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Last Updated: 02/27/2026
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Computer minimum specifications: Windows and Macintosh
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Taking courses on mobile devices
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Last Updated: 01/29/2024
in Faculty Dev. ARCHIVE (OLD) Your Harvard Extension School course has a Canvas site that goes hand-in-hand with your class sessions. Think of Canvas as the door to your classroom — it’s a unified space for you to share resources, communicate with your students, and assign gra...
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Last Updated: 01/08/2025
in Faculty Dev. ARCHIVE (OLD)Types of polls that can be used for synchronous and asynchronous students. Suggestions for question types to gather different types of student feedback, such as feedback and assessment,
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Canvas Scheduler is part of the calendar and creates appointment groups (collection of individual appointments) that students can sign up for. You may use it to: create office hours schedule TA sessions assign presentation times and host o...
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Easily, privately and securely correspond with your students with Canvas Inbox. * Note: You and your students should make sure Canvas notification preferences are set properly to receive a copy of the email to your personal email addresses....
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Canvas "Quizzes" Use the Canvas “Quizzes” feature to create and administer exams. Canvas "Quizzes" offers many question types and other features, including file uploads. Check the Online Exam Resources and Guides page for details. Find st...
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Course sites are archived after the end of a term. Archived sites no longer appear on your dashboard, but remain accessible to you. Note: once a course site is archived, instructors can no longer message students via Canvas. Ac...
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The late Submission policy allows you to automatically deduct points on all late submissions. A submission is labeled late when it has been submitted past the due date. Only assignments with a status of Late will be affected by the policy. ...
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Once Ed Discussion has been installed on your Canvas course site, it will be visible in the Canvas left navigation. Students will not have access to content until you activate it. Activation is quick - follow the steps below. Ed Discussi...
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After ITG Installation Before Your Exam After Your Exam After ITG Installation Any teaching staff editing quizzes or exams using Proctorio or viewing the Proctorio results need to use a supported browser with the Proctorio ex...