This is a current catalogue of educational technology tools and services supported at the University of Toronto (either as a central resource, or supported at the divisional or departmental level).

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Preamble
Quercus Academic Toolbox Integrated Tools from A-Z
Institutionally Supported Ed Tech Tools
Divisionally and/or Departmentally Supported Tools
Not on the list? Submit an Idea
Tools Beyond Quercus
Use of Social Media at U of T in courses

Preamble

We realize that this could be a massive list, since most professional educational technology staff and librarians are willing to help someone use something they may not have even seen before. However, in an attempt to keep things manageable, this catalogue of educational technology services, platforms, tools, etc. consists of only those items that are currently supported here at U of T in some routine or ‘official’ way. The catalogue is organized on the basis of Laurie Harrison’s excellent typology (reference: https://teaching.utoronto.ca/ed-tech/online-learning/toolkit/beyond-quercus/). For resources that are not centrally supported, the name of the division that is supporting or using the service is located in parenthesis (if known).

Quercus Academic Toolbox Integrated Tools from A-Z

View the list of Quercus Integrated Tools. Instructors choose the tools that match their course goals and learning outcomes.

Institutionally Supported Ed Tech Tools*

*Tools and applications with a (+) are available in Quercus.

Assessment (peerScholar+, Crowdmark+, ExamSoft, Quercus (Canvas) Peer Review Assignment +)
Assignment Submission (peerScholar+, Quercus Assignment+)
Authoring Tools – Quercus Modules+, Tutorials (Articulate Storyline)
Blogging (WordPress)
Bubble Sheet (Remark Office)
Citation Management (RefWorks)
Classroom Response Systems (iClicker+, Top Hat)
Conference Management (OCS)
Content Management (Active, WordPress, Drupal)
Discourse/Discussion/Discussion Board (Listserv, Quercus Discussions+)
Document Sharing/Management (Quercus, Office365, Sharepoint)
Exam/Quiz (WeBWork, Quercus)
Exam/Quiz/ SCORM (Articulate Storyline)
Faculty Profiling (Focus, BlueBook)
High Performance Computing (SciNet)
Image Hosting (FADIS)
Interactive Module Creation/Editing (Quercus)
Journal Publishing (OJS)
Lecture Capture (TechSmith Snagit)
Object Repository (TSpace)
Personal Journals (WordPress)
Plagiarism Detection (Turnitin+, before using Turnitin read the U of T Conditions of Use)
Portfolios (WordPress, Quercus)
Presentations (MS PowerPoint)
Rubrics (Quercus)
Surveys Online (Quercus)
Surveys Paper (Remark Office)
Video Hosting (MyMedia)
Video-conferencing (Collaborate Ultra+, Skype for Business)
Web Productiivity Apps (MS Live@Edu)
Webinar/Webconferencing (Collaborate Ultra+, Skype for Business)
Wiki (Quercus Page+)
all kinds of GIS and related stuff from the map library.

Divisionally and/or Departmentally Supported Tools

Assignment Submission (UTMSubmit – U of T Mississauga)
Audience Response (Turning – Medicine)
Classroom Response Systems (TopHat – Engineering)
Discourse/Discussion (PeppeR+ – OISE)
Discourse/Discussion (InteraNet – U of T Scarborough)
Document Sharing (FileTransfer – U of T Scarborough)
English language Development (Vocabulary Expansion Accelerator+ - UTSC)
Faculty Profiling (StarCV – Medicine, OISE)
Interactive Module Creation/Editing (Captivate – Medicine)
Lecture Capture (WebOption – U of T Scarborough)
Lecture Capture (Echo360 Appliance – Engineering, Dentistry)
Lecture Capture (Panopto – iSchool)
Online Proctoring (ProctorU - Nursing, Pharmacy, Rotman; Examity - SCS)
Plagiarism Detection (UTMSubmit – U of T Mississauga)
Surveys (Fluid Surveys – Nursing/Medicine)
Video Collaboration (Vidyo – OISE)
Video-conferencing (Tanberg – Medicine)
Video-conferencing (Hardware Codecs – many divisions)
Video-conferencing (Skype for Business)
Webinar/Webconferencing (Connect – Medicine: Rehabilitation Sciences Sector, U of T Mississauga, OISE, School of Graduate Studies)
GIS stuff (U of T Mississauga, Geography)

Not on the list of supported ed tech tools? Submit an Idea

Submit your idea to the Academic Toolbox: New Tools site, for a teaching tool that you think should be officially supported here at U of T, we are always looking to add to the toolkit! Idea submissions will be queued and reviewed.

Submit an Idea

Tools Beyond Quercus

Not listed here?

Web 2.0 and Cloud-based Technologies not under contract to someone at the University but generally supported by some divisions at U of T should review the appropriate use of Cloud technologies resource called Tools Beyond Quercus posted on the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI) website. This collection supports the directives of existing University of Toronto policies, guidelines and basic principles to be considered when exploring alternatives to institutionally supported learning environments, and in decision-making regarding use of online learning environments.

It is very important to remember that unless you have a formal contract with a 3rd party company that protects the personal information and intellectual property of you and your students, you should not force your students to use that service. Please read a company’s Terms of Service materials very carefully; they often contain clauses that run counter to the University’s guidelines.

Assessment (Crowdmark+ – Math Department)
Assessment (Pearson MyLabs, Mastering – assorted departments)
Assessment Management (ExamSoft)
Audience Response (Twitter – Engineering)
Blogging (Twitter, Edublogs, Blogger – ?)
Citation Management (Zotero, Wizfolio, EndNote, Sente, Mendeley – U of T Libraries)
Discourse/Discussion (CoursePeer – Engineering/Rotman)
Document Sharing/Management (Dropbox, EverNote, Google Docs – ?)
Image Hosting (Flickr, Creative Commons Search – U of T Libraries)
Online Proctoring Services (ProctorU – Rotman/Nursing
Online Proctoring Services (BVirtual – SCS/Nursing)
Presentations (Prezi – U of T Libraries)
Screen Capture (Jing, Screenr)
Video-Conferencing (G+ Hangouts – ?)
Virtual pinboard (Pinterest)
Web Productivity Apps (Google Docs – ?)
Wiki (PBWiki, MediaWiki – ?)

MOOCs: The University has an agreement with Coursera and EdX for the delivery of MOOCs, and in turn, those environments can be used in conjunction with UofT credit courses in some cases. Please see the Open U Toronto for more details.