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An Overview of Different Formats for Video Production (and their strengths/weakness)
Updated onArticleThis article offers suggestions and guidance for selecting a method by which to create re-usuable video learning objects. This list is not meant to be seen as definitive and will be evolving as we develop and learn new methods. Our general guideline, when choosing a technique, is to create the most pedagogically effective content with the highest quality techniques that we can afford (both time and budget-wise) to do. This does not mean that we can always develop with the technique we'd most prefer. We also often re-visit projects to make improvements after the first Phase is complete. Many of this projects take a few years to come to full fruition.
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Teaching with Technology Resources Module Building Toolkit Video Resources
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How can I export my Quercus course?
Updated onArticleAt the end of the term, you may wish to create a back-up file of your course that you can import to a new course shell in the future. Export files can be uploaded into a new shell at a later date. Export your course and download the export file within seven months of the term ending. Use the Export Course Content tool to capture an instance of your course that can be imported into a future course shell.
"How to" Technical Guides (UofT's Academic Toolbox) Quercus Administration
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Leverage existing development supports and resources
Updated onArticleThere's a lot of resources out there - we think these are come of the best ideas, if you have the time to read and participate. If you don't, you might want to skip to the quick guide for online/remote teaching.
Teaching with Technology Resources Online/Remote Course Design How to plan your course
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Review Crowdmark data use policy
Updated onArticleCrowdmark is an online collaborative grading and analytics platform with a mission to improve learning by enriching the dialogue between students and instructors. The Crowdmark platform facilitates and improves assessment of student work by their instructor, or by an instructional team.
Assessment of student work is important because it:
- provides students with insights into their learning, whether they have gaps in skills or knowledge or are achieving the learning goals for their course of study
- provides instructors with insights into the learning of their students and whether their teaching of their students was effective
Teaching with Technology Resources Assessments (quizzes, tests, final assessments, etc) Consider using Crowdmark
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How do I upload a SCORM package to my Quercus course?
Updated onArticleThis guide details how to upload a SCORM package to your Quercus course. It provides the steps for enabling the SCORM tool, for uploading the SCORM package, and for preparing the content for sharing with your students. This guide is intended for instructors who are uploading content that has already been created and packaged as a SCORM zip file.
What is SCORM? SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model; see our blog post "What is a SCORM package?") is a way of packaging content created with elearning authoring software so that it can run on a Learning Management System (like Quercus/Canvas).
How do I use SCORM in Quercus? The SCORM tool in Quercus allows you to upload online learning content created using a variety of e-authoring software (e.g., Storyline, Rise, Camtasia, Captivate). You can then share that content as an assignment or a page in your Quercus course.
"How to" Technical Guides (UofT's Academic Toolbox) Quercus Modules
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How do I invite guests (non-UofT) to my Zoom session?
Updated onArticleThis guide details how to invite a guest/external participant to your Zoom session. It provides a step-by-step process for adding participants who are not part of the UofT community using the Authentication Exceptions feature in Zoom.
This guide is intended for instructors who have limited or plan to limit their Zoom session access to the UofT Community (i.e., those with a @utoronto.ca email address), but who also wish to invite a guest lecturer, auditing student from another institution, or other visitors from outside the UofT community.
"How to" Technical Guides (UofT's Academic Toolbox) Zoom Using Zoom
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How does Rise work?
Updated onArticleThis guide provides an overview of how the module builder Articulate Rise 360 works and is intended as a high-level conceptual introduction to the Rise interface. If you've never used Rise before, this is a good place to start, to get a feel for how the tool works (and how you'll structure your content). For a more in-depth "how to" tutorial, please see Getting Started with Rise 360.
This guide is intended as a primer; if you are working with the ETO on a content production project, we will review this as part of your project. If you're interested in starting new project (exciting!), please contact us at [email protected].
"How to" Technical Guides (Non-Academic Toolbox Tools) Articulate Rise (Module Builder) Before you begin
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How do I enable OpenCast (OCCS) via the instructor and student apps in my Quercus course?
Updated onArticleThis guide shows you how to enable the OCCS Instructor App and/or the OCCS Student App in your Quercus course. If you are using OpenCast, you will need to enable it in each course, once per semester. Before you begin, confirm that you are teaching in a classroom with OpenCast using LSM's Instructor Portal (Note: Not all classrooms are OpenCast-enabled).
Why are there two apps? The OCCS Instructor app provides access to administrative settings that you can set to reflect your preferences on how automatic capture will work in your course. The Instructor app is not visible to students. The OCCS Student App is how students access and watch the recordings.
"How to" Technical Guides (UofT's Academic Toolbox) OpenCast (Automatic Lecture Capture) Administration
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How do I record selected sessions (e.g. lectures) using OpenCast?
Updated onArticleThis guide details how to record only a subsection of your course using OpenCast. While many use OpenCast's automatic capturing application to record an entire term's worth of sessions, you can also use it to selectively record session. This could be handy if you have a review session or if you are informed that students are unable to attend your class in person.
What is OpenCast? Learn more about Learning Space Management's automatic content capturing tool via the LSM Website > OpenCast Content Capture System.
"How to" Technical Guides (UofT's Academic Toolbox) OpenCast (Automatic Lecture Capture) Administration
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How do I sign up for system notifications (e.g. outages, updates)?
Updated onArticleUofT's Information Technology Services (ITS) manages a system status page that encompasses most of the supported IT and EdTech Systems at the university. Instead of having to manually visit the page if you are wondering if there is a known or reported issue with a system, you can subscribe to updates about the specific systems that you use.
We recommend signing up for notifications for the systems critical to you!
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