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  1. 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...
  2. Instructional Technology Group- Instructor Development Event Resources

    Spring 2023 Session: Implement Active Learning Design with Feedback Fruits Download Spring 2023 IDW Slides Fall 2022 Session: Turn Students Into Instructors & Curators: Improve Group Work with Interactive Tools Download "...
  3. ActiveClass: Viewing & Grading Posts

    ActiveClass is a topic-based graded discussions tool that auto-aggregates all of an individual students' posts and comments for you to grade and provide feedback.  View Posts and Comments per student Grading in ActiveClass View Po...
  4. Gradescope

    Gradescope helps streamline collecting and grading paper-based, digital, and code assignments and exams.   Students can scan paper assignments or upload documents and files.  Instructors give detailed assignment feedback via rubrics and gather a...
  5. Pages Revision

    You can view the page history and see the date, time, and author of any changes made to the page.  You can also roll back the page content to a previous version of the page. Step 1. Select "Pages" in the course navigation menu Step 2. Se...
  6. How to Give Exams

    How To Give Non-Proctored Exams How To Give Handwritten Exams Online How To Give High-Quality Exams How To Give Non-Proctored Exams A closed-book proctored exam tests what a student has memorized. But “professional or disciplinary j...
  7. Tips for Organizing Your Course Site

    Organizing your Site Empowers You & Your Students.   Consistency is KEY! Setting expectations and keeping to it. Communicating effectively Delete old files Create folders Use Canvas Pages for assigned reading and non-term bound content...
  8. 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...
  9. IDN 2024 Facilitators

    IDN Home Page Facilitators Adrienne Phelps-Coco , Executive Director of Teaching & Learning (T&L), Instructor for Course:  Designing Online Courses   Facilitator: Immersive Classroom to Teach Your Asynchronous Students While...
  10. 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 P...