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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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How do I create an ePortfolio on Quercus?
Updated onArticleCanvas ePortfolios allows students to share online materials inside and outside of courses. They are tied to your account, not to a specific course, which allows you to create multiple ePortofolios and to choose how you share them. ePortfolios can be set to allow private or public access.
Common uses of ePortfolios are to collect and document projects, submissions, experiences, and other work products. You can keep ePortfolios private or share with other students, instructors, and/or future employers. In Canvas, ePortfolios remain active as long as the user is in the institution’s SIS and maintains a school login.
"How to" Technical Guides (Students) / Quercus / ePortfolios
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How can I submit handwritten (or paper-based) work?
Updated onArticleYour instructor might encourage you to submit handwritten (or other paper-based) work. But how do you get it from your desk to the instructor? Usually, you will submit a digital version of your work via an online tool (like Quercus' Quiz or Assignment tool, or perhaps Crowdmark). The trick is to get that paper version into a digital version, legibly, to ensure that you receive full credit for your work.
This guide documents some recommendations, but your instructor might have specific requirements for your submission. You should double-check in each of your courses, for each of your assignments, to confirm that you are submitting according to that assessment's specific guidelines.
"How to" Technical Guides (Students) / Quercus / Assessements
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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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How can I add accommodations for a Crowdmark Assigned Assessment?
Updated onArticleAccommodations are often related to the time a student has to take the assessment and when they have access to the assessment. Crowdmark offers two ways to build these parameters into an assessment; either by:
- Adding settings for specific students in assessment - this is best for when assessments are distributed at the same time, or
- By duplicating the assessment and releasing it specifically to one student - this option is best when the student is required to complete the assessment at a different time. For accommodations requiring a different start time and that are to be completed within a designated window, you may want to duplicate the assessment and create a timed assessment.
This guide outlines the first option where you can customize the due date, time to complete or lateness penalty for a specific student.
Teaching with Technology Resources / Assessments (quizzes, tests, final assessments, etc) / Consider using Crowdmark
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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 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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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