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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. How Simple Syllabus Impacts your Canvas Course Site

    All January and Spring 2023 Extension School courses (except cross-listed Harvard College courses) are required to use Simple Syllabus as the platform for their syllabi. There are several things to be aware of during Extension and Summer Schools'...
  5. 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 an...
  6. Kialo Startup & Resources

    Kialo Activation Kialo Setup & How To Guides Share with your student the Kialo's How to and Support Guides in the Student Pocket Guide.  Activation  Signup for an account at http://kialo-edu.com/ (do not sign up at Kia...
  7. About Kialo

    Kialo is an argument mapping and debate site, specifically designed for classroom use. Its clear, visually compelling format makes it easy to follow the logical structure of a discussion and facilitates thoughtful collaboration. Kialo can be integ...
  8. Building an Exam in Canvas? Use New Quizzes!

        From the Quizzes page, click the button for "+ Quiz".  In the dialog box, choose "New Quizzes" and click the "submit" button.  Enter your exam name and click the "build" button to start adding questions to your exam. ...
  9. About ActiveClass

     While ActiveClass has been retired as of January, 2025, we have other discussion tools that might do the trick. ActiveClass is a social learning community-building discussion tool.  With ActiveAssignments create assignments,...
  10. ActiveClass Startup & Resources

     While ActiveClass has been retired as of January, 2025, we have other discussion tools that might do the trick. ActiveClass Activation & Setup Activation & Setup Create an ActiveAssig...