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Road to Teaching
Throughout my time in high school, I always thought academics wasn’t my thing. My teachers never missed an opportunity to remind me how my poor performance would prevent me from […]
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Teaching with Quercus: Inspiring Practices
Looking for a little inspiration to take your Quercus course to the next level? Check out these four short videos of faculty who are using innovative and easy-to-adopt approaches to […]
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Finishing First Year
My first year here at U of T is wrapping up. It was in many ways everything that I expected yet far from it. The academic challenges were there, the […]
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Course Evaluations and the First Year Student
The course evaluation period for the Winter 2019 academic session opens in end-of-March. As an undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, the wide range of available courses […]
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Keep Learning on Track with Outcomes in Quercus
You’d think I’d be an expert by now. I’ve taught in different disciplines: Biology, Experiential Learning, Leadership Studies, and Education. I’ve taught different students: undergraduates, graduate students, and community college […]
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Recognizing our TAs
The immense work and time that TAs dedicate to preparing tutorials, encouraging conversation among students, and grading papers sometimes go unnoticed by students. One way to acknowledge them is the […]
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Quercus: Help! My students can’t access my course content
One of the top questions received at Quercus Help at the start of the fall semester related to course content. Students would claim “My prof says she posted the material, […]
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Reflections on the First Term
The second wave of midterms is rolling in, and soon enough, fall classes will be over and finals season here. I have just completed my second and last test for […]
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A View on Quercus from First Year
This fall, University of Toronto faculty and students switched to using a new learning toolbox called Quercus. As a first-year student, I don’t have much to compare the new system […]
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Mid-Term Milestones
It’s nearing the end of midterm season, and I think most students are ready for fall reading week. Maybe it’s a time for catching up on assignments or just taking […]