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Projects

Discover the projects the DMP is currently exploring, working on, and has recently completed.

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Exploratory 

In-progress 

A list of projects we're currently working on. 

Request for proposals (RFP)

Learn more about how tools are acquired at TMU.

Bubblesheet assessments tool

In 2023, we issued a RFP to select a tool that will facilitate bubblesheet-style assessments and exams over the next five years or more. The chosen solution will be announced in 2025. This project was a culmination of over two years of work compiling requirements, consulting with stakeholders, completing evaluations, assessing privacy, security and accessibility. 

Thank you to the teams across TMU for their contributions:

  • Purchasing Services, Financial Services
  • Office of the General Counsel and Board Secretariat
  • Office of the Chief Information Security Officer
  • Faculty of Science
  • Application Infrastructure, Computing and Communications Services
  • End-User Computing, Computing and Communications Services
  • Duplication and Printing Services

Peer evaluation and assessment tool

In 2024, we issued a RFP to select a tool that will facilitate peer and self evaluations and assessments. The chosen solution should be announced in 2025. This project started in 2023 and featured "Peer Evaluation Week," organized by CELT, along with a survey to gather faculty input and feedback on their experiences with peer evaluation at TMU.

Thank you to the teams across TMU for their contributions:

  • Purchasing Services, Financial Services
  • Office of the General Counsel and Board Secretariat
  • Digital Learning and Teaching Development, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
  • Faculty members from The Creative School
  • Office of the Chief Information Security Officer, Computing and Communications Services
  • Application Infrastructure, Computing and Communications Services

Handwritten assessments tool

In 2024, we issued a RFP to select a tool to facilitate the delivery of on-paper exams with digital evaluation, focusing on exams that require handwritten components such as diagrams. The chosen solution should be announced in 2025.

Thank you to the teams across TMU for their contributions:

  • Purchasing Services, Financial Services
  • Office of the General Counsel and Board Secretariat
  • Office of the Chief Information Security Officer, Computing and Communications Services
  • Application Infrastructure, Computing and Communications Services
  • Faculty of Science

Completed 

List of completed projects. You can also view a list of retired technology that is no longer available at TMU.

2025

TMU Open Graph Image Generator

We created a lightweight tool to help website creators at TMU generate Open Graph images. These images appear when sharing links on social media or messaging platforms like Google Chat or Slack. Our tool enables content creators to quickly generate images without needing Photoshop or Canva. The output is carefully optimized for readability and mobile devices, aiming to discourage the creation of inaccessible text-based images. The tool features all 22 brand colours with their corresponding accessible colour combinations.

Thank you to the teams across TMU for their contributions:

  • University Relations

Check out the TMU Open Graph Image Generator. (external link) 

Accessibility support roles in D2L Brightspace

On January 17, 2025, two new roles were made available for accessibility support persons for D2L Brightspace. These roles were created to facilitate access to course materials for support purposes, such as ASL interpreters, captioners, or other assistive personnel.

Thank you to the teams across TMU for their contributions:

  • Academic Accommodation Support
  • Workplace Wellbeing
  • Office of the Vice President, Equity and Community Inclusion

Learn more about the new roles available for accessibility support persons in D2L Brightspace.

Release of Sa11y 4.0

Sa11y is an open source content accessibility checker, created by Adam Chaboryk, IT Accessibility Specialist, on the DMP team.

  • Sa11y 4.0 (external link)  was released January 2025. Version 4 aims to simplify accessibility checking by clearly distinguishing between content author checks and those intended for developers. Includes new UI changes and enhanced contrast checking tools.
  • The Sa11y WordPress plugin (external link)  was updated on TMU’s WordPress Blogging platform on January 24.
  • Sa11y is a core feature in Joomla CMS. (external link)  In January 2025, a pull request was submitted to upgrade Sa11y to version 4.
  • Sa11y was updated to version 4 in both development and production environments within TMU's main content management system, Adobe Experience Manager, on March 6.

Courses website rebranded to “Educational Technology”

In August 2024, the Courses website was rebranded as Educational Technology, merging all educational technology tools supported by the DMP.