2016
December 16 (pending)
TLTAC meeting
December 14 (pending)
ATRG Meeting
December 7 (pending)
LME Evaluation Committee Meeting
December 6
Toolbox Team meeting
December 5
Meeting with Procurement
December 2
LME Reference Interviews
December 1
ATRG Meeting (with presentation by colleagues from Berkeley on Learning Record Stores)
November 30
LME Evaluation Committee Meeting
LME Reference Interviews
November 28-29
Toolbox Team Meetings
November 21
LME Admin Workshops Debrief
November 18
LME Reference Interviews
November 15
LME Reference Interviews
November 14-18
Portal Week
November 11
LME Admin Access Workshop
November 10
Presentation at the TATP meeting
LME Admin Access Workshop
November 9
Faculty of Arts and Science drop ins
Two Faculty of Engineering drop ins
November 8
Faculty of Arts and Science drop ins
November 7
ATRG Meeting
November 4
Faculty of Arts and Science drop ins
LME Admin Access Workshop
November 3
Faculty of Arts and Science drop ins
October 28
UTM Drop in session
UTM Student specific drop in
October 27
Downtown Drop in session
UTM Student specific drop in
October 26
UTSC Drop in session
UTM Student specific drop in
October 25
Faculty of Arts and Science drop ins
Downtown Drop in session
October 24
Faculty of Arts and Science drop ins
October 21
Faculty of Arts and Science drop ins
Downtown Drop ins session
October 20
Faculty of Arts and Science drop ins
UTM Drop in session
October 19
Presentation at Library Teaching and Learning Committee
October 18
Presentation at SGS Graduate Education Council
October 17
Presentation at Faculty Council for Medicine
UTSC Drop in session
October 11
Presentation at UTM Chairs meeting
October 6
UTSC Drop in session
October 5
Presentation at OISE Dean and Chairs Meeting
Downtown Drop in session
October 4
Presentation at IT Leaders Forum
Presentation at Nursing Chairs Meeting
Downtown Drop in session
ACT LME testing session
October 3
UTM drop in session
September 30
Drop-In LME Testing Session UTM (pending)
September 28
Meeting with VP Students and UTSU (pending)
September 27
Drop-In LME Testing Session UTSC (pending)
September 26
Drop-In LME Testing Session Downtown (pending)
September 23
Drop-In LME Testing Session UTSC (pending)
Ontario Turnitin Administrators Group meeting (pending)
September 21
Drop-In LME Testing Session Downtown (pending)
September 20
Toolbox Team meeting
Meeting with VP Students and SGRT
Drop-In LME Testing Session UTM
September 19
Drop-In LME Testing Session – CTSI
September 16
Drop-In LME Testing Session Downtown
Meeting with Procurement Services
September 15
Faculty of Medicine Education Committee
Drop-In LME Testing Session UTSC
September 14
Drop-In LME Testing Session UTM
September 13
Toolbox Team meeting
Integration projects staff meeting with UTL
September 9
Meeting with UTSC Program Directors
September 6
Toolbox Team meeting
Meeting with VP Students and APSU
August 30
Toolbox Team meeting
August 23
Toolbox Team meeting
August 19
Integration projects staff meeting
August 18
LME Vendor Presentations (UTM & Downtown)
please note that recordings of the presentations are available online via
https://toolboxrenewal.utoronto.ca/review-the-lme/watch-suppliers-presentations/
(UTorID login required)
August 17
LME Vendor Presentations (UTSC, UTM & Downtown)
August 16
LME Vendor Presentations (UTSC & UTM)
August 15
LME Vendor Presentations (Downtown)
August 12
LME Vendor Presentations (Downtown)
August 11
LME Vendor Presentations (Downtown)
August 9
Meeting with Procurement Services
Toolbox Team meeting
August 3
ATRG Meeting
July 28
Meeting with UTL re LME IRMQ Requirements
LME feedback survey design meeting
July 27
New Toolbox website planning meeting
July 26
Toolbox Team meeting
July 21
ATRG meeting
July 20
Toolbox communications planning meeting
July 19
Toolbox Team meeting
July 15
Toolbox communications planning meeting
July 12
LME feedback survey design meeting
Toolbox Team meeting
TLTAC meeting
July 8
Ontario Turnitin Administrators Group meeting
July 6
LME RFP Procurement meeting
Toolbox communications planning meeting (with VPIUE)
July 4
Toolbox Team meeting
June 28
Toolbox Team meeting
June 22
LME RFP Procurement Meeting
June 21
Toolbox Team meeting
June 16
ATRG meeting
June 15
Toolbox communications planning meeting
June 14
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
June 10
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
June 9
LME RFP Procurement Meeting
Meeting with Department of Family & Community Medicine e-Learning Task Force
June 7
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
June 6
ATRG meeting
June 2
Integrate team meeting
May 31
LME RFP Process Presentation at IT Leaders’ Forum
May 24
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
May 20
ATRG meeting
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
May 18
Integrate team meeting
May 17
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
May 16
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
May 10
Toolbox presentation at CTSI Teaching & Learning Symposium
May 6
ATRG meeting
May 4
Toolbox presentation at TechKnowFile conference
May 3
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
April 27/28
Participation in the 2016 ELI Spring Focus Session:
Exploring the Next-Generation Digital Learning Environment –
Opportunities and Challenges
http://www.educause.edu/eli/events/eli-online-focus-session/program/agenda
April 26
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
April 22
Toolbox Renewal team meeting with Ryerson LMS team
April 19
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
April 18
LME RFP POSTED TO MERX!!!
