Academic Toolbox Renewal

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Quercus Day at UTM and UTSC

It was Quercus Day at U of T Mississauga on May 07th and U of T Scarborough May 08th. Staff, instructors and the occasional student,…

Quercus Day Agendas

This week we have Quercus Day occurring across all three campuses. Each day is held at a different campus with a drop-in format. No need…

TST Visits

Part of getting Quercus ready to be the University of Toronto’s new Learning Management Engine is reaching out to members of Toronto School of Theology.  This…

Quercus Day

QUERCUS DAY: Try. Learn. Build. A Tri-Campus Event. U of T Mississauga: Monday May 07 UTM Room (formerly Faculty club) Room 3140, William G. Davis…

Goodbye Portal, Hello Quercus Posters

    As we prepare for our final session with some courses offered through the Portal the message is clear that after August 31st Quercus…

Update on Sandboxes

In December thousands of sandbox courses were created for all instructors as well as other key staff. These sandboxes have been a great place for…

Camp Quercus Follow-Up

A survey of participants in the Camp Quercus event held earlier this year was recently distributed.  The handouts and presentations from the day are posted…

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…

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…