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Timetable Builder

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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.

Help - Free computer icons   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.

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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

Product overview - Free business icons   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:

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.

Help - Free computer icons   Get Started:

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

OneDrive for Business

OneDrive for Business is a component of the Office 365 suite that provides employees with 1 terabyte of storage space. Files may be accessed anywhere and anytime. With OneDrive, files may be shared with others for collaboration.

eMarks

Grades - Free education icons   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.

Start - Free time and date icons   Getting Started:

eMarks Login Page

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

Help - Free computer icons   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

Degree - Free education icons   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.

Project - Free commerce and shopping icons   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.

Support - Free technology icons   Get Help:     

Open a support ticket on the Enterprise Service Center (ESC)

More information about transcripts can be found here. 

Curriculum Publisher

Product overview - Free business icons   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:

Documentation - Free business and finance icons   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

Curriculum - Free education icons 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:

Login at: https://toronto.kuali.co/cm/

Get Help:

Documentation - Free business and finance icons   CM Training Documentation

Documentation - Free business and finance icons   CM Tips and Tricks Sheet

Course Information System

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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.

Read more about the Course Information System project and the Next Generation Student Information Services (NGSIS) program.

Getting Started:

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

Get Help:

Documentation - Free business and finance icons   CIS Documentation

Documentation - Free business and finance icons   Accommodated Testing Services Instructor Documentation

Degree Explorer

Overview and Key Features:

Degree Explorer is the University of Toronto’s degree planning tool. Review your academic history, degree requirements or use the planner to determine how future course choices might meet your requirements.

Degree Explorer also allows you to assess your overall progress in your degree or program. Ensure you are eligible to graduate by reviewing the requirements of your degree or program. Degree Explorer can tell you which requirements have been met and which are still outstanding.

Getting Started:

Login to Degree Explorer (Students)

Brochure - Free business icons   Plan your degree:

The planner allows you to create up to five hypothetical degree scenarios. Drag and drop courses to map out prerequisites, electives and core courses.

Review - Free files and folders icons   Review your academic history:

See your progress towards graduation and what is required each year to get you there. View your past and current courses, marks and any advanced standing. Courses in your Academic History are used in the assessment of your program or degree.

Admin - Free communications icons   Login to Degree Explorer (Admin)

Degree Explorer Admin allows administrators to perform requirements and completion assessments for students’ courses and programs. It also allows for admin users to create and configure completion rules for programs and degrees.

Get Help:

Information for Degree Explorer help can be found on the SIS SharePoint site. There is also an operational guide available from the help menu within Degree Explorer.

ACORN

Online Tools for First Year - Current Engineering Undergraduates

Overview and Key Features:

Acorn is U of T’s student information system, and it stands for Accessible Campus Online Resource Network. Students use ACORN to enroll in courses, check fees and finances, update address and contact information and much more. The purpose of ACORN is to provide a more convenient, personalized and guided experience for students using U of T’s online services.

Getting Started:

Similar to other U of T systems like Quercus or Degree Explorer, you will use your UTORid and password to log in to ACORN. Those who have signed up for UTORMFA, U of T’s Multi-Factor Authentication service, will be prompted to provide multi-factor authentication when logging in.

Get Help:

If you have questions regarding academics, finances, and anything else at the University, the “Contacts & Resources” tab on ACORN’s “Need Help?” page directs you to the appropriate office. This page also provides links to helpful resources that may answer your questions.

Help - Free computer icons   Acorn Help

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