Available in PDF Format: UofT Teaching Final 23-24
As instructors begin their planning for the 2023-2024 academic year, we wanted to give you this quick reminder of what teaching tools are available with support as part of the University’s Academic Toolbox.
Links marked with * are for Quercus – Integrated Tools.
Virtual Collaborations
- Collaborative (social) Annotation tools (Hypothesis*, MS 365 OneDrive*, Library Reading List App*)
- Discourse/Discussion/Discussion Board (PeppeR*, Q Discussions*, Piazza*, Listserv)
- Document Sharing/Management (Quercus*, MS 365*)
- Peer & Group Collaborations (TeamUp*, peerScholar*)
- Surveys Online (MS Forms, Quercus Quizzes for Surveys*)
- Surveys on Paper (Remark Office – contact your Divisional IT department)
- Virtual Whiteboards (MS Whiteboard)
- Wikis (Q Pages*, MS 365 OneDrive*)
Assignments & Assessments
- Assignments & Assessments Assessment (Crowdmark*, Q Assignments*)
- Peer Feedback (peerScholar*, Q Peer Review Assignment*)
- Bubble Sheets (Remark Office – contact your Divisional IT department)
- Exam/Quiz (WeBWork, Quercus Quizzes*, Quizzical*, ExamSoft – contact your Divisional IT department)
- Similarity Detection (Similarity Checker* – please read the U of T Conditions of Use*)
- Rubrics (Quercus Rubrics and Outcomes*)
- Old Exams Repository (U of T Libraries*)
Content & Classroom
- Interactive Module* Creation/Editing (Quercus)
- Citation Management (U of T Library Resources)
- Data for Teaching & GIS (See UT Library Resources, JupyterHub, SciNet)
- Portfolios (Quercus*)
- Video Hosting (MyMedia, MS Video Hosting)
- Video/ Web Conferencing (MS Teams, Zoom)
- Course guides & teaching resources (U of T liaison librarians*)
- Course Readings (Library Reading List app*, Syllabus Service)
- Classroom Response Systems (iClicker*)
- Lecture Capture (TechSmith Snagit, Teams or Zoom can record too*, LSM OpenCast*)
- Presentations (MS PowerPoint)
For more on Classroom Technologies, please contact your Campus Group: St. George, UTM, UTSC
Additional Information
Learn more about accessing and using these tools for your courses (or visit specific links above)
Need Help? There are many instructional and educational technology support staff eager to provide you with support, whether with course design, tool
implementation, or troubleshooting. Find your support team.
A Do-It-Yourselfer? You may find these resources from the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation a great place to start.
Interested in using other tools not listed above? Visit CTSI for considerations on adopting other tools.