revolves around “Orgs” as they are commonly known here at UofT. “Orgs,” or Organization…