April 14
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
April 13
LME RFP Q&A session for ATRG/TLTAC
April 12
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
April 11
Janice Patterson joins Initiative leadership team.
Read more here:
http://directorsblog.act.utoronto.ca/2016/04/11/janice-patterson-to-provide-leadership-around-lme-test-drives/
April 5
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
March 30
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
March 29
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
March 15
ATRG meeting
March 22
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
March 18
IMS-Learning Tools & Content Community of Practice meeting
March 17
Meet with Pharmacy students re educational technology
March 15
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
March 14
Renewal Update for VP Research
March 11
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
February 29
Integrate website planning meeting
February 22
LME Roundtable Discussion (joint meeting of the ATRG and TLTAC with guests from McGill, York, OUIT and OCADU)
February 19
Interoperability presentation & discussion at OUCEL Winter Meeting
February 17
Toolbox Renewal team meeting
February 4
Meeting of the Teaching, Learning & Technology Advisory Committee
January 28
Meeting of the Academic Toolbox Reference Group
January 27
Procurement Planning Meeting
January 22
IMS LTI Centres of Excellence Meeting
January 18
Toolbox tool recommendation intake form published:
http://act.utoronto.ca/toolbox-integration-request/
January 13
LME Update Meeting with Executive Sponsors
January 11
Toolbox Integration process updated and published based on ATRG feedback:
http://act.utoronto.ca/portal-integrations/
2015
December 23 – January 4
University Holiday Break
November 26
LME Meeting with Medicine Graduate & Life Sciences Committee
November 25
LME Meeting with Medicine Vice-Deans
November 24
IT Leaders’ Forum
November 19
Meeting of the Academic Toolbox Reference Group
November 18
Presentation on Toolbox Renewal to Nederlander (Dutch) Educators at CTSI
November 17
LME Meeting with Medicine Clerkship
November 16
LME Meeting with UTM
November 13
LME Meeting with Forestry
November 11
LME Meeting with Public Health
LME Meeting with Arts & Science
LME Meeting with Law
November 9
LME Meeting with Medicine PGME
November 2-5
IMS Quarterly Meeting
October 30
Procurement planning meeting
LME Meeting with OISE
Meeting of the Open UToronto Advisory Committee
October 29
LME Meeting with UTL
October 28
Meeting with representatives from Uppsala University
LME follow up with Architecture
Meeting of the Academic Toolbox Reference Group
October 27
Follow up meeting with Dentistry
October 23
Prefatory conversation with Unizin Consortium
October 21
LME Meeting with iSchool
LME Meeting with Nursing
LME Meeting with SCS
October 20
LME Meeting with Social Work
October 16
LME Meeting with Interdivisional Registrars
October 15
LME Meeting with SGS LME Meeting with Engineering
October 14
We begin using a mini-Delphi process for putting the LME ideas we collect back out to the community. The information can be found by visiting https://toolboxrenewal.utoronto.ca/core-learning-management-engine/ and clicking on the bright red link to Follow the LME Conversation.
LME Meeting with Rotman
October 8
LME Meeting with Kinesiology
October 7
LME Meeting with UTSC
October 2
Meeting of the Teaching, Learning, & Technology Advisory Committee
LME Meeting with Pharmacy
September 30
LME Meeting with Dentistry
LME Meeting with Architecture
September 17
Next meeting of the Academic Technology Reference Group
September 8
Dr. Kimberley MacKinnon of OISE joins the Academic Toolbox Renewal Initiative as an academic advisor:http://directorsblog.act.utoronto.ca/2015/09/08/dr-kimberley-mackinnon/
September 1
Formal divisional interviewing process for LME functional requirements begins
August 17
The University of Toronto joins the IMS Global Consortium. To read more, click here: http://main.its.utoronto.ca/news/u-of-t-and-ims-global/
August 14
A new, updated, version of the Criteria Checklist is added to the website. Please see link on right side menu.
July 9
Revisions to Core Criteria – added compliance with Provostial Guidelines on Digital Learning Materials to section L on Classroom Technologies
July 2
Meeting with the Medical Radiation Oncology Program
June 29
Learning Management Engine functional requirements gathering workshop with CTSI staff
June 25
Meeting with Student Life about student e-portfolios
June 18
Sixth Meeting of the Academic Toolbox Reference Group (ATRG); ‘Mock Interviews’ – Functional Requirements for a Core LME
June 15
Based on discussion at the last TLTAC meeting, the following revisions were made to the Common Criteria document: clearer mention around information security; acknowledgement about students without devices; expectations about ‘student views’; explaining the HRIS and SIS acronyms; a comment on batch data processes; and capturing the notion of required consent for the use data and analytics.
