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Welcome to [Course Name Here]

Add your course description here: This course template was created to help users design and develop a Quercus course shell. The template provides a one-week modules-based architecture, detailed teaching samples, and links to valuable resources for course design. Support resources are interwoven throughout the template to help improve the design and effectiveness for greater student success. Feel free to edit this page before and during your course - your homepage should contain relevant and important information for what is currently happening in your course.

BEFORE THE COURSE BEGINS | Edit after Week 1

• Start here! How this Course Works
• Read the Course Syllabus
• Prepare for online/remote learning
• Review the weekly routine
• Meet the teaching team
• Introduce yourself (and meet your classmates)
• Learn about equity at U of T
• Reflect on the Land Acknowledgement statement
• Review the inclusivity statement
• Take the technology survey

COURSE DATES | Add Course Dates Here  

This is a fully online course. We have twelve (12) weeks and twelve (12) modules to complete. Due dates are set for pacing. You will see a link to each weekly module listed below. You can view the full list of modules via the Modules link on the left-side course navigation menu.     

COURSE COMMUNICATION

Communication is the basis for quality interaction and participation in an online course. Throughout this course, you will receive communications via Announcements and through the Quercus Inbox tool (see Inbox icon in the global navigation menu to the left) from the Teaching Team. Students can communicate with their Teaching Team through the Quercus Inbox tool.

Course Announcements - This is where important information will be posted. 

Inbox Tool (also found in Global Quercus menu) - You can use this tool to send messages to the teaching team.

Discussion Board - Post questions and make comments about course concepts. 

Information for Instructors - Delete following content after reading

• • A basic Home page with space for a welcome message and Recent Announcements. (See the Course Homepage examples module for more examples and styles.)
  • Example Announcements that demonstrate and outline how they can be used within your course.
  • Modules that include:
    • Introductory content Module ("Introduction - How This Course Works") that includes information for your students about preparing for online learning, a survey to gather student information, and an introductory Discussion board.
    • Administration Modules that have information about syllabi, services and support, land acknowledgment, guides on how to add your TAs, contact your students, and more.
  • An update in Grades in terms of the Grade Posting Policy (which determines grade visibility for students). This has been changed to a manual grade posting policy for all course assignments (see "How do I select a grade posting policy for a course in the Gradebook? Links to an external site.").
  • The Files area updated with organizational folders.
  • Enabled Menu Items (ie. visible to students), including:
    • Bb Collaborate (Ultra), an integrated web conferencing tool. It can be used for online office hours, virtual meetings, and webinars (see how to enable Bb Collaborate in your course Links to an external site.).
    • Discussions, with example Discussion boards and guides on how they can be used in your course.
    • Assignments and Quizzes that include examples and information on different settings and functionality to be considered while building assessments.
    • New Analytics allows you to view analytics such as average course and individual grade analytics and participation analytics.

1. If you aren't using an element in your course, turn it off to make the course's navigation easier for your students (see "How do I use the Course Navigation Menu? Links to an external site.")
2. Use Student View to review what students are seeing in your course (see "How do I view a course as a test student using Student View? Links to an external site.")
3. In order for your course to be visible to your students, it must be published (see "How do I publish a course? Links to an external site.")
4. Review the Instructor Checklist. This will provide some guidance on steps to take next.