Quercus System

Introduction

Quercus is the new learning management system that has replaced Blackboard. It is a Web-based suite of software designed to allow students and faculty to participate in classes delivered online or use online materials and activities to complement face-to-face in class teaching. Quercus enables instructors to provide students with course materials, discussion forums, course specific e-mail, electronic announcements, virtual chat, online quizzes, and more. The degree to which Quercus is used in a course varies. For example, some instructors supplement an on-campus class by putting their syllabus and handouts on their course sites. In contrast, other courses use some of Quercus applications and on-line tools for more collaborative endeavours.

Not all Faculty of Law courses use Quercus. Please check the course descriptions on the main Faculty of Law website.

To Access Courses 

Until the add/drop course date, students in the Faculty of Law must first log into e.Legal to access courses. Once that date has passed, enrollment information will be updated via ACORN for Quercus.

  1. To see the courses prior to the add/drop date (after your professor has made the course content available) go to https://www.law.utoronto.ca/e-legal/library-resources/links-courses-quercus
  2. Log into into e.Legal with your username and password. You will arrive at the 'Links to Quercus Courses' front page
  3. Click on the link for your course number
  4. Then sign into Quercus using your UTORid

* After the add/drop date, go to https://q.utoronto.ca/ and login with your UTORid.  You will then see the courses in which you are enrolled in on your dashboard.