Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation

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Top Ten Tips and Tricks to Make Quercus Work for You

Maryam Shafiei, Faculty Liaison, Technology, CTSI/ACT Sun Ooi, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning and Technology, CTSI/ACT In this webinar, we will share different tips and tricks available in Quercus that have the possibility to improve your experience using the platform to deliver your courses. We will share features and workflows available in different tools that can […]

Student Wellness and Online/Remote Teaching: Strategies for Enhancing Student Confidence in Your Course

Panelists: Andrea Graham, PhD, Learning Strategist, Academic Success Benjamin Pottruff, PhD, Learning Strategist, Academic Success Pratik Nair, MPH, Health Education Coordinator, Student Life CTSI presents Part II in the two-part series on Student Wellness and Online/Remote Teaching.  This session will explore strategies for building student confidence and autonomy in your course. Learning Strategists will share […]

Teaching from a Distance Using Office 365 Tools: Webinars and Lecture Recordings

Justin Fletcher, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Teaching, Learning & Technology, CTSI/ACT Derek Hunt, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning & Techology, CTSI/ACT This webinar is part of our Office 365 for Teaching and Learning Series. We will explore the differences between asynchronous and synchronous modalities of teaching from a distance. We will review how you can use Microsoft […]

Interpreting Data in Teaching & Learning Studies

Facilitators:   Gregory Hum, PhD, Assistant Director (Teaching Assessment), CTSI Kyle Turner, Faculty Liaison, Teaching and Learning, CTSI This session is part of the 2021 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) webinar series. It provides an overview of interpreting quantitative and qualitative data (with an emphasis on the former), either in your own research or […]

Preparing Your Teaching Dossier

Facilitators: Cristina D’Amico, PhD, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Graduate Student Development & TA Training, CTSI Cora McCloy, PhD, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, SoTL, CTSI Kyle Turner, MSc, Faculty Liaison, Teaching and Learning, CTSI At the University of Toronto, teaching dossiers must be submitted as part of the review process for tenure review or continuing status review. This […]

Creating Equitable Classrooms (Roundtable): How to support students’ academic resilience

Facilitators: Rahul Bhat, Resilience Program Lead, Student Life Kate Bowers, Learning Strategist – Resilience Focus, Student Life Jasjit Sangha, Learning Strategist, Student Life Bonnie J Maracle, Indigenous Learning Strategist, Student Life Join staff from Academic Success for a discussion about academic resilience and how to support student learning, as way to create a more equitable […]

14th Annual University of Toronto Teaching and Learning Symposium: Teacher-as-Learner/Learner-as-Teacher

Teaching-as-Learner/Learner-as-Teacher May 12-14, 2021 To review session descriptions, scroll downto TIMETABLE and select individual sessions to to the #TLS2021 site (https://tls.utoronto.ca/) for fullagenda. To REGISTER: • Click the REGISTER button in the right-side menu • Select a SESSION (Keynote, Concurrent Session 1-8, Plenary or not attending) from the drop down menus • You can review […]

Creating Equitable Classrooms (Roundtable): “I’m (not) fine – Faculty Mental Health”

Facilitators: Maria Assif, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, English, UTSC Bill Ju, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Human Biology, FAS Kathy Liddle, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Sociology, UTSC Sarah Mayes-Tang, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Mathematics, FAS Kerry Taylor, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Criminology, FAS  The onset of the pandemic and its continuing effects have exasperated some of […]

Webinar & Web conferencing Solution: Zoom Inc. Demonstration 1

The University of Toronto is currently reviewing options for its next webinar and web conferencing solution. Representatives from Zoom Inc (https://zoom.us/). will be introducing and demonstrating their solution and answering community questions on Wed, Jun 2nd 10am-11:30am EDT. Please register to receive the video conferencing link. (Link will be emailed to you shortly before the meeting.) […]

Webinar & Web conferencing Solution: Zoom Inc. Demonstration 2

The University of Toronto is currently reviewing options for its next webinar and web conferencing solution. Representatives from Zoom Inc (https://zoom.us/). will be introducing and demonstrating their solution and answering community questions on Thurs, Jun 3rd, 2 pm - 3:30 pm EDT. Please register to receive the video conferencing link. (Link will be emailed to you shortly before […]