{"id":21908,"date":"2018-09-21T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T20:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21908"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:05:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T18:05:58","slug":"que-what-cus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21908","title":{"rendered":"que-what-cus?"},"content":{"rendered":"

why does uoft call canvas quercus?<\/p>\n

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hi!<\/p>\n

good question. aside from being super difficult to pronounce (so far this semester, i’ve heard profs say “quirk-us”, “quick-us”, “queue-kiss”, and MORE!), the name means seemingly nothing. unlike good ol’ easy to pronounce and meaningful blackboard\/ portal (RIP).<\/p>\n

anyways, according to this nifty video<\/a> from the academic toolbox renewal website, quercus is pronounced “kwhere-kus” and it is the latin word for the oak tree. and as we know, u of t is really into oak tress; it’s on our crest and our student web services is named after a crucial part of the oak tree (ACORN). i guess renaming the academic toolbox something that is oak tree is just the natural progression of the brand?<\/p>\n

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hope this enlightens you!<\/p>\n

xoxo,<\/p>\n

aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

why does uoft call canvas quercus? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi! good question. aside from being super difficult to pronounce (so far this semester, i’ve heard profs say “quirk-us”, “quick-us”, “queue-kiss”, and MORE!), the name means seemingly nothing. unlike good ol’ easy to pronounce and meaningful blackboard\/ portal (RIP). anyways, according to this nifty video from the academic toolbox renewal website, quercus is pronounced “kwhere-kus” and it is the latin word for the oak tree. and as we know, u of t is really into oak tress; it’s on our crest and our student web services is named after a crucial part of the oak tree (ACORN). i guess renaming the academic toolbox something that is oak tree is just the natural progression of the brand? hope this enlightens you! xoxo, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quercus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t