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  1. How to Motivate Your Students to Do Course Readings

    1.  Share the Context & Purpose of the Reading:   Add your personal instructor voice by annotating the reading pages to make the reading process more meaningful. Also, include a list of what readings are required and optional.  Examples of...
  2. PDF Flyer ITI Symposium

    ITI_Symposium_Flyer.pdf
  3. Add a Welcome Video to Canvas

    Simple Syllabus Canvas Modules Canvas Pages Simple Syllabus **Preferred and ONLY public option** Post a link in their syllabus. The video will be available  to public during shopping period.  Direct teaching staff to FEAA. DCE...
  4. T&L Canvas Term Start-Up FAQs

    Copy a Course Site Install Ed, OpenCast Social Admin Dashboard, Proctorio, etc Piazza Requests Cross-listing Courses Adding TAs and Course Staff Canvas Help Guides Welcome Videos Simple Syllabus Help Simple Syllabus not pos...
  5. Poll Everywhere - Web Version

    Poll Everywhere allows instructors to run polls at any time for class use. The web version has no built-in grading features and does not require students to log in via their HarvardKey to respond.  Harvard Poll Everywhere Account Creating...
  6. Office Hours

    Easily host Zoom office hours within your Canvas course site.  Create office hour sign-ups in Canvas. Visit our guide to using Canvas Scheduler . Step 1. Navigate to Zoom on the course navigation menu.  Step 2. Click on +Event u...
  7. Facilitators

    Facilitators  Bridget Copes  Online Course Developer  Session:   Improv for Educators  About:  Bridget (she/her) collaborates with instructors to develop online asynchronous courses. She works together with instructo...
  8. Agenda

    Agenda: Online Sessions from Jan 9 – Jan 12   Please sign the following video release form to participate and complete the anonymous feedback survey after attending a workshop (1 survey form per individual workshop).  Monday, Januar...
  9. Change the Course Home Page

    The Course Home Page is the first view your students will see when they enter your course. You can change your Course Home Page to different layout options: the Recent Activity Dashboard, Pages Front Page, the Course Modules, or the Assignment List...
  10. ActiveClass: Viewing & Grading Posts

     While ActiveClass has been retired as of January, 2025, we have other discussion tools that might do the trick. ActiveClass is a topic-based graded discussions tool that auto-aggregates all of an individual students' posts and ...