Hello Harvard Tools

Install DCE Vetted EdTech Tools, Right from Your Canvas Site through Hello Harvard

AI

  • IgniteAI Search: An AI chat bot that sources your course content.
  • PingPong: Create custom text and voice based AI bots for teaching and learning.

Accessibility

  • Canvas Accessibility Checker: Identify and amend common accessibility issues while working in the Canvas content editor.
  • Library Reserves: Create reading lists that are linked to the Harvard Library and library databases.

Annotations

  • Interactive Video by Feedback Fruits: Create a flipped classroom experience by engaging students with inline questions and discussion threads.
  • Perusall: Annotations in select textbooks, documents, and assignments.
  • Comprehension by Feedback Fruits: Help students focus on course material with open and collaborative annotations or guided annotations around topics you specify.

Chat

  • Slack: Collaborate, communicate, and connect in real-time with the Slack messaging system.
  • Canvas Chat: Real time online interactions between students and teaching staff.

Community

  • Student Locations: Let students and teaching staff mark their locations on a map for their peers to see.

Course Management

  • Gradescope: Streamline paper-based, digital or code assignments and assessments.
  • Turnitin: Check the originality of student work.
  • Course Admin Tools: Suite of powerful Canvas tools for organizing your course.

Discussion

  • Ed Discussion: Community forum-style Q&A tool.
  • Kialo: Host thoughtful and structured debates with Kialo, an argument mapping and debate site.
  • Discussion on Topic by Feedback Fruits: Create discussions with multiple due dates and requirements based on specific guidelines.
  • Discussion on Work by Feedback Fruits: Facilitate discussion and active learning on student deliverables.
  • Yellowdig: News feed-style discussion board with optional point system for tracking participation.

Peer Review

  • Group Member Evaluations by Feedback Fruits: Peer review group members' performances.
  • Peer Review by Feedback Fruits: Streamline the process for organizing and managing individual or group peer reviews.

Polling

  • Poll Everywhere: In-class, at a distance, in-time, or asynchronous web-based polling.

Proctoring

  • Proctorio: Online proctoring tool for use with Canvas Classic Quizzes.

STEM

  • WIRIS MathType: Math, physics, and science equation editor.
  • WIRIS ChemType: Type and handwrite chemical notation.
  • Labster: Immersive online simulations for science courses.

Textbook

  • Macmillan Learning: Content integration between its LaunchPad products and Canvas.
  • myBusinessCourse: Print and digital textbooks, instructor supplements, and reference databases.
  • McGraw Hill - Connect: Digital-first vetted content and assessment materials.
  • Cengage: Higher education course materials.
  • Pearson-My Lab: Integration for MyLab and Mastering products in Canvas.

Instructor support

Email: InstructionalTechnology@dce.harvard.edu
Web: teach.dce.harvard.edu/itg
Emergencies: call the help desk at 617-998-8571

Student support

Email: AcademicTechnology@dce.Harvard.edu
Phone: 617-998-8571