Gartner IT Services

Overview and Key Features:

The University maintains a 3-tiered license with Gartner. Gartner provides IT research, contract and RFP consulting, implementation guides. toolkits and templates for IT assessments, and access to analysts for consultations on a broad range of topics.

The three tiers are:

Campus Core – Available to ALL active University community members.

Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) – Available to all University IT staff. There is a limit of 1000 named seats.

GTP offers additional research materials, analyst calls, and access to Gartner Webinars.

Gartner for Technical Leaders (GTL) — Limited to 5 seats. Provides additional levels of research beyond GTP content, and access to higher-level analysts, and Gartner conferences.

Getting Started:

Analyst Calls

IT staff across the tri-campus can request a call with a Gartner analyst to get personalized advice for IT initiatives and discuss strategy, solution design, product comparison, implementation best practices and more.

Peer Community

Use the Gartner Peer Community to get advice from your peers, exchange ideas and understand how they are leveraging new technologies. The peer community is a network of Gartner end-users that IT staff can connect with. Users can also read peer reviews of vendors and products.

IT Score

IT leaders can use the Gartner IT score to benchmark key functional processes and activities. This tool includes assessments for business strategy, data and analytics, security and risk management, applications, infrastructure and operations, and software engineering.

Get Help:

If you have any questions about Gartner, contact  Marden Paul, Director, Planning, Governance & Assessment.

EduRoam

Overview and Key Features:

Eduroam is a system that is employed by many universities to allow visitors to access their wireless networks using their ‘home’ credentials. For example, a University of Toronto community member can connect to the Ryerson University wireless network by entering “UTORid@utoronto.ca” (substituting the individual UTORid) and password. A Ryerson University community member can connect to the University of Toronto’s wireless network using their assigned credentials.

Getting Started:

University of Toronto (U of T) students, faculty and staff visiting other institutions:

If you are visiting another institution that is part of the Eduroam Wi-Fi network, login to Eduroam by entering [your UTORid]@utoronto.ca and your UTORid password.

U of T visitors from a participating Eduroam institution:

The Eduroam network at U of T is accessible to visiting scholars from other participating Eduroam institutions. Simply connect to the Eduroam Wi-Fi network using your home institution credentials.

Before leaving your home institution, check that your device can connect to the Eduroam Wi-Fi network. If you encounter any issues, contact your institution’s help desk for assistance.

A note for U of T faculty and staff:

U of T faculty and staff with valid UTORid credentials can create up to five unique guest Wi-Fi credentials. The duration of these credentials is valid for a maximum of up to five days. To create your guest Wi-Fi credentials, visit the eVA self-serve portal at: eva.eduroam.ca.

Conference / special event Wi-Fi:

If you are hosting a conference or other special event at U of T and would like to create a custom SMS passcode for your attendees, please contact your local information technology (IT) help desk and they will be able to create the event passcode for you. Custom SMS event passcodes can be used to automatically generate up to 1,500 unique login credentials for a maximum of 10 consecutive days.

Get Help:

Timetable Builder

Overview and Key Features:

The Timetable Builder is the University of Toronto’s official visual timetable building tool, which provides an intuitive, accessible and mobile-friendly user interface.

Timetable Builder is available for undergraduate courses in the:

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Faculty of Arts & Science
Faculty of Information
Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education
Faculty of Music
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
University of Toronto Mississauga
University of Toronto Scarborough.

Getting Started:

Visit the Timetable Builder portal where you can:

Manually or automatically generate a visual course timetable based on your preferred course sections and time preferences.
Easily search for courses across divisions with improved filtering by course code, course title or keyword, delivery method (in-person, online, hybrid), as well as by department and subject area.
Block off time to accommodate part-time job schedules and other commitments.
See near real-time information about course sections, including space availability, waitlists, special instructions, and easy-to-understand enrolment controls.
Share a link to your plan with others or create a PDF or PNG file.

Get Help:

Getting Started Guide (Article)

Disclaimer: The Timetable Builder is an explorative tool that lets you search for courses and build potential timetables. It does not connect to your ACORN account, does not check your eligibility for courses, and will not enrol you in courses. To enrol, please visit ACORN during your assigned enrolment times.

Transfer Explorer

Overview and Key Features:

The Transfer Explorer can be used as a guide to determine if completed coursework at an external institution or division is eligible for transfer credits at the University of Toronto.

Current University of Toronto students may use the Transfer Explorer as a guide to see if and how courses will transfer back to the University of Toronto for degree credit. This would be relevant for the following cases:

Students who wish to take courses at other Canadian post-secondary institutions
Students who wish to take courses internationally through the
Centre for International Experience’s Student Exchange program (CIE)
Students who are transferring to another faculty or campus within the University of Toronto

In Addition, prospective students who wish to transfer to the University of Toronto from other Canadian or International Institutions may use Transfer Explorer as a guide to see how the courses they studied at these institutions will be assessed at the University of Toronto

Participating Divisions:

The Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
The Faculty of Arts & Science
The Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education
The Faculty of Music
The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
U of T Mississauga
U of T Scarborough

Together with Transfer Explorer, Transfer Credit Equivalencies is the application housing the inventory of transfer credit equivalencies used by select administrators during transfer credit assessment.

Get Started:

Visit the Transfer Explorer site

Get Help:

For more information on transfer credits at different divisions at the University of Toronto please visit the following links:

Grade Submission Service (eMarks)

Overview and Key Features:

eMarks is the University’s grade submission system designed for instructors and departmental chairs/approvers. It facilitates the online submission of course marks and grades, amendments, and departmental approvals ensuring a streamlined and efficient process for managing student assessments.

eMarks allows instructors to submit final course marks and grades, amend previously submitted marks and grades, and track any changes made to a student’s grade. Departmental Chairs use it to review and approve submitted grades for final submission. Administrative Staff use eMarks to oversee the grade submission process and ensure compliance with university policies.

