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  1. Comparison of ActiveClass to Other Discussion Tools

    While ActiveClass is going away, we have other discussion tools that might do the trick.  This is an opportunity to reimagine how discussions work in your classroom. Canvas Checkpoints (coming soon) and Feedback Fruits On Topic discussion board...
  2. IDW Home Page   Questions  For questions, reach out to the Faculty Development Team:   FacultyDevelopment@extension. harvard.edu   COVID-19 Info Visitors coming to campus will need to fill out a health attestation form u...
  3. Top 6 Ways To See How Your Students are Doing

    How are your students feeling about class? Does silence mean they’re confused, or that they’re ready to move on? Here are a few ways to check in with your students when teaching online. Zoom polls during web conference . You can  prepare a poll i...
  4. Engagement and Community In Your Course

    Basic Ways to Build Community The earlier you start, the better the outcome will be Set the tone: How formal/informal do you want the conversations to be?  In any discussion or assignment prompts, write the way you’d like your studen...
  5. Teach site Keywords and Tagging - Answers to FAQs

    Updated 2022Apr14 Q: What if there is more than one Keyword/no Keyword that best fits my piece of content? No Keyword For now, tag to the best available Keyword, and *also* tag it to a more specific tag of your own design in one or mor...
  6. Using Your Course Evaluations

    Resources Evaluations RX is a DCE Teaching and Learning team resource that lays out the major questions of student evaluations and gives suggestions on ways to improve their course. Vanderbilt University also has a great "Student Evaluation"...
  7. 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' t...
  8. Justin's tips for doc creating

    How I start a doc depends on the source: Doc360 port: I can usually copy over text and images fine. At the very least, I copy the text and then insert the photos one by one. Copy/pasting can cause formatting issues that are sometimes easier to a...
  9. Accessibility DCE FAQ's

    ASO Referrals Why does my syllabus include an accessibility statement Why should I not accept a doctor's note? Will I always know if there are students in my class with accommodations? I have implemented the acc...
  10. PDF Flyer ITI Symposium

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