Available in PDF Format: Academic Toolbox Categories and Tools 25-26
Visit the following links to get started with the U of T Academic Toolbox:
All tools listed in this guide are Quercus-integrated unless indicated with an asterisk (*).
Build Your Course
Quercus facilitates building, organizing, and maintaining your course and making your course materials available to students so they can access them with ease. A well-organized and structured course supports students in their learning journey so they can spend their time learning the materials rather than trying to find the materials.
Course Administration
- Quercus Class List
- Quercus Copy Content from Another Course in Quercus
- Quercus Cross-Listing
- Quercus Download Student Emails
- Quercus How to Add People
- Quercus Mobile Apps
Content Development
- Microsoft 365 OneDrive – Access and Share Files
- Quercus Modules and Pages
- Quercus Redirect Tool
- Quercus Rich Content Editor
- Quercus Rich Content Editor Icon Maker
- Quercus Sandbox Course
Generative AI
Multimedia Content
- Microsoft Clipchamp*
- Microsoft Stream Video Hosting*
- Microsoft Teams Video Recording*
- MyMedia Hosting and Sharing*
- Opencast
- Quercus Rich Media Files – Videos and Pictures
- Snagit*
Library and Publisher Apps
Discipline-Specific Apps
Connect With Students
Quercus and educational technologies for connecting, communicating, and collaborating with your students foster community in the learning environment. An environment that promotes connection, communication, and collaboration empowers students and helps them know they belong.
Communication Tools
Collaborative (or Collaboration) Tools
- Hypothesis
- Microsoft 365 OneDrive Collaborations
- Microsoft Whiteboard*
- Quercus Page as a Wiki
- Quercus Groups
Discussion Tools
Student Response Tools
Online Meeting Tools
Assess Learning
Quercus and educational technologies for assessing student work and providing feedback facilitate accepting submissions, offering action-oriented feedback, and assigning and calculating grades. Timely action-oriented feedback throughout the term helps students prepare for assessments and attain the learning outcomes.
Assignments, Quizzes, and Tests
Group and Peer Assessment
Feedback and Grading
Design for Inclusion
Quercus and educational technologies for designing and fostering accessible and inclusive teaching and learning reduce learning barriers and welcome learner variability. Accessible and inclusive course designs acknowledge the impact of identity on student learning and promote equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging.
Accessibility Checkers
Multimodal Engagement
Analyze Engagement
Quercus and educational technologies for analyzing teaching and learning data and insights facilitate pedagogical reflections, improvements, and innovations. Teaching and learning data and insights help unpack how students are progressing through a course—what content they are engaging with, what concepts they are struggling with, and insights into how learner variability intersects with course design.
Learning Progress
Learning Analytics
Student Feedback and Course Evaluations