Getting Started:

eMarks Login Page

Note: Instructor accounts are automatically set up based on teaching assignments in courses in ROSI

Get Help:

eMarks Help Form
eMarks FAQ
eMarks Faculty Administrator Manual
Learn about the configuration of faculty settings and opening of academic sessions for marks submission. This manual provides step-by-step instructions and detailed procedures to ensure administrators can effectively manage the eMarks system.

Degree Confirmation

Overview and Key Features:

This service is for prospective employers and other educational institutions to verify the credentials of University of Toronto graduates. This minimizes the risk of credential fraud and protects our graduates from the illicit use of their designations by others.

A degree is not considered to be conferred until the date of convocation. If this person is expected to graduate at a future date, please allow several days after the date of conferral before submitting your request.

Getting Started:

The University’s degree verification system attempts to identify graduates based on the information you provide. You will be asked to provide:

Student Number (if possible)
First (and Middle) Names
Last Name
Day and month of birth

Visit the Degree Confirmation page to begin the process.

Get Help:

Open a support ticket on the Enterprise Service Center (ESC)
More information about transcripts can be found here.

Curriculum Publisher

Overview and Key Features:

Curriculum Publisher (CP) is an online application that allows Divisions and Departments to publish course and program offerings to their divisional calendars. It stores archived calendars for easy reference and is a critical tool in providing important information to students. CP is developed and managed in-house by the Student Information Systems products and Applications Team at ITS.

Getting Started:

Authorization to CP is restricted to staff and faculty who require access for their duties. If you are required to make changes to front matter, please contact the member(s) in your divisional governance office who are already approved as Administrators. They can submit a request on your behalf.

If you are an administrator and would like to login, add administrative-login at the end of the calendar URL. For example, if you are preparing to edit the UTM calendar in Production, add administrative-login at the end of https://utm.calendar.utoronto.ca/. Enter your UTORid and CP password. Don’t forget to change your password upon your first initial login.

Get Help:

Curriculum Publisher Documentation

This page includes various training materials such as short-learning videos, how-to articles, and FAQ on Curriculum Publisher (CP). New and existing users are encouraged to go through each video in order and read the documentation for a better understanding of CP.
Knowledge Base Articles are also available on ServiceNow (ESC). In addition, you can visit the Curriculum Management Documentation page to understand the correlation between Curriculum Management and Curriculum Publisher.

Curriculum Management

Overview and Key Features:

Curriculum Management (CM) is the University’s institutional Curriculum Management system. It provides a centralized and searchable inventory of all approved Undergraduate and graduate course/program information from current participating Divisions at the University of Toronto. It is also an online workflow solution that efficiently manages proposed course and program changes. It allows divisions to create, organize, edit, and approve course and program information.

The benefits of this system include:

Reduced level of effort associated with manual processes
Standardized templates for Courses (and Programs)
Web forms rather than multiple competing versions of Word documents
Proposals created online and use automated approval workflow
Management of curricular catalog inventory and history from any online device
A central source of curricular data to be consumed by other University Systems

Getting Started:

Get Help:

Course Information System

Overview and Key Features:

CIS is the University’s institutional course information system.

CIS provides convenient, online services to support the administration of courses for instructors, departments, and faculty offices. CIS provides instructors with a streamlined way to:

Assist with the creation of their course syllabus by providing tools to inform the development of their marking scheme as well as guidelines on faculty and institutional policy statements,
Submit and duplicate final exam papers in a secure, online platform, and
Provide administrative details regarding assessments for students writing with accommodations.

Getting Started:

Using a desktop browser, go to https://cis.utoronto.ca.
Enter your UTORid and password into the weblogin page.
Note: Administrative staff will also be prompted for their UTORMFA credentials.

Get Help:

Learning Management System (Quercus)

Overview and Key Features:

The University of Toronto’s academic technology toolbox is powered by Quercus.

Quercus is based on the Canvas Learning Management Engine by Instructure, which offers advanced content design, a variety of student communication tools, easy-to-use course administration features and a mobile application for access to key functions from a phone or tablet. Through a number of built-in tools and effective integration of other educational technologies, this powerful “app store” platform allows for greater pedagogical flexibility and engagement.

Getting Started:

Once you are signed into Quercus, you should be able to see a list of your courses on your Dashboard. If you are unable to see your course, verify the following:

You must have active status in HRIS to be added to a course via ROSI. Contact your Business Officer or divisional Human Resources Officer to confirm that your status in HRIS is active.
The Course must be created in ROSI, and you must be assigned as an instructor to the appropriate sections there. Contact your departmental ROSI coordinator to ensure that the course has been created and that you are properly assigned in ROSI.

Changes in ROSI or HRIS can result in a loss of access to your courses in Quercus. If you lose access to your courses at any point, reach out to the individuals listed above to verify your status in HRIS and ROSI.

All courses on Quercus follow the Course Life Cycle. Please review the timeline to confirm whether you should have access to your course.

NOTE: Any changes made in ROSI or HRIS will be reflected in Quercus within 24-48 hours.

Get Help:

Visit the Quercus Quick Guide for Information on:

Navigating Your Course
Accessibility and Quercus
Add Course Content
Add TAs and Course Staff
Announcements & Communication
Assignments & Grading
Build and Customize Your Course
Discussion Board

And many more…