The Digital Media Projects (DMP) team provides faculty, staff and academic assistants, with guidance in the use of instructional technologies for teaching and learning. Here you can find links to the DMP's resources for D2L, the educational toolbox, and various guides for the educational technology resources available through the University.
Tech for Teaching provides instructors with:
guides with instructions and best practices for using technology to deliver content and keep students engaged in learning
resources, tools, and activity suggestions using a keep-it-simple approach
templates for producing course content
The DMP Toolbox is designed to offer faculty and lecturers an overview of the main resources available to assist with teaching. Clicking on any of the resources on the page will bring you to a page providing the use case, instructions and contact for any additional support needed. Resources and guides you will find the the Toolbox include:
Akindi
blog.torontomu
Crowdmark
D2L Brightspace
Google Workspace
iClicker
peerScholar
Respondus LockDown Browser
Turnitin
Zoom
and more!
DMP has put together a series of guides for instructors to get started with Brightspace as well as tutorials to set up course shells, add content and use assessment and communication tools.
The Knowledge Hub centralizes essential information on Brightspace shell management and the broader landscape of online teaching technology. Discover best practices for Brightspace shell management, and navigate important topics such as data ownership and copyright. Additionally, explore the evolution of online teaching tools, including selection criteria, available options, and retired technologies.