Academic Toolbox Renewal

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Author Archives: Avi Hyman

Visit to Rotman

Today we had a very productive meeting with the Rotman team. The graduate programs at Rotman are in a unique position because they’ve been using…

Visits to Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine is an interesting place. Unlike some other divisions, the Faculty’s programs are divided into major, somewhat autonomous areas, such and the…

St. George Campus in December 2017

FAQs

We just wanted to make sure readers were seeing the new feature on the website – Frequently Asked Questions – based on the inquiries we…

Technical Working Group photo of participants in a meeting room

Technical Working Group

Happy Thursday afternoon from the project’s Technical Working Group meeting. Today the group is reviewing the way in which ROSI (SIS) information is imported into…

The Brain Trust

Today (Nov. 29) is a big day in our project. Instructure staff are back on campus for an all-day training session with many of the…

Update: Divisional Roll Out Plans (part two)

As we reported last week (see https://toolboxrenewal.utoronto.ca/2017/11/17/update-divisional-roll-plans/), we’ve been meeting with divisional and key stakeholders to discuss their Toolbox roll-out needs. Since then, we’ve also…

Contest Update

Just a quick update today – the student toolbox naming contest closed this week – with more than 750 submissions!!!!! Wow And thanks!

Divisional Planning Template

As we’ve mentioned earlier, we’ve been meeting with the leadership teams of every division, and then working with key contacts and leads in the division…

Update: Divisional Roll Out Plans

The team has had a busy couple of weeks, meeting with colleagues in several divisions to develop unique divisional roll-out plans. Generally, we are looking…

R1

As part of our Toolbox Renewal process, the University of Toronto has joined the Canvas Peers Research Universities Group (or R1 Peers Group), effective this…

Working Hard

Members of the University’s core Toolbox Renewal team met this week with colleagues from Instructure, reviewing various aspects of the LME software. The group went…

Meet the Team: CWG

In a regular series of posts, we’ll be introducing you to the various groups and teams that are working on creating the University’s exciting new…