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Compare and select between Crowdmark's Administered or Assigned Assessments?
Updated onArticleThis guide provides a comparison of the two Crowdmark assessment types that will help you identify which one works best for your course and assessments. Selecting the assessment type that suits better for a particular assessment will depend on whether you would like to administer and collect the assessments in person or for the student to complete and submit their work digitally and independently.
In Crowdmark, you can create two types of assessments:
- Administered: In-class (paper-based) assessments
- Assigned: Digitally submitted (online/remote) assessments
"How to" Technical Guides (UofT's Academic Toolbox) Crowdmark Before your Course Begins
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Compare and select your scheduling tool
Updated onArticleThis guides provides an overview and comparison of both Quercus Calendar Scheduler and Microsoft Bookings tools.
Quercus Calendar Scheduler and Microsoft Bookings are online booking and calendar tools that can be used to create and schedule appointments. Both tools are available to the U of T community as a part of the Academic Toolbox. Depending on your course structure and goals, you can choose one or another tool to create office hours, coordinate course presentation times and exams, schedule TA sessions, or host other types of appointments.
"How to" Technical Guides (UofT's Academic Toolbox) Quercus Calendar
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Compare and select your online assessment tool
Updated onArticleThis guide helps you evaluate which online tool is most suited (there are benefits and drawbacks to each) to your assessment. This often involves evaluating academic integrity features, types of submissions (e.g. handwritten work, machine-gradable questions, etc.), and whether the assessment is designed to be completed individually or collaboratively. Before you make a selection, you might want to consider how your assessment is designed and if an alternative assessment could be right for you.
This guide provides a comparison of the online assessment tools available in the U of T Academic Toolbox: Quercus Quizzes, Quercus Assignments, and Crowdmark Assigned Assessments.
Teaching with Technology Resources Assessments (quizzes, tests, final assessments, etc) Before you begin
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Compare and select your online grading tool
Updated onArticleThis guide presents a comprehensive comparison table for the Crowdmark and Gradescope assessment grading platforms.
The biggest thing to consider is that while the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering provides the license for Crowdmark, it does not provide one for Gradescope. Gradescope is currently not an approved tool in UofT's Academic Toolbox.
If you are planning to use Gradescope in your course, you would need to secure a license independently and we’d also encourage you to review our blog post before incorporating Gradescope into your course: Tips to safely implement un-vetted tools in your course.
"How to" Technical Guides (UofT's Academic Toolbox) Crowdmark Before your Course Begins
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Compare and select your collaborative annotation tool
Updated onArticleThis guide presents a comprehensive comparison table for the Hypothesis, Perusall, and Library Reading List (Leganto) collaborative annotation tools.
When selecting the right annotation tool for your course, please note that Hypothesis and Leganto are a part of the UofT's Academic Toolbox and can be integrated in your Quercus course, unlike Perusall which is currently not an approved tool in UofT's Academic Toolbox.
If you choose to incorporate Perusall in your course, you would need to handle the license separately. We also encourage you to review our blog post before incorporating Perusall into your course: Tips to safely implement un-vetted tools in your course.
"How to" Technical Guides (UofT's Academic Toolbox) Hypothes.is Tool comparison
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How do I administer an oral exam in my course?
Updated onArticleOral exams have several advantages. They offer students the opportunity to show that they've learned the subject matter in your course while also helping them gain important communication and presentation skills. Oral exams can be also help ensure academic integrity is maintained.
Oral exams can be conducted as a stand-alone assessment or as a follow-up to other work (such as a written exam).
This guide provides an overview of the tools and techniques to help you successfully administer an oral exam in your course.
Teaching with Technology Resources Online/Remote Course Design How to assess learning
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Update your Syllabus for online
Updated onArticleMany departments have policy guidelines on what is (and is not) included on a syllabus. The below includes ideas of what you can add to your course syllabus, while you are teaching online/remotely; this is not a comprehensive syllabus building guide and you should continue to include your previous elements (e.g. mental health supports, a land acknowledgment, etc.)
Teaching with Technology Resources Online/Remote Course Design How to plan your course
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Share pre-recorded content
Updated onArticleIf you've selected to use an asynchronous modality to deliver content (see choosing course modalities), you'll want to develop a plan for your content development, learn about how to author instructional videos, and review and select which tool(s) you'll use to capture your content (both creating/authoring and recording). Creating pre-recorded content will likely be a large portion of your development hours but can be re-used from term to term.
Teaching with Technology Resources Online/Remote Course Design How to build your course
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Self-Capturing with a Teleprompter: How to Set Up
Updated onChecklistThis guide provides you with instructions on how to record yourself talking to the camera while using a teleprompter that displays your script. Depending on what you have available, there are different ways to set this up.
Teaching with Technology Resources Self-Capturing (Video/Screen Captures, Filming-at-home videos, etc.)
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How do I create an anonymous survey (form)?
Updated onArticleQuercus surveys can be a handy tool for collecting student feedback. However, if you would like the feedback to be anonymous, they are not the best option. That is because Quercus surveys can be de-anonymized by members of the teaching team after responses are collected.
In order to get a truly anonymous response, we recommend using Microsoft Forms with the below settings selected.
"How to" Technical Guides (UofT's Academic Toolbox) Microsoft Office 365 Microsoft Forms