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Courses & Programs

The Courses & Programs data domain encompasses all data generated through the design, delivery, and evaluation of academic programming at the University of Toronto. It covers data about what is taught and how it is structured, how programs and courses are delivered and scheduled, how students interact with learning systems, and how the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning are assessed. The activities generating these data pertain to undergraduate, graduate or non-credit programs and/or courses.

Data Trustees

Susan McCahan | Vice‑Provost, Teaching & Learning

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Nicholas Rule | Vice Provost, Academic Programs

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Typical Data Users

Academic administrators

Assessment & evaluation staffs

Institutional Research Analysts

CTSI

Schedulers

Sub-domains (7)

Curriculum & Quality Assurance

Data Stewards:

Director, Academic Programs, Planning, and Quality Assurance

Data Examples:

Inventory of approved courses & programs (includes grading scale, course descriptions, admission and completion requirements); provisional term grades (subject to the University Assessment and Grading Practices Policy).

Main Source Systems:

Curriculum Manager eMarks

Academic Advising

Data Stewards:

Director, Teaching & Learning

Data Examples:

Data on student academic advising.

Main Source Systems:

Salesforce (Student Advising Service)

Course Information

Data Stewards:

Director, Teaching & Learning

Data Examples:

Course-related data, specifically focusing on syllabi, course marking schemes, final exams, course & exam grades, and, in some cases, deferred exams.

Main Source Systems:

Course Information System (CIS) Quercus

Student Digital Interaction Data

Data Stewards:

Director, Teaching & Learning

Data Examples:

Data that captures the behaviour and engagement of students with digital learning systems, such as online courses, learning management systems, etc. This data can include information such as login frequency, time spent on tasks, click patterns or navigation paths.

Main Source Systems:

Quercus

Notes: Student work (e.g., essays, assignments) belongs to the student (not institutional data).

Curricular Experiential Learning

Data Stewards:

Director, Teaching & Learning

Data Examples:

Data generated by experiential learning placements that count toward program completion (e.g., practicums, field experience, academic internship).

Main Source Systems:

Partnered Experiential Learning Portal

Notes: Distinct from co-curricular experiential learning data which are represented in the Co-Curricular Engagement subdomain of Student Life domain.

Course Evaluations

Data Stewards:

Executive Director, Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation

Data Examples:

Data that reflects the opinions and attitudes of students about the teaching and learning process, such as satisfaction, motivation, confidence, expectations, etc.

Main Source Systems:

Blue platform by Explorance

Shared Academic Spaces

Data Stewards:

Director, Learning Space Management

Data Examples:

Data that reflects the use of shared academic space for course-related, program-related, and non-academic use. This data can include course timetables, space utilization, final exam schedules, accommodated test & exam data, and more.

Main Source Systems:

Infosilem (Academic, Exams, Campus)

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