June 11
Meeting of the Teaching, Learning and Technology Advisory Committee
June 10
Meeting with the Astronomy Education and Public Outreach Discussion Group
June 5
A new section on Core Learning Management Engine functional requirements added to this website.
May 28
Fifth Meeting of the Academic Toolbox Reference Group (ATRG); Discussion and Presentation: Growing The Academic Technology Toolkit – Integrating New Technologies Into Our Learning Portal
May 27
Faculty of Engineering Focus Group – Undergrad Students; Learning about academic tech needs from the student, instructor and graduate student perspective
May 27
Faculty of Engineering Focus Group – Grad Students and TA’s; Learning about academic tech needs from the student, instructor and graduate student perspective
May 21
Current Services page updated to point to the ACT Catalogue; Academic Technology Common Criteria Checklist added to the site
May 12
Presentation to the New & Emerging Academic Leaders (NEAL) Program of the Centre for Faculty Development in the Faculty of Medicine
May 11
Common Criteria updated based on community consultation
May 1
All-day information Toolbox information session at the Engineering Ed Tech Workshop
April 16
Fourth meeting of the Academic Toolbox Reference Group (ATRG); discussion on how we evaluate potential tools
April 15
ITS Priorities and Accountability Committee (PAC) Meeting
March 25
Meeting of the Teaching, Learning and Technology Advisory Committee
March 18
Third meeting of the Academic Toolbox Reference Group (ATRG) Tools and Criteria Workshop
March 17
Presentation on Analytics by Stian Haklev to ACT team
March 13
Toolbox Renewal discussed at IT Leaders Forum
February 25
Second meeting of the Academic Toolbox Reference Group (ATRG); lots of discussion about the criteria – look for some revisions soon.
February 20
Meeting of the Ontario University Council on E-Learning
February 11
Meeting with the University of Toronto Libraries Reference Services Committee
February 6
Meetings with University of Toronto Mississauga Information and Instructional Technology Services staff
February 4
Meeting with the Pepper Project team at OISE
February 1
New Vice-Provost for Innovations in Undergraduate Education, Prof. Susan McCahan, becomes a new executive sponsor of the Toolbox Renewal initiative, joining Prof. Scott Maybury, Vice-President University Operations.
January 27
Toolbox Renewal to be discussed at the Library Technology Advisory Committee meeting
January 21
Toolbox Renewal to be discussed at Instruction in Library Use (ILU) meeting
January 20
Toolbox Renewal to be discussed at the UME Curriculum Committee meeting
January 16
Toolbox Renewal to be discussed at IT Leaders’ Forum
2014
December 11
Criteria about design and branding added to proposed criteria
December 10
A number of suggested revisions have been added to the criteria document, including: a desire for easy-to-manage and auditable licensing schemes (Cost section); a note that privacy policies and terms of service documents will be made available to members of the community (Information Risk and ToS sections); a note about being OS-agnostic and mobile access (Tool Interoperability section); a more robust description about our interest in Learning Analytics (Analytics section). Thank you to the Faculty of Medicine for this feedback.
December 4
A section about Support and Professional Development has been added to the criteria document in response to community feedback.
A new link to information about Learning Analytics has been added to the Background Reading menu (on the right side of the page).
December 2
Updates to the Criteria page have been made; New material about SIS and HRIS have been added, a reference to FIPPA was added, a reference to Canadian copyright legislation was added, and the hardware section was modified to reference tri-campus data centres.
November 27
Meeting about Renewal at the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering
Renewal to be discussed at Online Learning Community of Practice Roundtable
November 26
Faculty of Medicine eLearning Task Force meeting
November 20
Physical Therapy faculty meeting
November 18
Renewal website updated to reflect discussion regarding multiple methods for providing input and participating in the ongoing conversation
November 17
Renewal discussed at CommsNet meeting
November 14
Toolbox discussed with group of graduate students (THE500)
November 10
Renewal website updated to reflect ATRG discussion regarding the concept of standards versus criteria
November 4
Teaching, Learning and Technology Advisory Committee meeting
ITS Process and Technology Committee meeting
November 3
Renewal discussed at Faculty of Medicine eLearning Task Force meeting
October 29
First meeting of the Academic Toolbox Reference Group (ACT)
October 24
Start Twitter and social media campaign to promote renewal initiative
October 22
First suggested revision to Standards document received as a result of launching the renewal website (new material about API technology added to the document)
October 21-24
Rolling public launch of renewal website, including information circulated via the EdTech and InfoTech listservs
October 20
Renewal discussed at ITS Priorities and Accountability Committee meeting
October 14
Renewal discussed at ITS Process and Technology Committee meeting
October 1
Begin circulation of draft versions of renewal website circulated amongst internal staff team
September 17
Renewal discussed at UTSC Educational Technology Advisory Committee meeting
July – September
Research and development of renewal materials and standards moves into high gear
May 16
Proposal for the creations of the Academic Toolbox Reference Group adopted at the Teaching, Learning and Technology Advisory Committee.