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  1. Filter and Sort in Gradebook

    You can filter and sort columns in the Gradebook according to your preference.  The option to filter columns affects all assignments within the filter.  You can also have a preset arrangement or manually arrange columns. Filter Arrang...
  2. Community & Interaction

    Defining Community & Interaction:    these terms are defined differently for different classes, instructors, and students Student-to-Student: 1) Discussions with each other, 2) Networking, 3) Group Work Student-Instructor:  1) Knowing...
  3. TA: Getting Started with Canvas

    What link should I bookmark to find this and other great resources?   teach.dce.harvard.edu/itg Please do not share this link with students.  This link, and other links in this document, are for faculty only. I cannot access my current Canv...
  4. ActiveClass Configuration

     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 must be configured individually by creating a new external ...
  5. HELIX Classroom/Hyflex Syllabus

    General Syllabus Information Depending on the semester, your syllabus  will need to be posted on your Canvas course site about 5-12 weeks before the semester begins. It  will be visible to anyone in the world who clicks on it from the course cat...
  6. Copy Content from another Canvas Site

    We strongly encourage you to submit a Canvas course site request to have a  prior term's Canvas course site  materials copied for you by Instructional Technology. If you elect to copy over the course site materials on your own, please re...
  7. Customizing the Default Exam

    Once the exam shell has been added to your course site, follow the steps below to upload your exam. Note :  Please DO NOT change any of the Proctorio settings.   If you would like to change the settings, please contact us to set up an appoin...
  8. Import a Canvas Course Export Package

    If you have a Canvas course export package from someone else that you want to use in Canvas, or you have previously exported a course , you can import the course as a Canvas course export package. An export package is imported as an IMSCC file. ...
  9. Setting Up a File Upload Exam

    You can create a question for students that requires a file upload.  This question type requires manual grading and accepts one file per question. Note : file upload quiz questions cannot be tested from the Preview screen Step 1. ...
  10. About Ed Discussion

    Ed Discussion is a threaded Q&A-style tool that is easy to use in your Canvas course site. Fill out a Canvas course site request to have Ed Discussion installed on your course site or self install the tool by selecting Hello Harvard from the ...