The TLS provides an opportunity to work together to understand and share what diversity, equity, inclusion, and access look like in our teaching and learning context. 

If you have any questions about 2023 TLS, please contact tls@utoronto.ca. 

Departments can nominate a graduate student Course Instructor for the CI Teaching Excellence Award by submitting a nomination package. More information is available online.   

Information on the BIPOC TA Teaching Excellence Award, including nomination and selection process, can be found on the TATP site.

Nominations close on February 24, 2023.

Tech Tip: Managing Quercus with a grading team 

Teaching Assistants or other members of the teaching or grading team can be added to your course via the People section. Instructors and other members have the ability to add and edit content and grade assignments in a Quercus course (visit Course Roles and Permissions for more information on the different course roles).     

When building or modifying your course, keep in mind that simultaneous edits by more than one person will not be saved.  In other words, course Pages can be edited by more than one person at the same time which can cause some work to not be saved.  When working with a teaching team, be sure to organize and coordinate who is making edits so as to not create any conflicting edits.  

Other areas of the Quercus course behave in the same way and should only be edited by one person at a time.  This also applies when grading and providing feedback. You should not give feedback on the same SpeedGrader assignment at the same time as another member of the grading team.  If you notice feedback is not being saved, it may be the result of an instructor or TA grading the same assignment at the same time.